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Revised Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (Dec. 30, 2020)

Revised Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response

County of Los Angeles Health Officer · Los Angeles County Public Health Jurisdiction (County)

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Jurisdiction
Los Angeles County Public Health Jurisdiction · Los Angeles · California
Level
County
Authority
Cal. Health & Safety Code secs. 101040, 101085, 120175; State Regional Stay at Home Order (Dec. 3, 2020) and Supplement (Dec. 6, 2020) recited: 'County Health Officer Orders may not be less restrictive than Orders issued by the State Public Health Officer'
Issued
2020-12-30 Dec. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-12-30 11:59 p.m. PST (read as 2020-12-30)
End
In effect 'for as long as the State Public Health Officer's Regional Stay At Home remains in effect in the Southern California Region' (lifted Jan. 25, 2021); superseded Jan. 29, 2021 (Ex. MET-LA-013) (read as 2021-01-25)
In force
Dec. 30, 2020 to Jan. 25, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons
  • all businesses
  • restaurants (no in-person dining)
  • personal care (closed)
  • retail (20 percent)
  • non-essential offices (closed)
  • essential offices (25 percent)
  • malls (20 percent)
  • fitness (outdoor 50 percent)
  • travelers (10-day quarantine)
Functions reached
  • CB customer base under stay-home and curfew
  • OF non-essential offices closed; essential 25 percent
  • SF retail 20 percent
  • DR all dining closed
  • SL personal care closed
  • FC gyms indoor closed
  • TV travel quarantine
  • WF workforce exposure quarantine
  • ML malls 20 percent
  • GATH
Collection
Los Angeles MET-LA

Operative words

3. All persons within the County Public Health Jurisdiction must stay home, except to travel to and from Essential Businesses... b) All public and private gatherings and events with people from more than one household are prohibited... e) All permitted activities with individuals of other households... must cease, between 10PM and 5AM (PST)... f)... persons arriving in the County of Los Angeles from other states or countries, or from outside the Southern California Region, for non-essential travel, including returning County of Los Angeles residents, must self-quarantine for 10 days after arrival.... 5. The Health Officer orders the closure of the following... e) All restaurants, but only for indoor and outdoor in-person onsite dining until further notice;... k) Personal Care Services... 7. a) Lower-Risk Retail Businesses that are open for indoor operations must limit indoor capacity to 20% of maximum occupancy... must close for indoor retail operations between the hours of 10:00 PM - 5:00 AM (PST).... c) For any Non-Essential office-based business, all indoor portions and operations must cease in-person operations until further notice.... d) Essential office-based businesses that are open for indoor operations must limit indoor capacity to 25% of maximum occupancy... e) Indoor Malls and Shopping Centers... may be open at up to 20% of overall mall or shopping center capacity... 8. c) Fitness facilities... may be open for outdoor operations only at 50% maximum outdoor capacity.

Enforcement

Cal. Health & Safety Code sec. 120295; L.A. County Code sec. 11.02.080

Notes

Recites 14,614 new cases per day and the Southern California Region ICU capacity; incorporates paragraphs 4-6, 10-11 etc. of the Nov. 25 order; day camps and fitness closed 10 p.m.-5 a.m.; film and TV production under Appendix J

Retrieval note

19 pages; the version in force on Jan. 1, 2021. The Nov. 27/30 original Temporary Targeted order is recited in this text; its own PDF was not archived under a retrievable URL.