California state officials visited the Disneyland Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood this week as Gov. Gavin Newsom mulls issuing guidelines to allow the major theme parks to reopen.to reopen with new health and safety measures in place — just like their Florida counterparts, which successfully reopened over the summer.
"We were grateful for the opportunity to share our enhanced health and safety protocols with state officials, including representatives from GO-Biz and the California Dept. of Health, earlier this week. We are hopeful this brings us closer to a positive resolution on behalf of our entire industry," a spokesman for Universal Studios toldAs for Disneyland, a company official confirmed state officials also toured the theme park. No additional specifics were offered.
The battle to reopen the parks reached a boiling point last month when Disney drew a line in the sand and essentially demanded Newsom offer a path to reopening. The governor did not budge. Shortly thereafter, Disney announced it was laying off 28,000 employees , and Disney chairman Bob Iger resigned from the state's economic coronavirus task force. Again, Newsom seemed to shrug off the development, saying during a routine press conference he was not"surprised" Iger resigned.