The countdown is on for when more businesses in the county will need to halt their indoor operations once again, following Governor Gavin Newsom's announcement on Monday.
23ABC's Bayan Wang has been speaking to business owners who would be impacted by this.
MORE BUSINESSES INTHE COUNTY WILL NEED TO HALTTHEIR INDOOR OPERATIONSONCE AGAIN, FOLLOWING GOVERNORGAVIN NEWSOM'SANOUNCEMENT ON MONDAY.23ABC'S BAYAN WANG HAS BEENSPEAKING TO BUSINESSOWNERS WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED BYTHIS..
AND HASMORE--THAT'S RIGHT THE THE COUNTDOWNIS ON -- ACCORDINGTO KERN COUNTY OFFICIALS..
THEYEXPECT THE GOVERNOR'SNEWEST ORDER TO TAKE AFFECT INTHE COUNTY ON SATURDAY... THATMEANS BUSINESSES LIKE HAIRSALONS AND GYMS WOULDHAVE TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS ONCEAGAIN.
I SPOKE TO A FEWBUSINESS OWNERS TODAY... ONE OFTHEM VERYFRUSTRATED, THE OTHERCHALLENGING THE GOVERNOR,PLANNING TO KEEP HIS GYM OPEN."F(BEEP) THE BOLOGNA VIRUS."MARCK PACHECO..."NO MASK, NO GLOVE, NO PULLINGOUT."THE OWNER OF THE STRENGTH ANDHEALTH GYM IN DOWNTOWNBAKERSFIELD, KEPT HIS DOORS OPENDURING PREVIOUSMANDATORY CLOSURES -- HE SAYS HEPLANS TO KEEP HIS DOORSOPEN... IF AND WHEN GOVERNORNEWSOM'S NEWESTSHUTDOWN ORDER IS PUT IN PLACEHERE IN KERN COUNTY.THE ORDER CALLS FOR HAIR SALONS,PLACES OF WORSHIP, NONCRITICAL SECTORS, AND GYMS TOHALT BUSINESS ONCEAGIAN."THE CUSTOMERS ARE MOREFRUSTRATEDTHAN I AM.
I'VE ALREADY BEENTHROUGH THIS AND I'M PREPARED TODOWHAT I HAVE TO DO.
I'M NOT JUSTGOING TO LET NATURE TAKE ITSCOURSE.
BUT THEMEMBERS ARE GOING THROUGH IT ANDI'M GETTING PHONE CALLS, GETTINGQUETSIONS ALL THE TIME.
I'M JUSTTRYING TO TELL THEM LOOK I'M THEPOSTER BOY,I'M GOING TO BE THE LAST MANSTANDING NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSEWE ARE ALLTIRED OF THIS STUFF.BUT IN THE MIDST OF PACHECO'SFRUSTRATION -- THERE ARE MORECOVID-19 CASES SPREADING ACROSSTHE STATE -- MOREPATIENTS REQUIRING INTESIVE CAREAND HOSPITALCAPACITY SLOWLY DWINDLING."WE REALLY EXPECTED IT"RAMONA POTTS -- THE OWNER OFATOMIC KITTEN SALON... SAYS SHEHAD A FEELING ANOTHER CLOSUREWAS AROUND THE CORNER BECAUSE OFTHE UPTICK....THIS MEANS HEREMPLOYEES MUST TAKE MORE TIMEOFF.
ALL THE MONEY SPENT ONMODIFICATIONS TO REOPEN, POTTSFEELS LIKE IT WENT TO WASTE."THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING ISDOING EVERYTHING I COULD TO GETREADY AND KEEP EVERYONE SAFE ANDHAVING THEM SHUT US DOWNANYWAY."IT'S A FEELING MIKE EARHART, THEOWNER OF WIKI'S WINE DIVE ANDGRILL IS FAMILIAR WITH --IN-DOOR OPERATIONS ATHIS RESTAURANT IN SOUTHWESTBAKERSFIELD HAVE BEENHALTED FOR 13 DAYS AND COUNTINGAS A RESULT OFNEWSOM'S ORDER IN THE BEGINNINGOF JULY."EVERYBODY IS FRUSTRATED, HOWLONG IS THIS GOING TO GO ON?
HOWMUCH TORTURE IS IT GOING TO BENOT TO MAKEMONEY, YOU HAVE TO WORK HARD,JUST TO BREAK EVEN."WHILE EARHART WAS ABLE TO EXTENDHIS PATIO SEATING FORMORE BUSINESS -- POTTS WASUNABLE TO..
LEAVING HERINCOME ON PAUSE WHEN NEWSOM'SNEW ORDER HITS."WE JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM THESTATE BOARD YESTERDAY THAT SAIDWE CAN'T DO OUTSIDE SERVICES."MEANTIME -- PACHECO SAYS HEWELCOMES THE CHALLENGE FROMNEWSOM."I'M NOT GOING OUT THAT WAY.
I'MGOING TO STAND MY GROUND NOMATTER WHAT ITTAKES.
AND LIKE I SAY, GIVE MELIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH."
