First Posted: May 12, 2021 10:38 PM EDT
California Governor Gavin Newsom said that the residents may soon enjoy the outdoors as the state will no longer require Californians to wear their face masks by June 15. The governor confirmed the changes on the mask mandates in an interview with Fox 11, as cited by Fox News on Tuesday. Newsom emphasized that restrictions will not take in any way, shape, or form.
I ask @GavinNewsom what CA looks like on June 15th? That world looks a lot like the world we entered into before the pandemic, we re not wearing face coverings, we re not restricted.
The exception? Huge large scale indoor convention events where we ll use our common sense pic.twitter.com/plORqOwdZJ Elex Michaelson (@Elex Michaelson) May 12, 2021
California Governor Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the state would stop requiring people to wear masks in almost all circumstances on June 15. “We’re not wearing face coverings. We’re not restricted in any way, shape or form from doing the old things that we used to do, save for huge, large-scale indoor
California governor says mask mandate to end after June 15
May. 13, 2021 at 6:00 am
Newsom. Photo courtesy Wikipedia.
ADAM BEAM, Associated Press
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the nation’s most populous state would stop requiring people to wear masks in almost all circumstances on June 15, describing a world he said will look “a lot like the world we entered into before the pandemic.”
“We’re not wearing face coverings. We’re not restricted in any way, shape or form from doing the old things that we used to do, save for huge, large-scale indoor convention events like that, where we use our common sense,” Newsom said in an interview with Fox 11’s Elex Michaelson.
Background
Last November,
Cal/OSHA’s ETS went into effect. Now, amidst significant improvements to the state of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased scientific knowledge, the risk-benefit aspect of the current ETS has made compliance particularly burdensome and at times nonsensical, as subtly
noted by California’s Governor and repeatedly adjusted in
FAQs. Thankfully, however, Cal/OSHA has now published its
proposed revisions to the ETS, which the
OSHSB will consider at its
The proposed revisions are in many instances a significant move in the right direction, and would offer some much-needed relief to employers in certain areas. But of course, it wouldn’t be Cal/OSHA without at least some confusion and issues of practicality.