Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced the new mandate will start Wednesday and last until Jan. 15.
cases in California has jumped 47 percent in the past two weeks.
California lifted its statewide mask mandate on June 15 for people who were vaccinated, a date Newsom heralded as the state’s grand reopening. But since then, county governments covering about half of the state’s population have imposed their own indoor mask mandates as case rates surged with new variants.
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