You know who thinks those businesses are essential? The employees who desperately need their paychecks to pay their rent, buy food and support their families.

Think how long you and your family would last if your only source of income shut down for a few weeks?

I think the creative accommodations these employers are making - no table service and encouraging "to go" orders is both remarkable and commendable. If these businesses don't survive, we're all going to see an entirely new economy and downtown that we probably won't like. Let's do our best to make sure they survive.

Depends on who is interpreting whether or not residential construction is allowed. Per the Santa Clara County Sheriff's deputy I spoke to yesterday the only new construction that was considered essential in that county is low income housing and homeless housing. Period. Of course, that hasn't stopped many companies from working anyway, but I suspect as the week goes on they will get shut down.

Not to mention working under this order is stupid liability-wise. If someone working on one of your job sites gets sick with covid and dies their survivors are likely to sue you. The company I work for is not willing to go through that, so our sites are closed.

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