Public File for KMAX-TV / Good Day Sacramento. Remember there's 1050 school districts in California, 10,500 plus schools. As water restrictions take their toll on Southern California, tell us: Whats going on with your lawn? The California Department of Public Health made the announcement Wednesday following new guidance on a national level asking Americans who live in areas with "substantial or high" virus. "Mask mandates should be reinstated whenever there is a surge. Those counties are: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and the city of Berkeley. Um, everybody has strong opinions, uh, local boards and superintendents county, uh, and the like, and we are getting closer and closer uh, to making public and announcement on mask wearing in our public schools and no one looks forward to that more than I do. Newsom said Wednesday that the state will soon announce an endemic plan that would include updated guidance on schools on the states mask mandate for students. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Ill be back tomorrow. And how can we create criteria in terms of community surveillance and an approach to this uh pandemic as we transition into an endemic phase where we can address the latter part of your question, which was the impacts of these rules and regulations and requirements, particularly on small businesses, individuals and the like. The board voted unanimously in support of Supervisor Janice Hahn's motion, which will end the proclamation of a local emergency and the proclamation of a local health emergency on March 31. In addition, 11 San Francisco Bay Area counties said they will also follow the states lead and lift their mask requirements. So as I said we're a matter of days away uh from putting out that updated recommendation, we continue to allow local control is again we have done in the beginning of this pandemic, and then we'll be putting out detailed strategies of what we're looking for moving forward as it relates to community spread measurements and what the endemic strategy looks like, which I think will begin to answer many of the questions you have. Gavin Newsom said this week that California will end its statewide indoor masking requirement for vaccinated people next week. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, ICE detainees allege retaliation for speaking about medical conditions at Otay Mesa center, Downtown L.A stabbing sends six to hospital; suspect arrested, San Diego Roman Catholic diocese facing yet another lawsuit from its insurance company, Desperate mountain residents trapped by snow beg for help; We are coming, sheriff says, Newsom, IRS give Californians until October to file tax returns, Californias snowpack is approaching an all-time record, with more on the way, This is me, this is my face: Actress Mimi Rogers on aging naturally, without cosmetic surgery, Los Angeles is suddenly awash in waterfalls, dining with lobbyist friends at the posh French Laundry restaurant, Newsom handily defeated the recall campaign. Newsom recently said that his administration set the groundwork to end the state of emergency last year when he called off most of the remaining restrictions and began transitioning into a plan to live with the virus.