The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Multnomah County, Oregon · Portland · Oregon
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Multnomah County Declaration of Emergency of March 11, 2020; County administrative authority over County facilities
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13 (immediate) (read as 2020-03-13)
- End
- Not stated; libraries remained closed to walk-in service through the stay-home period; reopening dates not in this exhibit set (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCourts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- library patrons
- persons in custody and visitors
- Functions reached
- CRT public offices and facilities closed
- CB public access to County services
- WF telework of County staff ('teleworking where possible')
- Collection
- Portland MET-PDX
Operative words
Multnomah Chair Deborah Kafoury appeared Friday evening alongside Sheriff Mike Reese, Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines and Library Director Vailey Oehlke to announce the immediate closure of the county's 19 library branches... Patrons are asked not to return library books during the closure.... Suspending in-person visits except for professional and legal visits.
Enforcement
Notes
Records the County's first facility closures, two days after the declaration, alongside the Governor's school closure (four weeks) and gathering ban.
Retrieval noteCounty news release; no separate written closure order in the exhibit.