Youth sports face mixed messaging on coronavirus guidelines

Doug Johnson reports

GROUP CITY YOUTH SPORTINGEVENTS HAVE BEEN THEN.

SOCCERTO BASEBALL REGISTRATION FORYOU SPORTS HAVE BEEN POPPINGUP ALL OVER THE CENTRALVALLEY.INSTEAD OF PLAYING ACTUALGAMES ALMOST ALL THE CAMPS AREOFFERING TRAINING ANDCONDITIONING.MOST HAS STRICT COVID-19GUIDELINES FOR ALLPARTICIPANTS, CHECKINGTEMPERATURES AND ENSURINGEVERYONE STAY 6 FEET APART.SOME ARE EVEN ASKING PARENTSTO STAY IN THEIR CARS AND NOTCOME ON TO THE FIELD.

THISMONTH, THE CALIFORNIADEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTHSAID YOU SPORTS ANDRECREATIONAL TEAM SPORTS HAVENOT BEEN ALLOWED AT ANY POINTUNDER CALIFORNIA STAY AT HOMEORDER WHICH WAS ISSUED ONMARCH 19TH CONTINUES TO BE INEFFECT.

THE STATE HAS BEGUN TOOPEN SPECIFIC BUSINESSES ANDACTIVITIES BY ISSUING GUIDANCEON HOW TO DO SO IN A WAY THATREDUCES RISK FOR ALLCALIFORNIANS.

HOWEVER, NOGUIDANCE HAS BEEN ISSUED FORTHESE ACTIVITIES.

THEY ARETHEREFORE STILL NOT ALLOWED.HOWEVER HERE IN SACRAMENTOCOUNTY, THE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH SERVICES SAYS QUOTESACRAMENTO COUNTY'S PUBLICHEALTH ORDERS TO DATE HAVE NOTALLOWED YOU SPORTS ANDRECREATIONAL TEAM SPORTS.HOWEVER CONDITIONING OF TEAMSHAD BEEN ALLOWED BASED ONSTATE GUIDANCE PROVIDEDTHROUGH THE ESSENTIAL SERVICESEMAIL MIX MESSAGING HAS BEENCONFUSING FOR THESE CAMPS, I'MTELLING FOX 40 OFF CAMERA IT'SHARD TO KEEP UP AND HAVE THEIRBUSINESSES COMPLY.

THE PARENTSFEEL THEIR KIDS NEED SOMETHINGTO KEEP THEM ACTIVE THISSUMMER.NOW WE'RE STILL NOT SURE ONWHEN THE STATE MIGHT ACTUALLYPROVIDE SOME SORT OF LANGUAGEON WHAT THE GUIDELINES.

RULESARE FOR THIS, BUT THEY HAVENOT DONE SO YET MEANWHILE THEYSAY IT IS TECHNICALLY AMISDEMEANOR TO HAVE ANY SORTOF YOUTH SPORTING CAMP AT THIS