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Gym owners and personal‑services workers press health commission to let them reopen; advocates push for nursing‑home visits
Summary
Dozens of callers told the Public Health Commission their businesses face collapse under continued limits on indoor personal services and gyms; Dr. Teresa Palmer and advocacy groups urged DPH to allow properly equipped visitors into nursing homes and to revise health order C19‑03.
At the Sept. 1 Public Health Commission meeting, a large block of public commenters addressed the department’s approach to indoor personal services, fitness studios and nursing‑home visitation.
Several owners and representatives of San Francisco’s fitness and personal‑care sectors told the commission that state rules or neighboring counties permit indoor services and said city restrictions have left many small businesses unable to plan for reopening. Dean Erickson of FitBurnell and other coalition members said the city is deviating from state guidance that allows 10 percent indoor occupancy for gyms in the red tier. “Indoor gym and fitness services…
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