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Ex. MET-SAC-002 Order Primary source read

Order of the Health Officer (amended stay-at-home order), Apr. 7, 2020

Order... Directing All Individuals Living in the County to Continue Staying at Home... Restricting Access to Recreation Areas; Requiring Essential Businesses to Implement Social Distancing Protocols; Clarifying and Further Limiting Essential Business Activities; Directing All Businesses and Governmental Agencies to Cease Non-Essential Operations at Physical Locations in the County; Prohibiting All Non-Essential Gatherings of Any Number of Individuals; and Ordering Cessation of All Non-Essential Travel

Sacramento County Public Health Officer (Olivia Kasirye, MD, MS) · Sacramento County, California (County)

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Jurisdiction
Sacramento County, California · Sacramento · California
Level
County
Authority
Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 101040, 101085, 120175
Issued
2020-04-07 Apr. 7, 2020
Effective
2020-04-07 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-04-07)
End
2020-05-01 11:59 p.m. by its terms (§ 15). (read as 2020-05-01)
In force
Apr. 7, 2020 to May 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all individuals
  • all businesses
  • essential businesses
  • governmental agencies
  • transit agencies
Functions reached
  • SF non-essential operations at physical locations ceased
  • CB customer base confined
  • EMP essential businesses must adopt written Social Distancing Protocols
  • GATH
  • TRAV
  • WF
Collection
Sacramento MET-SAC

Operative words

All public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit are prohibited, except for the limited purposes expressly permitted in this Order.... All travel, including, but not limited to, travel on foot, bicycle, scooter, motorcycle, automobile, or public transit, except Essential Travel, as defined below in Sections 12(j), is prohibited.... This Order allows travel into or out of the County only to perform Essential Activities, operate Essential Businesses, maintain Essential Governmental Functions, or perform Minimum Basic Operations at non-essential businesses.

Enforcement

§ 14: Sheriff and chiefs of police requested to ensure compliance and enforce (Gov. Code §§ 26602, 41601; Health & Safety Code § 101029); violation 'constitutes an imminent threat to public health'

Notes

Sixteen pages. § 5: bars, wineries and brew-pubs closed, in-dining ceased (delivery and takeout only), gyms, bingo halls and card rooms closed. § 6 restricts public transit use to essential purposes. Recites the State's Mar. 19, 2020 order as setting baseline restrictions.

Retrieval note

Supersedes the Mar. 19, 2020 order (§ 1).

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