The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles · Los Angeles · California
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Cal. Const. art. VI, sec. 1; Code Civ. Proc. sec. 128; Gov't Code sec. 68070; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.603; In re Reno (2012) 55 Cal.4th 428, 522; Cal/OSHA ETS (June 17, 2021)
- Issued
- 2021-06-24 June 24, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-28 until further notice (read as 2021-06-28)
- End
- In force through Q3 2021 and into 2022 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- June 28, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all persons entering any courthouse regardless of vaccination status; court employees (Cal/OSHA-compliant masks)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Los Angeles MET-LA
Operative words
1. Face Coverings: a. All persons entering any courthouse - regardless of vaccination status - shall wear a face mask over both the nose and mouth while in public areas of the courthouse... c. Individuals who decline or refuse to wear a face mask without a court order exempting them from the mask requirement will be denied entry to the courthouse... a. General Order 2020-GEN-025-00, dated November 23, 2020, is hereby rescinded.... THIS ORDER IS EFFECTIVE JUNE 28, 2021, AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Enforcement
Denial of entry; contempt
Notes
The Court retained its mask mandate on June 28, 2021 when it lifted distancing; the court's own recital that 'public health authorities acknowledged the right of businesses and entities to retain mask requirements'