{"id":"MET-LA-018","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Los Angeles County Public Health Jurisdiction","state":"CA","metro":"LA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County of Los Angeles Health Officer","authority":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code secs. 101040, 101085, 120175; State Public Health Officer Order of June 11, 2021","instrument":"Responding Together at Work and in the Community, Beyond the Blueprint, Substantial Transmission (Issue Date July 16, 2021; effective 11:59 p.m. July 17, 2021)","title":"Responding Together at Work and in the Community: Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Substantial Transmission, Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage with Moderate Risk Reduction Measures","dateIssued":"2021-07-16","effective":"2021-07-17 11:59 p.m.","end":"2021-08-19 11:59 p.m. (revised Aug. 16, Ex. MET-LA-019); universal indoor masking continued to Mar. 4, 2022","startDate":"2021-07-17","endDate":"2021-08-19","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP","VAX","EVT","SCH","QUAR"],"addressees":["all persons in indoor public settings and businesses, regardless of vaccination status","all businesses and venue operators (must require and communicate masking)","employers (Cal/OSHA ETS interaction)","mega events"],"clause":"Requires face masks to be worn by all persons, regardless of vaccination status, while in all indoor public settings and businesses.... this Order reinstates masking by all, regardless of vaccination status, in effort to slow the increasing trends in and level of transmission of COVID-19 currently being seen in Los Angeles County.... universal indoor masking is the least disruptive and most effective measure to take while increasing vaccination rates; this is an important safety directive that can be implemented without impacting normal business capacity and operations.","enforcement":"Cal. Health \u0026 Safety Code sec. 120295; L.A. County Code sec. 11.02.080","functions":["CB every customer masked","SF","DR (masks except while eating)","OF/EMP workplace masking regardless of vaccination","HR","WF"],"notes":"The first major U.S. jurisdiction to reinstate universal indoor masking in the Delta wave; the City (Ex. MET-LA-035) and Long Beach (Ex. MET-LA-045) followed the same night, Pasadena July 22 (Ex. MET-LA-053)","sourceUrl":"http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/docs/HOO/HOO_SaferReturnWorkCommunity.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210717003047/http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/docs/HOO/HOO_SaferReturnWorkCommunity.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":321584,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-LA","url":"/library/MET-LA-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-LA-018","citation":"County of Los Angeles Health Officer, Responding Together at Work and in the Community, Beyond the Blueprint, Substantial Transmission (Issue Date July 16, 2021; effective 11:59 p.m. July 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-LA-018)","stateName":"California","related":["MET-LA-019","MET-LA-017","MET-LA-035","MET-LA-045","MET-LA-053","SEC-11-GM-033","SEC-11-GM-034","SEC-11-GM-036","SEC-11-GM-038","SEC-12-GM-005","SEC-14-GM-021","SEC-17-GM-031"]}