- June 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
As California fully reopened Tuesday, so did the opportunity for North Bay employers to get back to business as they once knew it — for the most part. Social distancing and capacity limits have been lifted.
Aubury Doherty, general manager of Copperfield’s nine bookstores throughout the North Bay, said Tuesday’s official reopening brings hope and relief.
“We just went over everything with our employees yesterday,” she said. “Obviously, we were concerned there might be last-minute changes, but (the state) has stuck to what they’ve been working on for the last several weeks.”
Her biggest concern — and now relief — was mostly around masks and how the state would handle the guidance after June 15.
“I would say the thing that’s made the biggest difference to businesses is that instead of the state going just with the CDC, they let (Cal/OSHA) make the rules for employees,” Doherty said. “That was one of the biggest things that…