Blueprint for a Safer Economy Guidance for Businesses

Effective May 19, Irvine and Orange County are in the Yellow Tier in the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. 

In the Yellow Tier, the following businesses will be amended as follows:​

Sector Orange Tier Yellow Tier
Retail Open indoors with modifications Open indoors with modifications
Shopping Centers

Open indoors with modifications

  • Closed common areas
  • Reduced capacity food courts (see restaurants)

Open indoors with modifications 

  • Reduced capacity food courts (see restaurants)

Gatherings

- Social, informal gatherings

- No defined guest list required

- No testing or vaccination required

Outdoor  

  • Max 50 people Indoor
  • Indoor gatherings strongly discouraged, allowed with modifications (no food/drink except when following the standards in the guidance)
  • Max 25% capacity in settings where capacity limits exist or 25 people or whichever is fewer

Outdoor

  • Max 100 people Indoor
  • Indoor gatherings strongly discouraged, allowed with modifications (no food/drink except when following the standards in the guidance)
  • Max 50% capacity in settings where capacity limits exist or 50 people or whichever is fewer
Museums, Zoos, and Aquariums

Open indoors with modifications

  • Indoor activities max 50% capacity
 Open indoors with modifications
Places of Worship 

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 50% capacity

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 50% capacity
Movie Theaters

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 50% capacity
Hotels and Lodging

Open with modifications

  • +Fitness centers (+25%)
  • +Indoor pools

Open with modifications

  • +Fitness Centers (50%)
  • +Spa facilities etc.
Gyms and Fitness Centers

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 25% capacity
  • +Indoor pools

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 50% capacity
  • +Saunas
  • +Steam rooms
Restaurants

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 50% capacity
Wineries, Breweries and Distilleries

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 25% capacity indoors, or 100 people, whichever is fewer

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 50% capacity or 200 people indoors, whichever is fewer
Bars (where no meal provided) Open outdoors with modifications

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 25% capacity indoors, or 100 people, whichever is fewer
Family Entertainment Centers

Indoor

  • Max 25% capacity
  • 50% if all guests are tested or show proof of full vaccination With modifications
  • 100% masking except for food and beverage service
  • Food/beverage consumption must be restricted to designated areas separated from activity area
  • Service of alcohol without meals must follow bar guidance (outdoor only)

Indoor

  • Max 50% capacity
  • 75% if all guests are tested or show proof of full vaccination With modifications
  • 100% masking except for food and beverage service
  • Food/beverage consumption must be restricted to designated areas separated from activity area
Cardrooms, Satellite Wagering

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 25% capacity

Open indoors with modifications

  • Max 50% capacity
Offices

Open indoors with modifications

  • Encourage telework

Open indoors with modifications

  • Encourage telework
Outdoor Live Events with Assigned Seats and Controlled Mixing (e.g., sports and live performances)
  • Max 33%, includes suites with 25% occupancy per suite
  • Weekly worker testing program
  • In-state visitors only, check for current CDPH Travel Advisory in effect
  • Indoor concessions in designated areas
  • Max 67% if all guests are tested or show proof of full vaccination
  • Max 67%, includes suites with 25% occupancy per suite
  • In-state visitors only, check for current CDPH Travel Advisory in effect
  • Indoor concessions in designated areas
Amusement Parks/ Fairs

Max 25%

  • Indoor capacity max 25% with time restrictions
  • Weekly worker testing program
  • With other modifications
  • In-state visitors only, check for current CDPH Travel Advisory in effect  

Max 35%

  • Indoor capacity max 25% with time restrictions
  • Weekly worker testing program
  • With other modifications
  • In-state visitors only, check for current CDPH Travel Advisory in effect 
Water Parks
  • Outdoor parks must limit visitors to a maximum of 25% capacity 
  • Indoor parks, pools, and rides limited to a maximum of 15% capacity
  • Indoor dining limited to a maximum of 25% capacity  
  • Walk-up ticket sales allowed. Park operators must collect complete name and contact information (including a phone number) of the ticket purchaser for necessary contact tracing
  • Outdoor parks must limit visitors to a maximum of 40% capacity
  • Indoor parks, pools, and rides limited to a maximum of 25% capacity
  • Indoor dining limited to a maximum of 50%
  • Walk-up ticket sales allowed. Park operators must collect complete name and contact information (including phone number) of the ticket purchaser for necessary contact tracing
Overnight Sleepaway Camps 

Effective June 1, 2021:

Open with modifications

Effective June 1, 2021:

Open with modifications

For more information about the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, visit https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/. Tier assignments may occur any day of the week and may occur more than once a week when the CDPH determines that the most recent reliable data indicate that immediate action is needed to address COVID-19 transmission in a county. Counties may be moved back more than one tier if CDPH determines that the data supports more intensive intervention. Key considerations will include the rate of increase in new cases and/or test positivity, more recent data as noted below, public health capacity, and other epidemiological factors.

Please visit https://covid19.ca.gov/industry-guidance/ for more information related to a specific industry.

Before businesses who meet the criteria to reopen do so, the Orange County Health Care Agency strongly recommends they perform the following steps:

1. Perform a detailed risk assessment and implement a site-specific protection plan.
2. Train employees on how to limit the spread of COVID-19, including how to screen themselves for symptoms and stay home if they have them.
3. Set up individual control measures and screenings.
4. Put disinfection protocols in place.
5. Establish physical distancing guidelines.
6. Establish universal face covering requirements (with allowed exceptions). See CDPH guidelines (PDF).
7. Post your completed checklist so everyone can know the steps you’ve taken. Feel free to add more safety measures to the ones included in your industry’s guidance.