The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Los Angeles · Los Angeles · California
- Level
- City
- Authority
- L.A. City Charter sec. 231(i); L.A. Admin. Code ch. 3, sec. 8.27
- Issued
- 2020-05-27 May 27, 2020
- Effective
- Operative paragraphs effective Apr. 10, 2020 11:59 p.m. (as revised); May 27 revision immediately (read as 2020-04-10)
- End
- 2020-06-01 (superseded by the Safer L.A. Order of June 1, 2020, recited in Ex. MET-LA-033) (read as 2020-06-01)
- In force
- Apr. 10, 2020 to June 1, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all persons
- all businesses (cease operations requiring in-person attendance unless exempt; LADWP shut-off)
- indoor malls (50 percent)
- dine-in restaurants and hair salons (reopened under County protocols)
- child care (stable groups)
- places of worship (protocols)
- Functions reached
- OF workplaces closed unless exempt; telework compelled
- SF
- DR
- SL
- CB
- TV
- GATH
- EC child care groups
- WS worship protocols
- Collection
- Los Angeles MET-LA
Operative words
1. Subject only to the exceptions outlined in this Paragraph and Paragraph 5 below, all persons living within the City of Los Angeles are hereby ordered to remain in their homes.... 2.... all businesses within the City of Los Angeles are ordered to cease operations that require in-person attendance by workers at a workplace. Indoor Malls and Shopping Centers can open to no more than 50% of overall shopping center capacity. To the extent that business operations may be maintained by telecommuting or other remote means... this Order shall not apply to limit such business activities. A business that fails to cease operation despite not meeting an exception... may be subject to having its water and power services shut off by the Department of Water and Power... 3. All public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a residence are prohibited... 4. All travel... is prohibited, subject to the exceptions in Paragraph 5.
Enforcement
Misdemeanor (para. 8); LADWP water and power shut-off for non-compliant businesses (para. 2)
Notes
Reopening version of the City's stay-at-home order: dine-in restaurants, hair salons and in-store retail permitted under County protocols from May 29; the stay-home command and gathering ban remained