Reopening County Facilities

Message from Helen Robbins-Meyer, Chief Administrative Officer

With encouraging trends continuing in our fight against COVID-19, you’ve seen the careful reopening of certain businesses recently. Yesterday, Gov. Newsom added office-based businesses to the list. I’m happy to tell you that includes us.

The County will begin the safe reopening of offices this Friday, May 15. That will be a gradual process taking place over weeks, with different timelines and unique circumstances for each department. Many of you will continue teleworking for now. Please don’t report to an office until your supervisor tells you to do so.

Let me emphasize safe reopening. Protecting your health remains a top priority. When you return, we’ll have temperature and/or symptom screenings at all of our facilities. We’ve added new sanitation procedures at all worksites. We’ll provide personal protective equipment appropriate to your duties as needed. Workstations may be changed to ensure social distancing. You’ll see the same Safe Reopening Plan we’ve required of businesses posted at our offices.

The way we operate will continue to look different for a while. And make no mistake – reopening will have challenges of its own. But this is a huge step in a welcome direction. It’s been nearly two months since we started closing our doors, and I’m thrilled to start inviting the people we serve back.

A big thank-you to those who have been working hard on the plans to reopen. And my appreciation to all of you for hanging tough through this trying time and everything you’ve done to get us to this milestone.