Greater Sacramento region placed under regional stay at home order

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KION) The Greater Sacramento region of California is being placed under a stay at home order due to its ICU capacity.

According to state data, the ICU capacity is at 14.3%, below the 15% threshold that triggers the order. It is set to go into effect at 11:59 p.m. Thursday.

The region includes Alpine, Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties.

The Southern California and San Joaquin Valley regions are already under stay at home orders.

Under the stay at home orders, critical infrastructure, schools, non-urgent medical and dental care and child care and preschools are allowed to remain open with precautions, but there are changes to these sectors:

• Outdoor Recreational Facilities- Only allowed to operate outdoors to facilitate physically distanced health and wellness through outdoor exercise without food, drink or alcohol sales. Overnight campgrounds are not allowed to open.
• Retail- Operate indoors at 20% capacity, or 35% at standalone grocery stores, with somebody monitoring the entrance. The state also says special hours should be offered to seniors and other people with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems.
• Shopping Centers- Operate indoors at 20% capacity with somebody monitoring the entrance. The state also says special hours should be offered to seniors and other people with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems.
• Hotels and Lodging- Allowed to operate for COVID-19 mitigation and containment measures, treatment measures, accommodation for essential workers and housing solutions, including measures to protect the homeless.
• Restaurants- Open for take out or delivery only.
• Offices- Remote work only, except for those in critical infrastructure sectors when remote work is not possible.
• Places of Worship and Political Expression- Outdoors only.
• Entertainment Production- Allowed to operate without live audiences.

Hair salons, barbershops, personal care services, museums, zoos, aquariums, movie theaters, wineries, bars, family entertainment centers, cardrooms, limited services, live audience sports and amusement parks except those falling within critical infrastructure will not be allowed to operate.