CDPH Guidance for the Use of Face Masks:

Masking Requirements

Masks are required for all individuals in the following indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status. Surgical masks or higher-level respirators (e.g., N95s, KN95s, KF94s) with good fit are highly recommended.

• Homeless shelters[3], Emergency shelters[4] and cooling and heating centers[5]
• Healthcare settings[6] (applies to all healthcare settings, including those that are not covered by the State Health Officer Order issued on July 26, 2021)*
• State and local correctional facilities and detention centers[7]
• Long Term Care Settings & Adult and Senior Care Facilities[8]

Additionally, masks are strongly recommended for all persons, regardless of vaccine status, in indoor public settings and businesses (examples: retail, restaurants, theaters, family entertainment centers, meetings, state and local government offices serving the public); on public transit (examples: airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-shares); and in transportation hubs (examples: airport, bus terminal, marina, train station, seaport or other port, subway station, or any other area that provides transportation). Surgical masks or higher-level respirators (e.g., N95s, KN95s, KF94s) with good fit are highly recommended.

Exemptions to masks requirements

The following individuals are exempt from wearing masks at all times:

• Persons younger than two years old. Very young children must not wear a mask because of the risk of suffocation.
• Persons with a medical condition, mental health condition, or disability that prevents wearing a mask. This includes persons with a medical condition for whom wearing a mask could obstruct breathing or who are unconscious, incapacitated, or otherwise unable to remove a mask without assistance.
• Persons who are hearing impaired, or communicating with a person who is hearing impaired, where the ability to see the mouth is essential for communication.
• Persons for whom wearing a mask would create a risk to the person related to their work, as determined by local, state, or federal regulators or workplace safety guidelines.

Up-to-Date Mask Orders by County:

Solano County: Effective April 20^th California’s requirement for masking on public transit and in transportation hubs is terminated effective immediately. CDPH strongly recommends that individuals in these settings continue to wear a mask.
Alameda County: Masks will be required in most indoor public settings beginning 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 3, 2022.
Sacramento County:  Monday, June 6 at 1:04 p.m. Sacramento County continues to ‘strongly recommend’ but not require masking. Sacramento County health officials continue to advise all people to wear masks in indoor public places as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increase in the region, but will not be requiring it.
LA County: Masking will continue to be required for all persons, regardless of vaccination status, in higher transmission risk settings within the county. Like on public transit and in transportation hubs, all health care settings, correctional facilities and detention centers, emergency shelters, cooling and heating centers, homeless shelters, and long-term care settings and adult and senior care centers.

Sources: https://www.kcra.com/article/cdc-now-sacramento-high-community-level-covid-19/40181549
https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/ph/coronavirus_links/masking_guidance.asp
https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/press-release-2022.06.02.pdf
https://www.capradio.org/articles/2022/06/07/california-coronavirus-updates-june-2022/#sacramento-masks
https://www.ci.claremont.ca.us/home/showpublisheddocument/17885/637823330991630000
https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/press-release-2022.06.02.pdf
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx#:~:text=Exemptions%20to%20masks%20requirements&text=Persons%20younger%20than%20two%20years,that%20prevents%20wearing%20a%20mask.