These dates may change. They depend on local public health indicators and State guidance.
Do your part. When you leave your house, you must stay 6 feet apart and wear a face covering. If you feel sick, don’t leave your house. All activities must follow safety protocols.
We will move to each phase when it is safe.
Limited openings
Business
- Curbside retail for goods and services with minimal contact, including takeout and delivery
- Outdoor businesses
- All construction with protocols for small and large projects
- Hotels, hospitality, and short-term rentals for first responders and homeless, for isolation and quarantine rooms, and as needed for essential travel and other activities that the health order permits
- Office: all non-essential employees must continue working from home
Small activities
Business
- Non-essential manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics with fewer than 50 onsite employees
- Non-essential curbside retail for goods, outdoor equipment rental, and limited contact services with fewer than 10 onsite employees
- Elective surgeries and dental appointments
- Limited private household outdoor services like a gardener or landscaping
- Virtual appointments for real estate, but limited in-person appointments where there are no occupants
- Professional sports practices only with approved plan, including regular testing
- Office: all non-essential employees must continue working from home
Childcare and education
Culture and recreation
- Botanical gardens
- Outdoor historical sites
- Outdoor museums
- Dog parks
- Parks, beaches, and skate parks
- Golf, with limits
- Tennis (singles-only outside a household) with no shared equipment
Phase 2b
Indoor retail and small activities
Business
- Indoor retail (but no enclosed shopping malls)
- All curbside retail
- All manufacturing, warehouse and logistics with no limit on the number of on-site personnel subject to social distancing
- Non-emergency medical appointments (see guidance in health directive)
- All private indoor household services like cooks and house cleaners
- Office: all non-essential employees must continue working from home
Childcare and education
Culture and recreation
- Small outdoor gatherings, including religious services and ceremonies
- Outdoor fitness with social distancing
- Professional sports and other entertainment for broadcast but with no in-person spectators, under approved plans
Now: Zoos
The SF Zoo and Gardens will open to the general public, with safety plans in place.
On hold: Salons, museums
Business (not open yet, but see preliminary guidance)
Culture and recreation
- Indoor museums (with approved plans)
- Outdoor swimming pools
Larger activities
May include more than 1 sub-phase
Businesses
- Indoor malls (if also allowed by the State)
- Offices for non-essential employees (if also allowed by the State)
- Hotels, hospitality, and short-term rentals (if also allowed by the State)
- Gyms and fitness centers
- Limited indoor leisure like movie theaters, billiards, and bowling alleys
- Nonessential healing arts
- All other personal services like indoor personal training, permanent makeup, and piercing
- Indoor bars without food
Childcare and education
- Public schools, academic year begins (SFUSD begins fall with distancing learning)
- Other schools, including primary, secondary, and higher education
Culture and recreation
- Basketball courts
- Playgrounds
- Indoor swimming pools
- Indoor tennis
Full reopening
Phase 4 will be the full reopening of our economy. We will remove all social distancing limits and other restrictions related to the COVID-19 response.
The timing for Phase 4 will depend on our experience in Phases 1 to 3. We will rely on our health experts and health indicators to determine when to safely enter Phase 4.
All activities will be allowed, including mass gatherings including:
- Concerts
- Live audience sports and performances
- Night clubs
- Festivals
Last updated July 17, 2020