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Description
California has moved Santa Clara County from the Red Tier to the Orange Tier in the “Blueprint for a Safer Economy.” The County's Risk Reduction Order will allow resumption of additional businesses and activities beginning at 12:00 AM PT on Wednesday, October 14, 2020. However, it does not necessarily mean all open activities are safe.
County officials discuss the details and implications of the modified Health Order at this special press conference, originally broadcast on October 13, 2020.
The City of Cupertino would like to express its thanks to the County of Santa Clara for the use of their video materials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus.
B
Afternoon
everyone,
my
name
is
david
campos:
I'm
the
lead
public
information
officer
for
the
county
of
santa
clara's
emergency
operations
center.
Today
we
are
having
a
press
availability
with
some
key
county
leaders
to
discuss
the
announcement
that
was
made
by
the
state
of
california
that
allows
the
county
of
santa
clara
to
move
into
the
orange
tier.
B
As
you
know,
we
have
been
working
in
the
last
few
days
to
prepare
for
this
development
and
have
put
out
a
lot
of
information
to
our
residents
and
businesses
in
preparation
for
this
move.
So
with
that
we're
going
to
first
hear
from
the
county
council
for
the
county
of
santa
clara
james
williams,
who
is
going
to
explain
more
about
what
this
means
and
then
we
will
hear
from
our
public
health
officer,
dr
sarah
cody.
So
mr
williams.
C
We
were
expecting
that
that
would
occur
and
in
fact,
last
week
issued
a
modified
risk
reduction
order.
That's
the
local
county
order
that
overlays
on
top
of
the
state's
requirements
that
modified
order
will
now
go
into
effect
tomorrow,
wednesday
october
14th,
and
that
means
that,
beginning
tomorrow
there
are
a
number
of
other
categories
of
activity
that
can
resume
here
in
santa
clara
county.
In
anticipation
of
this,
we
also
have
issued
a
number
of
revised
directives.
C
C
One
is
indoor
dining
and
for
indoor
dining
we
have
updated
the
dining
guidance
that
is
already
available
online.
It
was
actually
put
up
a
few
days
ago,
but
it
will
now
go
into
effect
tomorrow
and
the
other
category
is
indoor
gatherings.
These
are
both
areas
of
greater
risk
and
in
these
two
areas
in
santa
clara
county,
the
numerical
limits
will
actually
be
a
bit
stricter
than
what
is
otherwise
allowed
in
the
orange
tier
elsewhere.
For
those
counties
that
have
met
the
orange
tier
criteria.
C
The
limit
is
25
percent
of
capacity
by
no
more
than
a
hundred
people
now
for
outdoor
gatherings,
the
the
full
state
number
in
the
orange
tier
of
200
persons
will
be
allowed.
There
are
a
number
of
other
important
changes
for
businesses
within
within
the
next
14
days.
Every
business
needs
to
submit
an
updated
social
distancing
protocol.
C
This
is
has
been
for
many
months
now,
one
of
our
bedrock
baseline
requirements.
It's
the
check
mark
that
you've
all
come
to
expect
now
when
you
see
or
enter
any
business
or
facility,
and
we
have
an
updated
protocol.
These
protocols
are
available
on
our
website,
they're
searchable,
but
an
updated
protocol
to
reflect
the
latest
state
framework
and
the
revised
local
order.
So
it's
really
important
that
all
businesses
do
fill
that
out
and
submit
that
and
continue
to
adhere
to
the
the
local
requirements
and
the
state
requirements
to
help
keep
us
safe.
C
Now
I
just
want
to
say
you
know.
Moving
to
the
orange
tier
is
is
significant,
especially
given
how
large
a
county
we
are,
and
it's
going
to
be
up
to
us
collectively
in
how
we
adhere
to
the
safety
protocols
the
face
covering
requirements,
social
distancing,
the
implementation
of
these
protocols
following
the
capacity
rules.
These
are
all
essential
steps
in
order
for
us
to
stay
in
the
orange
tier
and
if
we
fall
back
in
meeting
the
case,
count
criteria
and
having
testing
that
we
have
available
in
our
community
and
the
positivity
rate
that
we
have.
C
If
we
fall
back
for
just
a
couple
weeks,
the
state
will
move
us
backwards
into
the
red
tier
and
so
as
a
community.
We
have
made
tremendous
progress,
but
it's
been
slow
and
hard
progress,
and
so
we
want
to
really
make
sure
that
folks
are
aware
that
we
need
to
continue
to
be
very
vigilant
and
thorough
in
adhering
to
these
baseline
safety
standards
and
protocols,
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
dr
sarah
cody.
Our
health
officer.
D
D
This
was
hard
fought,
so
remember
that
we
went
from
the
transmission
levels
that
we're
seeing
today,
sort
of
average
daily
case
counts
that
we're
seeing
now
that's
where
we
were
in
mid-june
and
in
less
than
a
month,
our
daily
case
counts,
tripled
and
since
the
middle
of
july.
So
that's
almost
three
months
ago,
we
have
slowly
slowly
slowly
drifted
down
to
where
we
are
today
to
meeting
the
metrics
for
the
orange
tier,
but
it
took
a
long
time
and
a
lot
of
work.
D
So
they
here
are
the
metrics
that
that
enabled
us
to
be
eligible
to
do
these
openings.
In
the
orange
tier,
we
have
a
average
daily
case
count
of
3.7
cases
per
100,
000
population.
The
metric
says
that
you
need
to
be
below
four.
We
meet
that
case
count
because
it's
adjusted
for
testing.
We
do
a
lot
of
testing
here
in
santa
clara
county,
so
our
adjusted
case
rate
enables
us
to
meet
that
metric.
D
The
overall
positivity
rate,
the
the
the
proportion
of
people
tested
who
tests
positive
for
covid
across
the
county,
is
1.7,
but
the
state
introduced
a
new
metric
today.
The
health
equity
metric,
which
says
that
the
lowest
quartile
the
most
disadvantaged
quarter
of
the
population
also
needs
to
meet
that
test
positivity
metric.
So
that
means
that
our
most
disadvantaged
quartile
needs
to
have
a
positivity
rate
below
five
and
in
our
county.
D
D
D
D
Of
course,
we
see
covet
increasing.
We
think
that,
with
everyone's
help,
we
can
continue
to
prevent
severe
illness
and
death
from
covid,
even
as
we
enable
more
businesses
and
activities
to
resume.
That's
going
to
take
everyone
doing
a
couple
really
simple
things:
one
is
always
wearing
a
face
covering
as
we're
doing
indoors,
two,
whatever
activity
and
event.
You
can
do
outdoors,
it's
always
safer
than
indoors,
because
you
have
natural
ventilation.
D
D
If
we
all
do
those
things,
I
think
that
we'll
be
able
to
hold
our
transmission,
steady
or
hopefully
even
continue
to
allow
it
to
to
drift
down,
but,
as
always,
it's
going
to
take
all
of
us
working
together
and
it's
going
to
take
all
of
us
remaining
vigilant.
Even
though
we're
tired
of
being
vigilant.
We
need
to
remain
vigilant
to
keep
everyone
safe
and
to
keep
making
the
progress
that
we've
made.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
Thank
you,
dr
cody,
and
thank
you,
mr
williams.
Before
we
take
questions,
we
want
to
note
that
we
are
broadcasting
live
on
facebook
and
that,
at
the
end
of
the
question
and
answer
period,
we
will
be
available
to
speak
to
monolingual
speakers
in
spanish
and
chinese
if
the
media
would
like
to
to
ask
questions
in
those
languages.
E
For
county,
how
are
you
going
to
get
the
compliance
with
restaurants
and
how
you're
going
to
be
fair,
for
example,
with
all
the
restaurants,
especially
mexican,
restaurants,
against
another
ones,
because
you've
been
hitting
mexican
restaurants
very
hard,
and
you
haven't
checked
others
that
are
doing
they
are
not
doing
the
protocols
so
to
be
checking
this?
How
are
you
going
to
do
it?
How
are
you
going
to
handle
that
so.
B
We're
gonna
turn
this
over
to
county
council.
The
question
is
with
compliance,
how
are
they
going
to
implement
compliance,
and
there
is
a
claim
that
mexican
restaurants
have
been
hit
hard,
but
I
would
actually
dispute
that
and
note
that
we
have
actually
gone
after
non-compliance
with
respect
to
everyone
in
the
same
way,
and
in
fact
we
have
a
very
expansive
outreach
program
that
goes
door-to-door,
including
to
spanish-speaking
businesses,
but
I'll
turn
it
over
to
county
council.
C
Yeah
sure
that's
exactly
right,
we're
doing
a
lot
of
work
with
our
with
the
restaurant
industry.
We
have
specific
guidance
out
there.
It's
actually
a
sector
that
the
county
normally
regulates
through
the
department
of
environmental
health,
those
general
health
and
safety
inspections
that
you
have
for
food
safety
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
Year
after
year.
That's
a
county
function,
so
it's
actually
one
of
those
areas
of
county
jurisdiction
even
normally,
and
we've
done
a
tremendous
amount
of
outreach
and
there's
a
whole
outreach
effort.
That's
completely
separate
from
any
of
the
enforcement
work.
We
do
receive
complaints.
C
It's
only
in
those
very
rare
instances,
and
it
has
been
relatively
rare
where
it
then
moves
on
to
actual
imposition
of
a
fine,
but
we
are
out
there.
Unfortunately,
the
largest
sector
that
has
had
complaints
has
been
the
dining
sector
and
we're
very
concerned
to
be
honest
about
what
might
happen
with
opening
indoor
dining.
C
We
know
it's
a
very
high
risk
environment,
dr
cody,
has
been
pretty
clear
about
actually
discouraging
higher
risk
individuals
in
particular,
but
even
folks,
more
generally
should
really
think
hard
about
indoor
dining,
because
it's
an
activity
where
you're
inherently
indoors,
without
your
face,
covering
on
for
an
extended
period
of
time,
and
so
we
are
very
concerned.
So
we
are
going
to
be
looking
at
those
capacity
limits.
C
C
Absolutely
so
we
have
a
enforcement
team,
that's
part
of
our
eoc
operation.
It
involves
our
department
of
environmental
health
which,
as
I
mentioned,
has
general
responsibility
for
health
and
safety.
Compliance
at
restaurants
anyway,
and
they
work
very
closely
then,
with
my
office,
the
county
council's
office,
to
follow
up
and
pursue
and
issue
any
notices
of
violation
to
specific
facilities
where
we've
got
a
problem
that
hasn't
been
corrected.
C
The
fines
are
sliding
scale
depends
on
what
the
violations
are,
how
many
and
they
can
add
up
that,
but
an
individual
fine
can
be
as
much
as
for
a
given
violation:
five
thousand
dollars
per
violation
per
day,
but
you
know
again
the
goal
of
the
program.
I
just
want
to
be
very
clear
and
we've
had
you
know
in
this
community
we've
had
great
great
great
compliance
and
when
we've
had
issues,
they've
almost
always
been
addressed
with
that
education
and
outreach,
or
that
warning
now
there
are
exceptions
but
they're
the
exceptions.
C
So
you
know,
I
don't
want
people
to
misunderstand
that,
but
it
is
there
and
in
partly
it's
there
as
a
matter
of
fairness
right,
you
know,
businesses
that
are
opening
and
following
the
rules
and
following
the
protocols
and
being
diligent
about
it,
it's
not
fair
to
them.
If
somebody
next
door
is
not
following
those
protocols,
we
understand
and
recognize
that
they're
significant.
F
C
C
That
continues
to
be
valid
for
the
next
14
days
to
allow
them
to
submit
an
updated
one,
but
you
cannot
be
open
in
this
county
without
a
protocol,
so
you
either
have
to
have
one
already
from
the
prior
order
or
you
need
to
submit
a
new
one.
If
you
don't
have
one
at
all,
you
cannot
be
open,
but
you
do
have
that
14
day
period
to
do
a
revised
one.
G
G
C
So
that's
a
great
question:
we
actually
do
have
a
directive
specifically
related
to
collegiate
athletics
that
is
now
up
and
posted.
It
provides
the
criterion
requirements.
It
will
go
into
effect
also
tomorrow,
as
we
move
into
the
orange
tier
and
with
as
the
new
risk
reduction
order
goes
into
effect
and
it
provides
protocols
around
you
know,
keeping
small
cohorts
around
face
coverings,
around
testing
and
the
other
kinds
of
protections
that
will
help
reduce
risk.
C
Although
again
kind
of
like
indoor
dining
people
need
to
be
aware
that
having
direct
physical
contact
with
other
folks-
and
that
includes
you-
know,
other
teams
that
are
going
to
potentially
come
in
to
the
community
right.
That
is
higher
risk,
and
so
this
helps
put
some
safeguards
in
place,
but
it
doesn't
eliminate
that
risk.
C
There
is
still
risk,
it
just
reduces
it,
and
you
know
we
have
seen
across
the
country
a
lot
of
outbreaks
at
college
campuses,
and
so
it's
something
that
will
really
need
to
be
carefully
adhered
to
by
our
colleges
here
in
the
county.
That's
our
expectation
and
we've
also
made
very
clear
in
the
directive
that
the
authorization
to
proceed
is
contingent
on
careful,
thorough,
complete
adherence
to
those
protocols,
because
it
is
high
risk.
G
C
They
need
to
be
implementing
those
requirements,
so
if
they
can
do
that
tomorrow
they
can
move
forward,
there's
testing
requirements,
there's
cohorting
requirements
and
so
forth
and
those
have
been
up.
You
know
for
a
few
days
now
and
there
have
been
a
number
of
conversations
with
the
colleges
in
our
community.
So
you
know,
if
they're
ready
to
do
that,
then
they
can
proceed.
They
don't
need
a
specific
approval.
H
A
question
for
dr
cody:
I
wonder
if
you
can
comment
on
some
of
the
high
profile
cases
that
have
been
in
the
news
lately
deal
with
president
trump
claiming
that
he's
been
cured
and
the
drugs
and
the
therapies
that
he's
been
receiving
you
know.
Look
to
be
successful
are,
is
that
what
doctors
are
seeing
here
in
santa
clara
county
is,
and,
secondly,
is
there
kind
of
a
less
severe
cobalt
19
that's
circulating
now,
as
opposed
to
what
was
going
on
in
february
or
march.
D
I
can't
speak
to
what's
happening
in
other
jurisdictions,
but
I
can
speak
to
what's
happening
here
in
our
county
and
what
I've
seen
here
in
our
county
is
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic.
We
had
a
number
of
hospitalizations
and
a
number
of
deaths
it
now
in
this
last
that
was
sort
of
our
first
wave
in
our
second
wave
which
peaked
in
mid-july.
D
We
had
as
a
percentage
a
lower
percentage
of
hospitalizations
and
deaths,
but
it's
almost
impossible
to
tease
it
apart
and
to
understand
our
local
data,
because
we
were
not
doing
much
testing
because
the
tests
weren't
available
during
our
spring
spike.
In
contrast,
starting
in
june
we've
been
doing
a
lot
of
testing
really
widespread
testing.
So
it's
it's
difficult
to
compare
our
experience
with
the
first
wave
and
the
second
wave,
but
any
time
that
anyone
is
sick
enough
to
require
hospitalization,
and
that
was
preventable.
D
D
I
think
it's
really
important
to
remember
that
any
indoor
activity
where
you
have
to
remove
a
face
covering
is
going
to
increase
your
risk,
and
so
anyone
who
is
in
a
higher
risk
group
or
who
is
in
a
household
with
someone
in
a
higher
risk
group.
We
strongly
discourage
higher
risk
activities
like
indoor
dining.
B
E
Two
questions:
one
is
what
is
going
to
play
the
music
and
mexican
restaurants,
because
mexican
restaurants
still
don't
know
why
having
a
stereo
having
a
dj
is
affecting
coffee,
that's
one,
the
other
one
is
ontario's.
I
had
a
patio
on
a
restaurant
on
13th
street,
where
the
party
was
closed
because
it
has
two
walls.
E
They
have
to
have
three
openings,
that's
what
they
said,
but
also
in
the
same
restaurant.
When
the
inspector
was
there,
there
were
two
mexican
guys
with
a
guitar.
I
wanted
to
play
on
a
table
from
the
street,
far
away
six
seven
feet
away
and
they
expect
to
say
no,
you
cannot
play
music
at
all.
Music
is
not
allowed
mexican
restaurant,
and
this
is
cultural.
D
D
We
also
want
to
really
encourage
whenever
possible,
to
have
people
move
their
dining
experience
outside
where
we
know
that
there's
more
ventilation
right.
So
if
you
had
a
lot
of
excitement
and
loud
music
inside
that
would
draw
people
inside
to
speak
in
louder
voices
and
that
would
be
riskier
for
everyone
there.
James
do
you
have
anything
to
add.
H
C
What
will
now
be
allowed
to
happen
up
to
the
100
person
limit
or
25
percent
of
capacity?
Whichever
is
lower
churches
will
be
allowed
to
happen
indoors.
You
know
church
services,
you
know
the
movie
theaters,
as
you
mentioned,
and
all
of
the
other
types
of
gatherings
allowed
under
the
state.
The
only
difference
locally
is
that
number
being
a
hundred
persons,
but
otherwise
the
types
follow
just
what's
allowed
under
the
state.
Now
I
do
want
to
note.
The
state
over
the
weekend
did
put
out
some
revised
gathering
guidance
for
social
gatherings.
C
I
think
that
was
picked
up
by
by
a
lot
of
folks
that
allows
outdoor
gatherings
of
no
more
than
three
households
only
outdoors
not
indoors
outdoor
gatherings
of
up
to
three
households
for
social
purposes.
You
know
so
that
could
be.
You
know
to
get
together
with
friends.
Family
neighbors,
outdoors
and
they've
got
some
specific
safety
criteria.
That's
also
allowed
under
the
county's
outdoor
gathering
rules,
and
but
people
need
to
that
that
limit
of
three
households
comes
from
the
state
so
take.
G
C
C
In
addition,
you
know
we
have
our
complaint
portal,
which
is
applicable
for
compliance
across
the
board.
That's
everything
from
our
testing
order
to
issues
that
people
may
see
in
businesses
in
the
community,
but
also
anything
that
might
be
happening
with
an
on-campus
program
and
we
have
received
concerns,
for
example,
about
different
sorts
of
things,
including
on
college
campuses.
C
If
you
see
something
that
doesn't
look
right,
if
you
see
something
that
is
not
in
alignment
with
these
important
safety
protocols
that
are
in
place
to
keep
all
of
us
as
a
community
safe,
we
encourage
folks
to
report
those
concerns
through
the
complaint
portal.
Let
us
know
so
that
we
can
follow
up
so
that
we
can
let
people
know
you
know
this
is
what
the
requirement
is.
So
we
can
do
the
outreach,
so
we
can
help
make
things
safer
for
all
of
us.