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Ex. MET-SFO-052 Order Primary source read

Order of the Health Officer of the City of Berkeley generally requiring members of the public and workers to wear face coverings

Face coverings order

Health Officer of the City of Berkeley (Lisa B. Hernandez, M.D.) · City of Berkeley (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Berkeley · San Francisco Bay Area · California
Level
City
Authority
Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 101040, 101085, 120175 (Berkeley is a city with its own health jurisdiction)
Issued
2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-04-17 11:59 p.m. (enforcement grace period to 8:00 a.m. Apr. 22, 2020) (read as 2020-04-17)
End
continued until superseded (2020-2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Apr. 17, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • members of the public
  • workers
  • Essential Businesses
Functions reached
  • SF
  • WF
  • EMP
Collection
San Francisco Bay Area MET-SFO

Operative words

ORDER OF THE HEALTH OFFICER OF THE CITY OF BERKELEY GENERALLY REQUIRING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND WORKERS TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS. DATE OF ORDER: April 17, 2020... The Order is effective at 11:59 p.m. on April 17, 2020 but provides for a grace period in enforcement until 8:00 a.m. on April 22, 2020.... 1. This Order will take effect at 11:59 p.m. on April 17, 2020, and will continue to be in effect [until extended, rescinded, superseded or amended].

Enforcement

Misdemeanor (Cal. Health & Safety Code § 120275 et seq.)

Notes

Berkeley's 2020 orders (numbered 2020-01 through 2020-07 on the City's June 2020 health-orders page: the Mar. 16 and Mar. 31 shelter orders, the Mar. 24 laboratory-reporting order, the Apr. 17 face-covering order, the Apr. 29 and May 2020 revisions) and its Aug. 2, 2021 indoor mask order (Ex. MET-SFO-071) are index-verified; the City's press releases of Mar. 16, Mar. 30, Mar. 31, Apr. 27 and Apr. 29, 2020 describe the coordinated orders.

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