State authorizes Orange County businesses to move to full Stage 2 reopening,  allowing dine-in restaurants, shopping malls, and in-store retail to reopen safely. City launches new business reopening website (www.HBready.com/reopen)  which consolidates all official reopening guidance documentation  currently available and needed for businesses to reopen. On Saturday, May 23, the State authorized Orange County’s plan to facilitate an accelerated reopening of Later Stage 2 businesses, including dine-in restaurants, shopping malls, and in-store retail, with proper safety protocols in place.  This authorization follows the County’s attestation that it has met the State’s “readiness criteria” to transition from Early to Later Stage 2,

As LA County beaches reopened this week, beach parking lots for Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington State Beach, and City beaches being reopened at 50% capacity This week, through a coordinated regional effort, additional beach access was restored across Orange and LA Counties.  To that end, as LA County reopened their beaches to the public for active recreation, select beach parking lots for Bolsa Chica State Beach, Huntington State Beach, and the City beach are being reopened starting on Friday, May 15, at 5 a.m.   Given the critical importance of social distancing, this limited reopening of beach parking lots was coordinated