The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- California Emergency Services Act, Article 13 (State of Emergency), Stats. 1970, ch. 1454
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 Sept. 28, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-28)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 28, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationStanding duty
- Addressees
- persons generally; all State agencies; every business and employer within the area designated (the whole State)
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: California DUT-CA
Operative words
8627. During a state of emergency the Governor shall, to the extent he deems necessary, have complete authority over all agencies of the state government and the right to exercise within the area designated all police power vested in the state... In exercise thereof, he shall promulgate, issue, and enforce such orders and regulations as he deems necessary
Penalty
What it required
Vested the Governor, from the proclamation of March 4, 2020 (CA-001) to its termination on Feb. 28, 2023, with all police power of the State and a duty to promulgate, issue and enforce orders and regulations, the constitutional and statutory foundation of EO N-33-20 and every executive order of the series. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval noteOfficial text as displayed Sept. 28, 2026; section 8627 carries its 1970 text. The Court of Appeal in Newsom v. Superior Court (Gallagher) (DUT-CA-018) quotes section 8627 in full and holds that 'police power' as exercised is generally the power to legislate, so that the Governor's emergency orders are quasi-legislative acts with the force of law.