Greater Sacramento Businesses Prepare To Reopen As ICU Capacity Improves

Several regions in California are bracing themselves for an extension on stay-at-home orders.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday, December 29, that although the state-mandated stay-at-home orders were scheduled to expire on Janurary 4, 2021, many regions would not meet the 15% ICU capacity requirement.

Despite grim projections in neighboring regions, the Greater Sacramento region has seen an improvement in their ICU availability.

As of Monday, December 28, the ICU capacity in Greater Sacramento reached 16.6%, according to Action News Now.

If it stays at or above 15%, the region could have their stay-at-home order lifted.

The order being lifted would mean that many struggling restaurants and other nonessential businesses would be able to open outdoor and limited indoor dining again.

During the state-mandated order, many restaurants have been relying on curbside pickup and delivery services to get little, if any, business.

"60% of our sales are in the delivery field, where it's mostly DoorDash, a little Grubhub, and Entree Express," Broadway Heights owner Scott Schulman told Action News Now. "They're taking 25% from us. If you do the math, 25% of 60% of your sales is called a slow death. We're dying by DoorDash."

If Newsom lifts the regional stay-at-home order, businesses' requirements will revert to whichever blueprint for a safer economy tier level a county is currently under.

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