San Francisco Companies Prep for Metropolis’s Proof of Vaccination Requirement – CBS San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) – In a matter of hours, people who are not fully vaccinated could be denied access to a variety of San Francisco businesses as proof of the city’s COVID vaccination mandate goes into effect.

By midnight, people must be fully vaccinated and have proof of their vaccination status in order to eat in a restaurant, have a drink in a bar, or go to the gym.

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“The goal is not to punish people. The whole point is education and making sure everyone does their part. We don’t charge for people who eat outside. If you eat outside and don’t want to show your vaccination status, you can, ”said San Francisco Mayor London Breed while promoting vaccines in the black community on Thursday.

Breed and San Francisco Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax, announced plans for proof of vaccination mandate a week ago.

According to a press release issued by the city, the updated health ordinance for safer return together requires businesses in certain high-contact indoor areas – including those serving food or drinks, such as bars, restaurants, clubs, theaters, and entertainment venues, as well as indoor gyms and other fitness facilities – To obtain proof of vaccination from their guests and staff so that they can enter these facilities.

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The vaccination requirement doesn’t apply to people who order or pick up take-away food or drinks, officials said.

According to the regulation, these companies must do their best to determine the vaccination status of their employees by the same date. In order to preserve jobs and at the same time give time for compliance, the mandatory vaccination for employees comes into force on October 13th for employees.

There are several ways to prove your vaccination status.

“You can bring your card with you, you can use the state’s app, you can use the CLEAR app. The CLEAR reader uses the state’s app and QR code in my opinion. So it’s just one more opportunity to prove your vaccination, ”said Rodney Fong, President and CEO of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.

People can also save a photo of your vaccination card on your phone and that will serve as evidence.

At San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, where half of its customers are typically local – and where vaccination rates are lower than San Francisco – some restaurants move hostesses outside to avoid potential conflict.

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“Farther away from the restaurant so they can chat with people outside the restaurant to try to prevent and educate as many people as possible if they choose to come in,” said Randall Scott of the Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit Circle.

At Perbacco in the financial district, owner Umberto Gibin said he was ready to implement the policy on Friday.

“There is no way around that – either you are vaccinated or not. If you are not vaccinated … you can eat outside. I think it’s the right thing. I know it’s an imposition, absolutely. I know we shouldn’t be told what to do all the time, but that’s the right thing to do to get out of this mess, ”Gibin said.

Gibin emailed those with upcoming reservations and posted a notice on their website explaining the new policy. He told KPIX that some people didn’t take this well.

“Some of them weren’t very nice,” he said. “I’ll never patronize your restaurant again and on and on and on.”

For him, politics makes sense and should help to find light in the sometimes seemingly endless tunnel.

At Eden Gym in Pacific Heights, owner Tammy Foxx has spent the past few days making sure her current clients are fully vaccinated before their next visit.

“Anything we can do so we don’t have to be closed again,” she said. “I get text messages, I get e-mails, I get photos of cards – all of that.”

So far, she says, people have been quite sympathetic to politics.

“People were pretty compliant. I think people get it, ”she said. “The customers are so grateful to be back in the studio. They don’t want us to be closed either. “

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“I realize that some people need freedom; Everyone has to have their particular freedoms, but when it hurts others, I think we need to start asking questions and doing the right thing, ”said Jim Calonico of San Francisco.