Contra Costa County is tightening restrictions on some businesses due to COVID-19.
Contra Costa entered the orange tier of California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy on Oct. 27, triggering an expansion of community reopening activities in the county. But since that date, the average daily number of new cases in the county has grown substantially higher, according to the health department.
If the trend continues, the county is at risk of moving backward into the more-restrictive red tier of the state’s reopening plan as soon as next week.
In the meantime, Contra Costa has amended its health orders to rein in some of the “riskier” indoor activities permitted under the orange tier in hopes of preventing outbreaks and keeping the county out of the red.
Health Officer Dr. Chris Farnitano issued an order restoring stricter limitations on high-risk activities, such as prolonged indoor gatherings and gatherings involving eating and drinking where masks must be removed.
Under the new order, the following activities have be modified:
- Outdoor bars prohibited (except where allowed under restaurant guidance with drinks as part of a meal)
- Indoor dining allowed at a maximum of 25% occupancy or 100 people, whichever is fewer (down from 50% occupancy and 200 people)
- Indoor movie theaters can operate at a maximum 25% of occupancy or 100 people, whichever is fewer (down from 50% occupancy or 200 people)
- Religious services indoors allowed at a maximum 25% occupancy or 100 people, whichever is fewer (down from 50% occupancy or 200 people)
- Cardrooms and satellite wagering sites can’t operate indoors (they previously could operate indoors at 25% capacity)
“We believe these measures are necessary to reduce the spread of COVID in our community,” Dr. Farnitano said.
The order in Contra Costa will go into effect Friday, Nov. 6.
Contra Costa County is still in the orange tier, but case rates are increasing again into the red-tier level. The most recent data show an adjusted rate of 4.9 daily cases per 100,000 people in Contra Costa – above the orange-tier benchmark of fewer than 4 per 100,000 people.
If those numbers hold for another week or increase, Contra Costa will move back into the red tier.
the 2nd civil war is already on. Enjoy your little power while it lasts Chris
This sounds like a direct threat of violence towards Dr Farnitano, and should be taken down, and reported to the authorities.
Natalie, you put your own words in other people’s mouths better than anyone, with the exception of Adam Schiff.
LOL I didn’t threaten Chris. With a 2nd civil war there is no more institutions like this. Chris would be out of a job.
So you’re advocating for… treason then? To take up arms against the government of the United States?
Natalie and Mike
Terrorist threat under 422 PC requires the threat to be to clear, immediate, unconditional, and specific. Simply saying “Enjoy your little power while it lasts Chris” is neither immediate, unconditional nor specific. In short, it is free speech protected under the Constitution.
Chuq
Stating “the 2nd civil war is already on” is an observation. It is not an invitation to participate in a seditious conspiracy.
@ Natalie
I don’t see any threat to Chris? Why would you and others threaten L0L
just because you didn’t like what he said? Guess freedom of speech only works one way for you, your way…good thing we are all not bound by your thoughts or words.
Such BS !!! They have no intention of reopening ever !!! It is quite obvious . Thankfully , the lawsuit against Newscum has been won!!! A judge has declared what he is doing is unconstitutional and illegal with these Lockdowns !!! Thank god !
The ruling the judge declared does not actually change any of the current stay at home orders or lockdown restrictions- he just can’t alter the law or policies currently outlined in the California Emergency Services Act.
From the court document:
“The Court finds good cause to issue a permanent injunction consistent with the request
set forth in paragraph 2l of plaintiffs’ complaint (Def. Ex. l), as follows:
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Gavin Newsom, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of California is enjoined
and prohibited from exercising any power under the California Emergency Services Act
(Government Code $ 8550 et seq.) which amends, alters, or changes existing statutory law
or makes new statutory law or legislative policy.”
https://www.suttercourts.com/sites/default/files/press_releases/Gallagher%20and%20Kiley%20v.%20Newsom.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2uvK7IgwBFlzRurE_XuyNbjg2lBrWJBItB491qbSCU6rUupx0ZxB3Qqds
This health order came from Dr. Chris Farnitano, not Gavin Newsom. The court case had nothing to do with the main shutdown restrictions.
No judge has found the main Covid restrictions to be unlawful.
The good news is this stops him from future additional illegal activity using the Emergency Services Act as cover. Further, it opens the opportunity for additional lawsuits which are forthcoming. I’m not sure he is bright enough to realize this is a career setback.
It has been fourteen days since someone in CCC has died of the Chinese virus. Locking down businesses and schools is wrong.
Thanks for smacking restaurants down again
I will do as I damn well please. I had a party with 10 different households on Halloween, in direct defiance of Chris’s little mandate.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it Chris.
Ah, so it’s your fault we’re moving backwards, causing bigger health concerns and shutting down the economy. I hope you had fun, at everyone else’s expense.
Thanks for your community spirit 😏
@BernieM,
I did have fun, as did my guests. We appreciate your thanking us for community spirit. We agree that it is much worse to be a boot licker of unelected, drunk with power government officials. We are glad you see it our way. Welcome to the club.
A daily case rate of 3.9 per 100,000 population or fewer is required to qualify for the orange tier that we’re now in.. Today’s report shows the county’s case rate has increased to 6.0, adjusted to 5.3 due to a high rate of testing. Daily reported cases continue to go up, making it certain we’ll be back in the red tier next Tuesday through at least Thanksgiving. If you want to eat inside at a restaurant, you’d better do it soon.
Actually if you look at the Contra Costa COVID Dashboard, we were at 6.0, 7 days ago! In a couple of days that will say 6.4 … but as of today we are at 4.1.
From their own website, the past 7 days are NOT used because data is still being reported. So your point of 6 is 7 day old data. Apparently, not much of an observer.
I personally am curious as to how they county can add deaths to a specific date way past 7 days ago. For example, this morning the website only said 247 deaths, last being 2 on 10/20. I looked now to correct your bad inference and it now says 3 on 10/20. Took them 14 days to figure out a LTCF fatality was COVID, wow … seems extremely long. Granted, we are still a case mortality rate of only 1.27 … image if they had the true total number of infections how much lower that rate would be.
I would suspect that we will stay in the orange tier a little longer. It will not mess up my Thanksgiving plans either way. It is a time to get together with my family and celebrate what we are thankful for ..
When will they realize that the numbers go down when we all crawl back into our homes and hide out and go up as soon as we come out? This will continue indefinitely and a different approach needs to be found, because this virus is not going away.
A better approach would be to stop looking at every positive test as a “case”. Most people have no or very mild symptoms, so overcrowding of hospitals is not as likely as feared. Second, protect the vulnerable in long term care facilities. Third, let everyone who wants to continue hiding out hide out. Fourth, let everyone else return to normal life.
This is ridiculous
I was thinking how to respond to that nonsense up there, you nailed it!
People clamoring for civil war is a real issue.
Threats against health officials is a real issue. Health officials across the country have gotten death threats.
Maybe to you these issues aren’t as important as personalized license plates, but these issues aren’t trivial.
Maybe health officials should step off instead of trying to step on our rights. Just following orders will never fly at Nuremberg.
Yes there are threats against officials but L0L’s was not one of them. Simply because you don’t like what he had to say, is no reason to both report him to the Government and seek to censer his comments and have him imprisoned. That is what true fascist do.
There are plenty of polls available about Americans feeling on the probability of a second American Civil War and yes, it is not pretty with upwards of 61% believing America is on the verge of a second civil war if polls are to be believed. You DO NOT solve the problem by pretending there is no problem. Attempting to suppress the discussion simply reinforces the believe that the Government cannot be trusted. You cannot stop an idea by trying to suppress it. That is what true fascist do.
I have to agree with L0L about civil war being here already. Not nationally or even regionally but localized spot/flash asymmetric civil wars. What do you think Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), or the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) was? What do you think months of nightly riots in Portland are if not localized civil war?
Yeah, they went nuts again last night in Portland. Governor Brown would rather have a root canal than call in the national guard, however in a rare moment of clarity, she did. They must have been close to her house.
Now that violence is acceptable and encouraged in WA and OR, it will trickle down to California in a more substantial way. As will the blessing of Coke, LSD, and Heroin possession.
Be prepared.
There is an attempted coup in progress right now using vote fraud and lawfare
President Trump believes we will win AZ, PA, NC, GA and that will put us over 270 this is by only counting just the legal votes (not fake news projections)
MI and WI looks like they will require lawsuits to undue the vote fraud
To me this attempted voter disenfranchisement of 70 million people and the left wing fascist health lockdowns are way more concerning than a innocuous comment on a web board – get real
The people responsible for the fraud and fake virus must be brought to justice
If there had been voter fraud then the vote counts for Biden would be way ahead of what the polls projected but Trump is the one slightly outperforming his poles.
There has been no signs of voter fraud, just lots and lots of mail-in ballots during a pandemic. Absolutely count and recount the vote. Cross check every single vote against registered voters, why not?
There’s no need for the Democrats to steal an election, four years of seeing what Trump did to our country (even when he started out with control of both houses of congress) have show what an incompetent leader he is. His failures have driven a lot of independents and even some Republicans to vote for Biden – enough that Biden won this election.
Blah, blah, blah…more nonsense from our county.