Mask Mandates Set to Return in Several California Areas: What We Know

Mask mandates will be returning in several Bay Area locations starting Nov. 1, lasting until the end of March 2025.

People wearing protective masks walk on the street in a file photo. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times

Mask mandates will be returning to several counties in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, starting next month.

The orders, which were handed down by individual counties, apply mainly to health care workers, although at least two Bay Area counties have extended the requirement to visitors and patients.