

"The state is not just poised to recover, it's poised to come roaring back."

Gavin Newsom said on the eve of the reopening.

There is no state in America that has more," Gov. "With all due respect, eat your heart out, the rest of the United States. Most of California's coronavirus restrictions will disappear Tuesday, June 15, 2021. California, the first state in America to put in place a coronavirus lockdown, is now turning a page on the pandemic. In this Friday, April 30, 2021, file photo, visitors walk down Main Street USA at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. People can pack indoor bars and nightclubs from the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles to the Castro in San Francisco. Disneyland is throwing its doors open to all tourists after allowing just California residents. Fans can cheer mask-less at Dodgers and Giants games. The economy is fully reopening for the first time in 15 months and people can largely return to pre-pandemic lifestyles. Just in time for summer, California wants to send the message that life in the Golden State is getting much closer to normal. And masks-one of the most symbolic and fraught symbols of the pandemic-will no longer be mandated for vaccinated people in most settings, though businesses and counties can still require them. Starting Tuesday, there will be no more state rules on social distancing, and no more limits on capacity at restaurants, bars, supermarkets, gyms, stadiums or anywhere else. At the stroke of midnight, California is lifting most of its COVID-19 restrictions and ushering in what has been billed as the state's "Grand Reopening."
