The state has approved San Diego County to move farther into Stage 2, allowing in-person customers at retail businesses, with modifications. Businesses need to follow guidance, complete and post safe reopening plans.
In-Store Retail Reopening Plan
If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact the OBMA office.
The state department of health gave San Diego County the go ahead Wednesday to allow restaurants to open for dine-in service beginning today, May 21, 2020.
Dear Food Facility Operators,
On the evening of May 20, 2020, the Governor approved the County of San Diego’s request to proceed with modified onsite dining throughout the San Diego region.
The Department of Environmental Health (DEH) is providing the state and local guidance documents and local protocols for restaurants to operate in a modified manner. Prior to implementing onsite dining, please review the resources below and modify your food facility operations to meet the COVID-19 prevention measures listed in the San Diego Safe Onsite Dining Plan and San Diego Restaurant Operating Protocol. A copy of your Restaurant Operating Protocol does not need to be submitted to the County; just complete, sign and post it in your facility.
For those restaurants currently operating in a take-out fashion and keeping operations the same, your previously posted protocols suffice. For those operators who wish to expand operations or re-open operations to allow for limited onsite dining, please complete and post the Restaurant Operating Protocol.
The Department of Environmental Health will continue conducting food safety status verifications to ensure compliance with the California Retail Food Code and provide guidance and education on the Health Officer Orders.
If you have questions regarding the local protocols or how your facility will operate in a modified manner, please contact the duty information specialist at (858) 505-6900 or by email at [email protected].
For updated information about COVID-19, including resource documents such as frequently asked questions, informational posters, and guidance, please visit www.coronavirus-sd.com.
Sincerely,
Department of Environmental Health
Food and Housing Division
A message from the County of San Diego GREAT PLATES DELIVERED
ATTENTION:
County of San Diego Recruiting Local Restaurants for 'Great Plates Delivered' State-Funded Program for At-Risk Seniors
The County of San Diego has launched the Great Plates Delivered program, a state-funded initiative aimed at connecting struggling local restaurants to high-risk seniors to encourage staying at home by arranging delivery of three nutritious meals a day. The dual purpose of the program is to provide meals to adults 65 and older and adults 60-64 who are at high-risk, while supporting local restaurants and other food provider/agricultural workers who have closed or are struggling to remain open due to COVID-19 mitigation measures.
The County of San Diego has released a process for interested restaurants, caterers, and other food suppliers to apply by completing an online survey form. Please note applications are still being accepted.
The California Department of Public Health has provided restaurants with their expectations for opening dine-in service in California.
The county of San Diego is expected to provide restaurants with next steps and the green light to provide dine-in service very soon.
This checklist is intended to help dine-in restaurant employers implement their plan to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace and is supplemental to the Guidance for Dine-in Restaurants. This checklist is a summary and contains shorthand for some parts of the guidance; familiarize yourself with the guidance before using this checklist.
The state has provided guidance for Retail Establishments to open for curbside and delivery only.
A friendly reminder from SDPD that all retail businesses must adhere to the safe reopening plan put in place by the Governor and County of San Diego. Although the rules can be confusing, if each business lives by the rules our community can continue to move forward. SDPD has asked the OBMA to remind you NO WALK IN TRAFFIC is permitted in businesses at this time. A $1K fine will be issued to any business in violation.
Don't shoot the messenger!
Retail Establishments - Curbside or Delivery ONLY
San Diego county has provided additional guidance on the safe opening of businesses. According to the county, the Resilience Roadmap released by the state allows for certain businesses to reopen, with restrictions, starting May 8.
It restricts operations at retail establishments to curbside and delivery only, including:
Businesses in the supply chain that support these businesses, in manufacturing and logistical sectors, can also operate consistent with relevant industry guidance and checklists issued by the state.
Businesses that are allowed to re-open consistent with state and county actions need to complete the county’s Safe Reopening Plan, print and post it at their entrance.
You can find more information from the county here. Businesses with questions can also email [email protected]
The updated county public health order with additional information can be found here.
The state has also set up a way to gather input to inform future industry guidance using the California Recovery Roadmap survey.
Please help us reach out to the City Council and Mayor in support of small businesses as they start their budget hearings. Copy and paste the email addresses into a new email. Copy and paste the short letter into that email making sure you fill in the sections that are bold and in brackets with your own information. Be sure to use the Subject line: Requesting Small Business Support.
Simply customize the sections [bold, in brackets] and send to the email addresses below blue. Of course you can add or edit the letter or email distribution list as you’d like. Quantity matters! The more letter that are sent to elected officials the more powerful our collective voice.
Budget hearings start Monday so if you can get to this today that would be great. Feel free to pass along to others who can lend their support especially your staff, independent contractors and fellow merchants.
CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject Line: Requesting Small Business Support
(This list includes: Mayor Kevin Faulconer; Councilmember for District 2 Jennifer Campbell; District 2 Teddy Martinez; Mayor’s Office, Chief of Staff; City Clerk Elizabeth Maland; Christina Bibler, Director, Economic Development; Elizabeth Studebaker, Sean Karafin Economic Development Staff)
Dear Mayor Faulconer,
I [own, manage, work at] the [name of business], a small business in the City of San Diego that is [currently closed/restricted] due to COVID-19. So far, we estimate that we have lost [x amount of dollars] due to the closure.
Thank you for recently making $6 million of the City’s current budget available for small businesses. Realizing you and the City Council are facing tough decisions regarding the FY21 budget, I was glad to see the federal government issue $148 million to the City to assist with COVID-related loss and expenses.
The City needs its small businesses to survive, and right now the small businesses like [name of business] need help to do that.
Can you please make $100 million of the federal money available as soon as possible so we can survive and thrive together?
Respectfully and appreciatively,
[your name, title, address]
Governor Gavin Newsom announced the launch of a first-in-the-nation “Great Plates Delivered” program, a meal delivery service for California’s older adults.
The application for restaurants to be part of this new program can be found here. The deadline to fill this out is Monday, May 4 at noon.
There is a lot of great information on how this program will roll out here.
https://covid19.ca.gov/restaurants-deliver-home-meals-for-seniors/
SDG&E understands that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of uncertainly and we want to help. Have you filed for unemployment? You may qualify for utility bill discounts or direct payments to your utility bill.
Apply today for CARE or FERA at sdge.com/care or apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) by visiting 211sandiego.org.
The second round of Paycheck Protection Program funding will be available TODAY, April 27th starting at 10:30am EDT.
Here’s a practical guide for those who have already applied and are waiting on funding, as well as those looking to try on this second round.
The Treasury Department has also sent out some updated rules and regulations:
As many of you know, Mayor Faulconer and Supervisor Cox announced the creation of an advisory group tasked with preparing recommendations for our region's economic reactivation and recovery.
They are looking for business owners' input as they work together to craft this plan. The deadline to complete the survey is the end of day, TODAY, APRIL 22, 2020.
Here is a link to the survey, which we will use to form our recommendations:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QBYLMLT
