California News – 5-19-2021

Masks and Social Distancing: California considers dropping protocols these at workplaces if everyone has vaccine

  • The physical distancing rules in California workplaces and mask requirements may be dropped if everyone is fully vaccinated
  • Employers all across California are considering plans to bring employees back into workplaces, especially those who are working remote during the pandemic. 
  • Further expectations have been set for California’s Occupational Safety and Health 
  • Current California emergency workplace health and safety regulations, require that workers wear masks when indoors, except when a worker is alone in a room or is eating or drinking but must be at least six feet away from other workers and outside air supply has been maximized

California Restaurants have suffered from the pandemic and they expect a rebound will take years

  • Almost ⅓ of all California Restaurants have been permanently closed and at least ⅔ of workers have temporarily lost their jobs at the beginning of the pandemic more than a year ago
  • Industry leaders have expressed their fear for the lack of labor available as more establishments begin to reopen

California has better prepared to avoid rotating outages but energy regulators say that threats still remain

  • Energy regulators here in California have said that the state is much more prepared to avoid the rotating blackouts that the state experienced last summer
  • California officials have said that they have acquired 3,500 megawatts of capacity ahead of the hot summer that threatens to increase the power grid demand
  • The increased capacity also includes an additional 2,000 megawatts of batteries which are designed to store energy generated from the state’s renewable energy sources

By K Buenavista

Mr. Buenavista is a writer that specializes in breaking down complex topics into easy to understand formats that appeal to a wide range of news seeking readers, without missing the important details. He handles a majority of the daily news reporting at Easy-Ad, and has written on many other websites. He resides in Southern California.