[Leftcoast]

Hmm.  Depends on what you mean by "Bay Area."  My gut tells me that Contra Costa County is very different than Santa Clara County. - Teejers

My point was more that the 6 Bay Area counties, including Contra Costa, that collectively put in place the initial Shelter-in-Place ruling should also work together in rolling it back, just as initially agreed.   They are a tightly intertwined economic and social system and it is in the public's interest that they work together.  

If you are looking for data on just how intertwined these six counties are you can start with commute patterns.  The data below covers commutes into and out of 9 SF bay area adjacent counties as of 2010.  Alameda is the overall outbound commute winner but Contra Cost is second in the number of commuters sent to other Bay Area counties. (93,000 to Alameda, 48,000 to San Francisco, 12,000 to Santa Clara, 10,000 to San Mateo, 7,000 to Marin.)

The county among the six with the least outbound commuters is Napa but I suspect that has more to do with relative populations. The chart is from 2010 which was the tail-end of the recession. We can safely assume commute patterns have only intensified since then. For reference, compare Napa (not among the six) to Contra-Costa in the graphic below.

http://www.vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov/commute-patterns

The six bay area counties in the initial ruling were:
* San Francisco
* San Mateo
* Santa Clara
* Contra Costa
* Alameda 
* Marin

The three that did not participate:
* Napa
* Solano
* Sonoma

Finally, here is a link to the March 16 article discussing the six county announcement:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politi...135014.php

[Leftcoast]

Hmm.  Depends on what you mean by "Bay Area."  My gut tells me that Contra Costa County is very different than Santa Clara County. - Teejers

My point was more that the 6 Bay Area counties, including Contra Costa, that collectively put in place the initial Shelter-in-Place ruling should also work together in rolling it back, just as initially agreed.   They are a tightly intertwined economic and social system and it is in the public's interest that they work together.  

If you are looking for data on just how intertwined these six counties are you can start with commute patterns.  The data below covers commutes into and out of 9 SF bay area adjacent counties as of 2010.  Alameda is the overall outbound commute winner but Contra Cost is second in the number of commuters sent to other Bay Area counties. (93,000 to Alameda, 48,000 to San Francisco, 12,000 to Santa Clara, 10,000 to San Mateo, 7,000 to Marin.)

The county among the six with the least outbound commuters is Napa but I suspect that has more to do with relative populations. The chart is from 2010 which was the tail-end of the recession. We can safely assume commute patterns have only intensified since then. For reference, compare Napa (not among the six) to Contra-Costa in the graphic below.

http://www.vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov/commute-patterns

The six bay area counties in the initial ruling were:
* San Francisco
* San Mateo
* Santa Clara
* Contra Costa
* Alameda 
* Marin

The three that did not participate:
* Napa
* Solano
* Sonoma

Finally, here is a link to the March 16 article discussing the six county announcement:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politi...135014.php