COVID Restrictions Loosened In San Francisco & Other California Counties

San Francisco, Napa, and Santa Clara Counties are all officially in the red tier on California's Blueprint for a Safer Economy, reports NBC7.

El Dorado, Lassen, Modoc, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Clara Counties all met the criteria to move to red as well.

The change was announced on Tuesday, March 2.

The red tier allows for loosened COVID-19 restrictions on businesses. Indoor dining can now resume at 25% capacity, indoor gym use can resume at 10% capacity, retail stores can operate at 50% capacity, and movie theaters and indoor museums at 25% capacity.

All tiers, even the least restrictive, on the Blueprint require face masks and social distancing.

However, some personal care services that require customers to take their masks off will be allowed in San Francisco.

"For us ladies, we can get facials now," Mayor London Breed said in a press conference on Tuesday.

These loosened restrictions went into effect on Wednesday, March 3.

Forty counties are still in the purple tier, 16 are now in the red tier, and only two are in the orange tier.

Mayor Breed did say San Francisco could move into orange within the next three weeks. San Diego is hoping to move out of the purple tier within that same timeline.

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