Today (August 28), Governor Newsom introduced a new tiered "Blueprint for a Safer Economy". This tiered system now replaces the previous county data monitoring list.
SLO County is in the purple tier.
As of August 31, 2020, counties in the purple tier may open some businesses and activities with modifications, including all retail, shopping centers at maximum 25% capacity, and hair salons and barbershops indoors.
Every county in California is assigned to a tier based on its rate of new cases and positivity. At a minimum, counties must remain in a tier for at least 3 weeks.
Data is reviewed weekly and tiers are updated on Tuesdays.
Let's Move Paso Forward.
In order to move forward, a county must meet the next tier’s criteria for two consecutive weeks.
If a county’s metrics worsen for two consecutive weeks, it will be assigned a more restrictive tier.