{"id":"AGY-USCG-PORTS-089","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun (State of California)","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"USCG-PORTS","eco":"","issuer":"Allen Garfinkle, Executive Director, Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun","authority":"Cal. Harb. \u0026 Nav. Code 1154, 1156; EO N-33-20 (essential critical infrastructure workers)","instrument":"Essential Service Letter for State-licensed San Francisco Bar Pilots (Mar. 20, 2020)","title":"To whom it may concern: San Francisco Bar Pilot essential government service letter","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"for the duration of the shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["STAY","TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["law enforcement and officials enforcing the shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders","State-licensed pilots"],"clause":"The bearer of this letter is a San Francisco Bar Pilot, licensed by the State of California to guide commercial ships in and out of San Francisco Bay and surrounding waters. By law all ships over 750 Gross Tons are required to use a state licensed pilot while operating on these waters. This is an essential government service within the meaning of the current Shelter in Place/Stay at Home Orders regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Please confirm the identity of this pilot by requesting to see and checking their State License identification card they carry.","enforcement":"Shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders (Cal. Gov. Code 8665; Health \u0026 Safety Code 120295) as they exempted essential workers","functions":["WF pilots\u0027 movement under stay-at-home orders","DR/PT every ship movement over 750 GT in San Francisco Bay (Oakland, Richmond, Stockton, Sacramento)","TRAV travel to and from pilot stations"],"notes":"A State commission\u0027s contemporaneous certification that the shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders were operating on the pilots who bring every large ship into Northern California\u0027s ports.","sourceUrl":"https://bopc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/41/2020/04/6A_BOPC-Essential-Service-Letter-3-20-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":281564,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-USCG-PORTS","url":"/library/AGY-USCG-PORTS-089","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-USCG-PORTS-089","citation":"Allen Garfinkle, Executive Director, Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, Essential Service Letter for State-licensed San Francisco Bar Pilots (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-089)","stateName":"California","related":["AGY-USCG-PORTS-088","AGY-USCG-PORTS-091"]}