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California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a change to his previously issued county variance requirements that could allow San Diego County to move forward in easing more restrictions, including reopening restaurant and retail as early as this week. San Diego County Board of Supervisors will vote on a plan to submit to the state tomorrow to run a pilot program that will allow us to lead the rest of the state in reopening.

Today was an optimistic day for San Diego businesses. At Mayor Faulconer's meeting this afternoon, he stated that he would ask Governor Newsom to allow San Diego to operate a pilot program to be an example for the rest of the state to reopen businesses. Faulconer was optimistic that San Diego could safely and successfully reopen most restaurants for dine-in, retail businesses for in-store shopping, and even go further to enter into Stage 3 reopening like hair and nail salons. It was also released today that San Diego neighborhoods like Little Italy are considering closing certain streets to offer area eateries increased outdoor seating for safe dining.

"The details of the accelerated plan will be presented at the board tomorrow," said San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob. "Basically, it includes the expansion of the stage 2 that the governor had laid out, and the pilot that we are talking about really it inches in to stage 3. So we're stretching it, it is a very aggressive plan, not just the accelerated plan that we will have before us but also the pilot. So I urge you all to tune into the board meeting for all of the details. What I have been told, if we get the green light, the accelerated plan could open as soon as 24 hours later, which could mean Wednesday. And if we get approval on the rest, we could be talking by the end of this week."

Newsom stated that 53 of 58 counties in California could qualify to move further into Phase 2 easing, which would include opening restaurants for dine-in with restrictions based on what was submitted by the California Restaurant Association two weeks ago. Most retail will also be able to open for in-store shopping. Newsom also indicated that in the first week of June, if COVID-19 trends continued to decrease, certain statewide mandates would be lifted to allow for in-store retail shopping, hair cuts, and even pro sports without fans.

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