Yesterday, the CDC announced that but for a few exceptions, people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors. But do not throw your mask away yet! You still must wear your mask
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Effective today, May 12, 2021, San Mateo County has moved to the least restrictive, Yellow Tier, in the State’s reopening plan, joining San Francisco as the second Bay Area County to make the move to the Yellow Tier. Now, businesses in San
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In alignment with the State’s recommendation, San Francisco is the first Bay Area county to move to the Yellow tier, which is the least restrictive tier in the State’s reopening plan. Now that San Francisco is in the Yellow tier this allows
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With the number of vaccinations distributed beginning to increase and COVID-19 positivity rates decreasing statewide, employers may become too optimistic with easing COVID-19 guidelines and procedures. (See our article about vaccination eligibility here.) In California, from January 1, 2020 to April 19,
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On April 28, 2021, in the case California Trucking Association (“CTA”) v. Bonta, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 decision that California’s AB-5 law is not preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act (“F4A”). The 9th Circuit
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In recent years, clients have approached us with questions about how to prepare their estate plan and benefit from tax-saving tools. One of these tools is known as a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT). A CRT is an irrevocable trust that generates an
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Today, April 27, 2021, the Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) updated their face mask guidance. Now, before you go and throw your face mask out— you will still need to continue to wear your face mask but the CDC has provided additional
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As employers continue to navigate the effects of Covid-19, Governor Newsom has thrown another wrench by signing into law SB 93 which became effective April 16, 2021. This new law implements a statewide recall mandate for employers in the hotel, event center,
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On April 15, 2021, California opened Covid-19 vaccine eligibility to anyone who is 16 years old or older. This expansion of who is now eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine is another step closer to California’s effort to safely reopen all communities.
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Few have been damaged more than restaurants by the pandemic. Some persons have estimated that as many as fifty percent (50%) of the restaurants in San Francisco will never reopen. So many of these restaurants were individually or family-owned and built up
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