The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Los Angeles · Los Angeles · California
- Level
- City
- Authority
- L.A. Admin. Code ch. 3, sec. 8.29
- Issued
- 2020-05-07 May 7, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-10 12:01 a.m. 'until the end of the local emergency period' (read as 2020-04-10)
- End
- Absorbed into the Safer L.A. orders (each of which required compliance with 'the April 7, 2020 Worker Protection Order (Revised May 7, 2020)') through 2021
- In force
- Apr. 10, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- workers and employers at every business open under the Safer at Home exemptions (grocery, pharmacies, hardware, restaurants for take-out, hotels, transit, ride-share, construction, laundromats, etc.)
- customers of those businesses
- Functions reached
- HR PPE supply at employer expense
- EMP posted protocols
- CB customers must mask
- WF
- Collection
- Los Angeles MET-LA
Operative words
I hereby order, effective 12:01 a.m. on April 10, 2020, until the end of the local emergency period, that: 1. All workers who work at businesses or perform services that are exempt under Paragraph 5(vii) of the City of Los Angeles Safer At Home Emergency Order... must wear face coverings over their noses and mouths while performing their work.... [employers] must provide, at their expense, non-medical grade face coverings for their employees... [businesses] may refuse admission or service to any individual who fails to wear face coverings... Failure to comply with this Order shall constitute a misdemeanor subject to fines and imprisonment.
Enforcement
Misdemeanor (L.A. Admin. Code sec. 8.77)
Notes
Required employers to permit hand-washing every 30 minutes and to post the County Social Distancing Protocol; ride-share and taxi operators to supply drivers face coverings
Retrieval noteOriginal issue date Apr. 7, 2020; the file is the May 7, 2020 revision.