{"id":311,"date":"2021-02-04T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2021-02-09T22:09:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:09:12","slug":"politicians-propose-bill-to-speed-disneyland-and-universal-studios-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/politicians-propose-bill-to-speed-disneyland-and-universal-studios-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians Propose Bill to Speed Disneyland and Universal Studios Reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/author\/pat-saperstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pat Saperstein<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/disneyland218280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-316\" width=\"809\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/disneyland218280.jpg 681w, https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/disneyland218280-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>California Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva announced Thursday that she would co-sponsor a bill to require the state to let all theme parks reopen in the same tier of COVID guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s Blueprint for a Safer Economy allows small theme parks, with less than 15,000 visitor capacity, to reopen when the state hits the orange or moderate tier. Meanwhile, large parks such as\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/disneyland\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disneyland<\/a>\u00a0are not allowed to reopen until the state achieves the yellow tier, meaning a minimal level of COVID infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assemblywoman Suzette Martinez-Valladares, whose district includes Six Flags Magic Mountain, will co-sponsor the bill, known as AB 420.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs a veteran of the theme park industry, I intimately understand their operations, their procedures, and their ability to move people and keep them safe,\u201d said Martinez-Valladares. \u201cThe industry, and Six Flags Magic Mountain in my district, has been closed for nearly a year, while parks in other states have been open to the public and serving them safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Universal Parks in other areas are operating safely, said\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/universal-studios\/\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Studios<\/a>\u00a0Hollywood President Karen Irwin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis extended closure has been both unprecedented and detrimental to our business and workforce,\u201d Irwin said in a statement&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2021\/02\/04\/california-assembly-bill-seeks-to-speed-reopening-of-disneyland-and-other-theme-parks\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to the Orange County Register<\/a>. \u201cUniversal Parks &amp; Resort theme parks in Orlando, Osaka and Singapore have all successfully and safely operated without incident or cases attributed to their daily operations since mid-last year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irwin said keeping larger theme parks in tier 4 would likely keep them closed indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Limiting reopening to the state\u2019s yellow\/minimal tier 4 could keep Universal and other large California theme parks \u201cclosed indefinitely,\u201d according to Irwin, which would have a devastating effect on jobs in the theme park business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Pat Saperstein California Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva announced Thursday that she would co-sponsor a bill to require the state to let all theme parks reopen in the same tier of COVID guidelines. Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s Blueprint for a Safer Economy allows small theme parks, with less than 15,000 visitor capacity, to reopen when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reopencaamusementparks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}