Mark your calendars. Book that appointment. Then mask up.
At long last, San Franciscans will soon be able to get their hair cut, their nails done and work out in their own city.
After nearly six months, San Francisco salons will be allowed to reopen outdoors for hair and nail service Sept. 1 — a step already taken by many of its Bay Area neighbors. Outdoor gyms will also be permitted to reopen the following week, provided everyone wears a mask.
“We will come back to you next week with some additional announcements, but as of today, we are really excited to announce that we are finally able to allow some businesses to open to do outdoor services,” Mayor London Breed said at a virtual news conference Friday.
Haircuts, barber services, massages and nail services — only those where clients and workers can both wear masks — will be allowed Sept. 1, while outdoor gyms and fitness centers will be allowed to reopen Sept. 9.
The whole point of why we are able to do this is because, in these particular instances, people are able to wear a mask,” Breed said. “Ultimately what we don’t want to do is open up these places. And then all of a sudden, see a spike, and then have to go backward.”
The move comes more than a month after Breed touted the pending removal of some restrictions on businesses, only to be met with stricter state guidelines in the days that followed. City officials are optimistic this announcement won’t meet the same fate.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has been teasing some “good news” for San Francisco since last week, and Breed further hinted at the city coming off the state’s monitoring list during her comments Friday.That would lay the groundwork for more businesses to reopen. But Breed and Dr. Grant Colfax said the city was likely to move slowly on further reopening. Currently indoor operations at personal care services, gyms, malls, places of worship and essential offices are barred in any county on the state watch list, but many have successfully opened those businesses outdoors.
In the Bay Area, San Francisco had been the last hold out to prevent its personal-service industry from setting up shop outside. The same day Breed made her announcement, barbershop and salons in Alameda County reopened for business outside.
That afternoon, Newsom announced new guidance that would allow for hair and nail salons to reopen again indoors, but stricter local orders, like the one in San Francisco, would take precedence.
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