Los Angeles County beaches reopened for certain activities Wednesday following a two-month closure amid the escalating coronavirus pandemic, as officials slowly implement measures to ease stay-at-home orders in an effort to resume daily life.
pandemic, as officials slowly implement measures to ease stay-at-home orders in an effort to resume daily life.
Beachgoers, however, are only permitted to engage in recreational activities such as running, walking, swimming and surfing along the county's 75 miles of coastline. Face masks are required and visitors must maintain social distancing. Group sports and sunbathing are prohibited, as well as picnicking. Beach parking lots, piers, bike paths, boardwalks and concession stands will remain closed.People walk on the sand on Wednesday in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles. Los Angeles County reopened its beaches Wednesday in the latest cautious easing of coronavirus restrictions that have closed most California public spaces and businesses for nearly two months.through the summer.
“Our hope is that by using the data, we’d be able to slowly lift restrictions over the next three months,” she told the Board of Supervisors. "But without widely available testing for the coronavirus or rapid home kits that would allow people to test themselves daily, it seems unlikely that the social distancing directives and stay-at-home orders would be completely eased.
"If the Governor or County Health Dept. see pictures of us not social distancing, they can and will close us down as they did in Orange County," he wrote.
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