Reopening California: What a return to downtown Sacramento could look like Share Updated: 8:49 PM PDT Apr 8, 2021 Share Updated: 8:49 PM PDT Apr 8, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript THE JEWISH DELICATESSEN AT SOLOMON’S DELICATESSEN IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. THE BAGELS ARE BOILED AND BAKED JUST LIKE NEW YORK. WE CURE UNLOCKS 95% OF WHAT WE DO HERE IS IS MADE IN HOUSE AND I THINK THAT SETS US APART BUT SINCE THE PANDEMIC BUSINESS HAS BEEN QUIETER MANY OF THE WORK WEEK REGULARS ARE HOME WORKING REMOTE WE MISS THE NATIONALS ALL AROUND TOWN WHO WOULD COME AND YOU KNOW HAVE LUNCH WITH US BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WITH US, YOU KNOW FIVE DAYS A WEEK IN CALIFORNIA’S CAPITAL CITY PRE-PANDEMIC ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE WERE WORKING DOWNTOWN ABOUT HALF WERE STATE EMPLOYEES. THE STATE’S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER MICHAEL. ALT IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO PARTNERSHIP. HE SAYS THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL LIKELY BRING BACK EMPLOYEES TO THE OFFICE EARLIER THAN THE STATE OUR REAL HOPE IS THAT THOSE EMPLOYEE NUMBERS START CREEPING UP SO WE CAN START OPENING MORE BUSINESSES? HE SAYS PEOPLE ARE READY TO RETURN TO THE OFFICE, BUT WHETHER THOSE NUMBERS WILL GET BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS IS TO BE SEEN WILL WE END UP BEING AT THE SAME NUMBERS? I DON’T THINK WE KNOW YET AS FAR AS HOW THAT’S REALLY GOING TO WORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN TRACKING EMPLOYEES HEADING BACK TO WORK AL SAYS HE EXPECTS A BIG PORTION OF MONDAY. FRIDAY WORKERS TO RETURN AFTER LABOR DAY POTENTIALLY BRINGING DOWNTOWN OFFICE BUILDINGS UP TO 90% OCCUPANCY AND THE NUMBERS ALREADY ARE SHOWING PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. GOOD NEWS FOR SPOTS LIKE SOLOMONS WHO RELY ON THEIR REGULARS. WE CANNOT