These California mayors are pushing for Gov. Gavin Newsom to reopen theme parks like Disneyland

In this March 12, 2020, file photo, visitors to Disneyland make their way in and out of the parks in Anaheim, Calif. | Chris Carlson, Associated Press

Southern California mayors are pushing for Gov. Gavin Newsom to reopen theme parks like Disneyland

Disneyland just received a few more allies in its push to reopen. Mayors from eight Southern California cities are pushing for Gov. Gavin Newsom to reopen theme parks sooner rather than later.

• Mayors from Anaheim, Los Angeles, Riverside, Santa Ana, San Jose, Bakersfield, Fresno and San Diego sent Newsom a letter asking him to allow theme parks to reopen sooner than the state guidelines allow, according to KABC.
• The mayors suggest that the guidelines mean the major theme parks could be closed for more than a year. Thousands of jobs and economic recovery could be at stake.
• The letter requested Newsom to work with a coalition to discuss reopening theme parks with reduced capacity.

Flashback:

California officials released official guidelines for theme parks to reopen at the end of October, which I wrote about for Deseret News. The guidelines suggest parks can only reopen when the countries they’re in hit the least-restrictive, fourth level, yellow tier.

Dr. Clayton Chau, the director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, said in a statement to the Deseret News that it’s unlikely Orange County — where Disneyland is located — will get there anytime soon.

• “I think for a large county like us, especially a county with institution of higher education where folks (are) coming in from outside the county and outside the state, I think it’s going to be very hard to achieve the yellow tier,” he said.
• “It depends on when the vaccine will come as well as how many doses (are) available for our populations as well as how many of our residents will readily accept the vaccine — those are the three factors that will determine how soon we can get to the yellow tier.”

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