Hotels and tourist associations throughout California are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to release guidelines for conventions and meetings before organizations opt to relocate events planned for later this year due to the state’s restrictions. Wendy Haase, vice president of Destination Irvine, told The Epoch Times the biggest challenge currently facing the hospitality industry is California’s strict restrictions compared to other states. “What’s happening is meeting planners who have meetings scheduled for our hotels … are pulling those meetings to go to our competing states, because they’re afraid that without guidelines they could be canceled,” Haase said. “They don’t know what their meeting’s going to look like. They can’t plan without those guidelines in place.” As California prepares for an April 1 soft reopening of theme parks, over 120 hotels and tourist associations sent a letter to Newsom on March 3, pleading for the governor to issue guidelines before it’s too …