California: Senate Committee Finds Nearly 1/3 Of All Restaurants Closed Due To Pandemic – IOTW Report

California: Senate Committee Finds Nearly 1/3 Of All Restaurants Closed Due To Pandemic

California Globe: A Special Senate Committee formulated to focus on pandemic related responses reported on Tuesday that restaurants in California had been damaged inordinately hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the Special Committee on Pandemic Emergency Response, around one-third of all restaurants closed in California during the pandemic, with two-third of all restaurant workers either temporarily or permanently losing their jobs due to new COVID-19 rules, months of restrictions that allowed only delivery and takeout options, and Governor Gavin Newsom twice installing statewide lockdowns. The California Restaurant Association noted that pre-pandemic, restaurants employed around 1.8 million people. But the special committee noted that 1 million of them were fired or laid-off in the immediate few weeks of the pandemic, with many more facing similar consequences  in the following weeks.

In total, tens of thousands of restaurants had to close in California, with the entire industry nationwide losing $240 billion in 2020 alone. While recovery is noted to have begun with restaurants now offering expanded serving once again with some indoor service returning, in addition to outdoor options that had been scaled up during the pandemic, statistics show a heavily depleted market. The number of restaurant-related jobs in the state is still down 26% when pre-COVID March 2020 figures are compared to March 2021 figures. read more

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