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Ex. MET-SFO-071 Order Primary source read

Joint press release, 'Bay Area Health Officials Urge Immediate Vaccination and Issue Orders Requiring Use of Face Coverings Indoors to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19'

Joint release of Aug. 2, 2021 announcing the eight indoor face-covering orders effective Aug. 3, 2021

Health Officers of the eight jurisdictions (joint release issued by the Alameda County Public Health Department) · Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma and the City of Berkeley (County)

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Jurisdiction
Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Sonoma and the City of Berkeley · San Francisco Bay Area · California
Level
County
Authority
Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 101040, 101085, 120175 (each order)
Issued
2021-08-02 Aug. 2, 2021
Effective
2021-08-03 12:01 a.m. (the orders) (read as 2021-08-03)
End
the orders remained in force through Sept. 30, 2021 (Bay Area criteria to lift announced Oct. 7, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 3, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all individuals regardless of vaccination status
  • businesses
Functions reached
  • every indoor public setting in the eight jurisdictions
  • EMP businesses must implement
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
San Francisco Bay Area MET-SFO

Operative words

Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley Indoor Masking Orders Take Effect Tuesday... eight Bay Area health officers have issued Health Orders requiring masks indoors in public places. The Orders require all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to wear face coverings when indoors in public settings, with limited exceptions, starting at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, August 3rd.... The new Health Orders require wearing a well-fitting mask indoors in public settings.... businesses are required to implement the indoor face covering order.... The Alameda County Order directs that face coverings be worn over the mouth and nose in indoor public settings by all residents, with some exceptions.

Enforcement

Misdemeanor under each order (§ 120295)

Notes

Primary as to the joint announcement; the secondary source for the Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Berkeley orders of Aug. 2, 2021 (the SF and Marin orders are Ex. MET-SFO-010 and -049).

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