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The Atlanta file holds 53 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 53 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Georgia file.

Code ATLState GeorgiaFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 20, 2020 Ex. MET-ATL-049Orders reaching 2021 Q3 10Primary source read 43 Confirmed from a secondary source 10
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The record in brief

ScopeCounty and municipal instruments of the Atlanta metropolitan area (City of Atlanta; Fulton County Board of Commissioners and Board of Health; DeKalb County CEO and Board of Commissioners; Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairman; Gwinnett County; Clayton County), their courts (Atlanta, Cobb and Clayton Judicial Circuits), school districts, MARTA, and the City of Savannah and Chatham County, March 2020 through September 30, 2021, with the State's preemption history. Statewide instruments of Governor Kemp and the Supreme Court of Georgia are cited by name and date only.

The Atlanta metro's local layer led the State in March 2020 and was displaced by the State on April 3, 2020; the local layer then re-emerged as the metro's mask, gathering, court and facility regime from July 2020 through September 2021, against a Governor who suspended local orders three times (April 2, 2020; July 15, 2020; August 19, 2021). Run-up and 2020 Q2 (wages from March 13, 2020). Atlanta declared an emergency on March 15, 2020 (gatherings over 250), cut the cap to 50 on March 16 (EO 2020-07, Ex. MET-ATL-005), limited restaurant occupancy to 50 (EO 2020-08, Ex. 048), called a 60-day eviction moratorium on City-affiliated housing (EO 2020-10, Ex. 006), closed all dine-in service, bars, nightclubs, gyms, theaters, bowling alleys and arcades effective 12:00 a.m. March 20, 2020 (order of March 19; recited in AO 2020-07, Ex. 049), and ordered every resident to stay at home, every business to cease non-essential operations at physical locations and every non-essential gathering of any number to cease effective 12:00 a.m. March 24, 2020 (EO 2020-21, Ex. 001; re-declared March 26 by EO 2020-22, Ex. 054). South Fulton imposed Georgia's first curfew on March 17. DeKalb County's CEO declared an emergency on March 23, 2020 (EO 20-001, Ex. 022: no dine-in from 12:01 a.m. March 24, business hours 6 a.m.-9 p.m., occupancy of ten at gyms and salons, gatherings of ten barred, employers directed to enable remote work, a 9 p.m.-6 a.m. voluntary curfew) and ordered all residents to stay at home effective 9:00 p.m. March 28 (EO 20-002, Ex. 023). Cobb County's Chairman declared an emergency on March 24, 2020 (Ex. 030: from noon March 25, no dine-in, business hours 6 a.m.-9 p.m., 'all individuals and families are required to shelter in place,' symptomatic persons barred from public places) and on April 2 closed every gym, salon, barber shop, nail salon, spa, tattoo parlor and massage establishment and every other close-contact business (Ex. 032). Gwinnett County and its 16 cities issued a joint stay-at-home order effective 12:01 a.m. March 28, 2020 (AJC). Clayton County extended its emergency and banned gatherings of ten on March 25 and its Board ordered shelter in place from 12:01 a.m. April 1 to 11:59 p.m. April 12, 2020 (Exs. 060, 057). The Fulton County Board of Health, a State public health district acting under O.C.G.A. § 31-3-4 and Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 511-9-1-.04, resolved on March 24 to close every dine-in restaurant in the county and limit gatherings and direct-contact businesses to fewer than ten (Ex. 018) and on March 31 'commanded' every resident of Fulton County to stay at home under a misdemeanor penalty of up to $1,000 and twelve months in jail (Administrative Order 20.03.31, Ex. 002, with the essential-business addendum, Ex. 003). Savannah declared an emergency on March 19 (bars, gyms, theaters, venues and all guided tours closed; restaurants at 50 percent seating; Ex. 008) and ordered shelter at home on March 24 (Ex. 009). The courts closed first: the Cobb Judicial Circuit declared a judicial emergency on March 13, 2020 (Ex. 033), the Clayton Judicial Circuit on March 16 (Ex. 059), and the Chief Justice's Statewide Judicial Emergency of March 14, 2020 (State) suspended jury trials in every metro court until it expired on June 30, 2021. MARTA moved to rear-door boarding and suspended bus fares from March 19, cut its bus network to 41 routes on April 20, 2020 (Ex. 053), and required masks of every rider by July 2020 (Ex. 055). Preemption. Governor Kemp's EO 04.02.20.01 (April 2, 2020) suspended enforcement of every local order issued since March 1 that 'conflicts, varies, or differs' from the statewide shelter-in-place effective April 3, 2020 (recited verbatim in Savannah's Ex. 010); the statewide order ran to April 30, and the State's reopening orders of April 20 and 23, 2020 (04.20.20.01; 04.23.20.02) replaced local closure orders with the State's business-specific operating requirements. Savannah preserved its shelter order to revive on any lapse of the State's (Ex. 010); DeKalb transitioned by EO 20-003 effective April 24 (Ex. 045). 2020 Q3-Q4 and 2021 Q1-Q2. The local layer returned as the mask layer. Savannah imposed Georgia's first mask mandate on June 30, 2020, effective July 1 (every commercial establishment, every outdoor public space, every tour vehicle, $500 civil fines; employers in restaurants, retail, salons, groceries and pharmacies 'MUST require' masked employees; Ex. 011). Atlanta followed on July 8 (EO 2020-113, Ex. 007: masks in every commercial entity and public space; gatherings over ten barred on City property) and July 10 (EO 2020-114, Ex. 061: all gatherings of any number barred on City property; the City returned to 'Phase 1: Stay at Home' under its Recommended Guidelines, Ex. 046). DeKalb's Board adopted a countywide mask ordinance on July 14, amended July 21 (Ex. 042). The Governor's EO 07.15.20.01 (July 15, 2020) suspended local face-covering requirements more restrictive than the State's and the Governor sued Atlanta on July 16, 2020 (Kemp v. Bottoms, Fulton Super. Ct. No. 2020cv338387; Order for Mediation of July 22, Ex. 004); no injunction issued; the State withdrew the suit on August 13 and EO 08.15.20.01 (August 15, 2020) created the 'Local Option Face Covering Requirement' for counties above 100 cases per 100,000 over 14 days, enforceable against individuals but not, without consent, on private property. Under it Savannah renewed its order monthly (Exs. 012-015: December 11, 2020 to January 9, 2021; February 7 to March 7; March 7 to April 6; April 6 to May 6, 2021), Sandy Springs and Smyrna adopted mandates on August 20, 2020, and Atlanta re-declared its emergency and mask requirement on January 13, 2021 (EO 2021-06). The courts operated under the Statewide Judicial Emergency throughout: the Atlanta Judicial Circuit's Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (adopted as an order June 12, 2020, Ex. 020) imposed masks, temperature screening, capacity limits and a phased return of jurors; Cobb required a thermal scan and mask to enter any court (Ex. 027), heard no evictions from March 14 through July 2020 (Ex. 029), and re-suspended non-essential in-person proceedings on December 22-23, 2020 (Ex. 037). The Public Health State of Emergency (State) ran to July 1, 2021. 2021 Q3. Instruments in force July 1-September 30, 2021: the Atlanta Judicial Circuit's June 12, 2020 guidelines and its Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency (July 30-August 29, 2021, Ex. 052); Savannah's Emergency Order of July 26, 2021 (masks in City buildings, every school, every hospital, every federally regulated conveyance and every tour vehicle, July 26-August 25; Ex. 016) and Emergency Order 29 of August 24, 2021 (the same, plus a ban on groups over 50 on City property, closure of City buildings and community centers, cancellation of every Civic Center event and revocation of every event permit in public spaces through September 30, 2021; Ex. 017); Atlanta's Executive Order of July 28, 2021 requiring masks 'in all public places, including private businesses and establishments,' while indoors (Ex. 063); Chatham County's mask requirement in county buildings (July 27, 2021); Cobb County's Declaration of Emergency of August 19, 2021 (masks required in every county facility from August 20; businesses urged to re-impose masks; Ex. 043) renewed September 17 through October 17, 2021 (Ex. 026); the school-district mask mandates of Atlanta Public Schools, DeKalb, Clayton and Savannah-Chatham for 2021-22 and Fulton County Schools' summer program (Ex. 056); MARTA's mask requirement under the federal conveyance order; the State's Economic Recovery State of Emergency (06.30.21.01, renewed 07.22.21.01, 08.19.21.01, 09.20.21.01) and its EO 08.19.21.03 of August 19, 2021, which suspended enforcement of every local COVID-19 ordinance 'more or less restrictive' than the State's, declared that no organization 'shall be compelled to enforce' any local COVID-19 ordinance, and made violation of the Governor's order a misdemeanor. The third preemption is itself a Q3 2021 order of an appropriate governmental authority regulating how metro businesses could operate.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in Atlanta on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

QuarterFirst dayLast day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →Apr. 1, 2020: Atlanta EO 2020-21/22 stay-at-home (Exs. 001, 054), Fulton BOH Administrative Order 20.03.31 shelter-in-place with misdemeanor penalty (Ex. 002) and BOH dine-in closure (Ex. 018), DeKalb EO 20-001/20-002 (Exs. 022, 023), Cobb Declaration of Mar. 24 (Ex. 030), Gwinnett stay-at-home (Mar. 28), Clayton shelter-in-place (from 12:01 a.m. Apr. 1; Ex. 057), Savannah Shelter at Home (Ex. 009), MARTA rear-door boarding and fare suspension, all metro courts under judicial emergency (Exs. 033, 059; Statewide Judicial Emergency). Cobb closed all close-contact businesses Apr. 2 (Ex. 032). From Apr. 3 6:00 p.m. the statewide shelter-in-place (Kemp EO 04.02.20.01) displaced the local orders.June 30, 2020: local closures displaced since Apr. 3; State reopening regime with gathering cap and business operating rules (Kemp EO 06.29.20.02); Savannah's mask order signed June 30 (effective July 1; Ex. 011); Atlanta Recommended Guidelines Phase 2; Fulton and Cobb courts under the Statewide Judicial Emergency with the Atlanta Judicial Circuit guidelines adopted June 12 (Ex. 020) and Cobb's June 16 safety order (Ex. 036); MARTA bus network reduced (Ex. 053).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →July 1, 2020: Savannah mask mandate in force ($500; Ex. 011); Atlanta and DeKalb in the State's Phase; courts under judicial emergency with mask and screening entry rules (Exs. 020, 036); MARTA masks required (Ex. 055).Sept. 30, 2020: Atlanta EO 2020-114 mask requirement and City-property gathering ban (Ex. 061) and Phase 1 guidance (Ex. 046); DeKalb mask ordinance (Ex. 042); Savannah mask order; Sandy Springs and Smyrna mandates (Aug. 20); all under the State's Local Option regime (EO 08.15.20.01 and successors); Statewide Judicial Emergency (5th extension to Sept. 11, then 6th); Cobb Magistrate eviction calendar suspensions (Ex. 029) and the CDC eviction order (federal).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →Oct. 1, 2020: as at Sept. 30, 2020 (Atlanta, DeKalb, Savannah, Sandy Springs, Smyrna mask orders; State Local Option; judicial emergency; Cobb and Fulton court entry rules).Dec. 31, 2020: Savannah renewal of Dec. 10 (Dec. 11-Jan. 9; Ex. 012); Atlanta mask order; Cobb State Court and Cobb Judicial Circuit suspension of non-essential in-person proceedings (Dec. 22-23; Ex. 037) and the Chief Justice's re-suspension of jury trials (Dec. 22-23, 2020; State); MARTA masks.
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →Jan. 1, 2021: Savannah renewal (Ex. 012); Atlanta mask order (re-declared Jan. 13 by EO 2021-06); jury trials suspended statewide; Cobb in-person proceedings restricted (Ex. 037); Fulton County Schools universal indoor masking (Ex. 056).Mar. 31, 2021: Savannah renewal of Mar. 3 (Mar. 7-Apr. 6; Ex. 014); Atlanta Recommended Guidelines Phase 2 'severe restrictions' (Ex. 047) and EO 2021-06; Statewide Judicial Emergency (12th extension, Mar. 9, 2021); MARTA under the federal conveyance mask order (from Feb. 1, 2021).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →Apr. 1, 2021: Savannah renewal (to Apr. 6, then Apr. 6-May 6; Exs. 014, 015); Atlanta EO 2021-06; Fulton County Schools masks; Statewide Judicial Emergency (13th extension Apr. 8); federal transit mask order.June 30, 2021: Statewide Judicial Emergency expired this day (State); the Atlanta Judicial Circuit's June 12, 2020 guidelines remained in place (Ex. 052); Savannah mask advisory (mandate lapsed May 6, 2021); Fulton County Schools' 2020-21 protocols extended into Summer FOCUS (Ex. 056); State Public Health Emergency in its final day (ended July 1, 2021); Economic Recovery State of Emergency declared (06.30.21.01).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →July 1, 2021: Atlanta Judicial Circuit guidelines (Ex. 020) in place; Fulton County Schools summer protocols (Ex. 056); MARTA and Hartsfield-Jackson under the CDC/TSA mask orders (federal); State Economic Recovery State of Emergency (06.30.21.01); Georgia DPH isolation and quarantine administrative orders (State).Sept. 30, 2021: Savannah Emergency Order 29 (Aug. 24-Sept. 23; event cancellations and permit revocations through Sept. 30; Ex. 017); Atlanta EO of July 28, 2021 (masks indoors in all public places incl. private businesses; Ex. 063; enforcement against organizations suspended by Kemp EO 08.19.21.03 from Aug. 19); Cobb County Declaration of Emergency renewed Sept. 17 through Oct. 17 (masks required in county facilities; Ex. 026); Chatham County building mask rule; federal transit and airport mask orders; State Economic Recovery SOE renewed 09.20.21.01 and EO 08.19.21.03 in force.

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in Atlanta, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

2020-04-30 (statewide shelter-in-place ended; local closure orders already suspended Apr. 3, 2020) for stay-home and closure orders; 2021-05-06 for the Savannah mask mandate's first run

Instrument Local stay-home and closure orders: suspended by Governor Kemp's EO 04.02.20.01 (Apr. 2, 2020) effective Apr. 3, 2020 6:00 p.m. and replaced by the State's reopening orders 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020; gyms, salons, bowling reopened Apr. 24) and 04.23.20.02 (Apr. 23, 2020; dine-in and theaters Apr. 27; shelter-in-place ended Apr. 30, 2020). Local mask and gathering orders: Savannah's mandate ran to May 6, 2021 (Ex. MET-ATL-015) and was downgraded to an advisory in May 2021; Atlanta's EO 2020-114/2021-06 mask regime continued into 2021 (end not fixed); both cities reinstated mandates on July 26 and July 28, 2021.

What remained in force

After Apr. 30, 2020: the State's business-specific operating requirements and gathering caps (Empowering a Healthy Georgia series, to Apr. 30, 2021 and beyond); the Statewide Judicial Emergency (to June 30, 2021) and the metro courts' own orders (Exs. 020, 027-029, 036, 037); Atlanta's and DeKalb's July 2020 mask orders, Savannah's July 1, 2020 mask order and its renewals to May 6, 2021, and the August 2020 municipal mandates; MARTA's mask rule and, from Feb. 1, 2021, the federal conveyance mask order. After July 1, 2021 (State PHE ended): the Economic Recovery State of Emergency (June 30, 2021 onward), the Atlanta Judicial Circuit's guidelines and July 30-Aug. 29, 2021 judicial emergency, the July-September 2021 reinstated mask orders of Savannah, Atlanta, Chatham County and Cobb County, the school-district mandates, and the federal transit mask order.

The State and the local orders

Three State suspensions of local orders, each by an order of the Governor under O.C.G.A. §§ 38-3-28 and 38-3-51. (1) EO 04.02.20.01 (Apr. 2, 2020, effective Apr. 3, 2020 6:00 p.m. through Apr. 13, extended to Apr. 30, 2020) suspended 'enforcement of any local ordinance or order adopted or issued since March 1, 2020, with the stated purpose or effect of responding to a public health state of emergency, ordering residents to shelter in place, ordering a quarantine, or combatting the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 that in any way conflicts, varies, or differs from the terms of this Order' (quoted in Savannah's Extension of Apr. 3, 2020, Ex. MET-ATL-010). Atlanta's EO 2020-21/22, Fulton BOH Administrative Order 20.03.31, DeKalb EO 20-002, Cobb's Mar. 24 and Apr. 2 orders, Gwinnett's Mar. 27 order, Clayton's Apr. 1 order and Savannah's Mar. 24 order were displaced by the statewide shelter-in-place, which imposed the same or greater restrictions statewide. (2) EO 07.15.20.01 (July 15, 2020, effective July 16-31) and 07.31.20.02 (Aug. 1-15, 2020) suspended 'any state, county, or municipal law, order, ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires persons to wear face coverings... to the extent that they are more restrictive' than the State's; Governor Kemp sued the Mayor and Council of Atlanta on July 16, 2020 (Kemp v. Bottoms, Fulton Super. Ct. No. 2020cv338387) to void EO 2020-113/114; Judge Barwick ordered mediation on July 22 (Ex. MET-ATL-004); no injunction issued; the Attorney General withdrew the suit on Aug. 13, 2020 after the Mayor's 'concession regarding the city's Phase One roll-back plan' (Governor's statement, Aug. 13, 2020); Savannah, Athens-Clarke, East Point and DeKalb maintained their mandates during the suspension. (3) EO 08.15.20.01 (Aug. 15, 2020) and each successor through Apr. 30, 2021 authorized a 'Local Option Face Covering Requirement' in counties with 100 or more cases per 100,000 over the prior 14 days, enforceable only against individuals and not on private property without the owner's consent, with no 'fines, fees, penalties, or other causes of action' against businesses (Husch Blackwell tracker); Savannah's renewals (Exs. 012-015) recite the 'local control provisions' of the corresponding State orders. (4) EO 08.19.21.03 (Aug. 19, 2021, 'Protecting Economic Recovery During the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery'), read in full: 'No Organization or sports team or organization that continues in-person operations during the effective dates of this Order shall be compelled to enforce any provision of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule, or regulation enacted pursuant to emergency authority or a declaration of emergency related to COVID-19'; 'No law enforcement agency shall compel any Organization... to adhere to any provision of any county or municipal ordinance...'; local orders 'more or less restrictive than the terms of this Order shall be considered inconsistent'; 'enforcement of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule or regulation that is more or less restrictive than this Order and is not otherwise expressly permitted by the terms herein is hereby suspended'; 'any person who violates this Order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor' (O.C.G.A. § 38-3-7); effective upon signature for the duration of the Economic Recovery State of Emergency (06.30.21.01, renewed 07.22.21.01, 08.19.21.01 to Sept. 28, 2021, 09.20.21.01). Atlanta's July 28, 2021 order and Savannah's July 26 and Aug. 24, 2021 orders were issued under O.C.G.A. § 38-3-28(a) before and after this suspension; their requirements on City property, in schools and hospitals, and on individuals continued to be applied by the issuing governments. Georgia had no statewide mask mandate at any time; the State barred 'vaccine passport' requirements by EO 05.25.21.01 (May 25, 2021).

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Atlanta. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (10)

  • MET-ATL-016 Savannah Emergency Order of July 26, 2021 (July 26-Aug. 25, 2021)
  • MET-ATL-017 Savannah Emergency Order 29 of Aug. 24, 2021 (Aug. 24-Sept. 23, 2021; event permits revoked and Civic Center events cancelled through Sept. 30, 2021)
  • MET-ATL-063 City of Atlanta Executive Order of July 28, 2021 requiring masks in all indoor public places including private businesses (enforcement against organizations suspended by Kemp EO 08.19.21.03 from Aug. 19, 2021)
  • MET-ATL-052 Fulton Superior Court Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (July 30-Aug. 29, 2021), with the June 12, 2020 Guidelines (MET-ATL-020) in place throughout the quarter
  • MET-ATL-043 and MET-ATL-026 Cobb County Declaration of Emergency (Aug. 19, 2021; masks required in county facilities from Aug. 20) and Renewal (Sept. 17-Oct. 17, 2021)
  • Chatham County mask requirement in county government buildings (from July 27, 2021; verified_secondary, no exhibit)
  • MET-ATL-056 Fulton County Schools 2020-21 protocols extended into the July 2021 Summer FOCUS program (universal indoor masking)
  • MET-ATL-065 Clayton County Public Schools 2021-22 mask requirements; Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools indoor mask mandate announced July 27, 2021 (verified_secondary)
  • MET-ATL-055 MARTA mask requirement, operating under the CDC conveyance order 86 Fed. Reg. 8025 and TSA SD 1582/84-21-01 (federal; cite FED exhibits)
  • State (cite by name): Declaration of State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery, EO 06.30.21.01 (June 30, 2021), renewed by 07.22.21.01, 08.19.21.01 and 09.20.21.01; EO 08.19.21.03 (Aug. 19, 2021) suspending enforcement of local COVID-19 ordinances against organizations; EO 05.25.21.01 (May 25, 2021) barring vaccine-passport requirements; Georgia DPH administrative orders on isolation and quarantine (Tenth Amended Administrative Order, Dec. 4, 2020, and successors)

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in Atlanta, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

Atlanta EO 2020-08 (Mar. 16, 2020) capped occupancy at 50; Atlanta closed all dine-in, bars and nightclubs 12:00 a.m. Mar. 20, 2020 (AO 2020-07 recital, Ex. 049); Savannah closed bars not serving food and halved dining capacity Mar. 21 (Ex. 008); Fulton BOH closed every dine-in restaurant countywide Mar. 24 (Ex. 018); DeKalb (12:01 a.m. Mar. 24, Ex. 022) and Cobb (noon Mar. 25, Ex. 030) barred dine-in and set 6 a.m.-9 p.m. hours; State reopening of dine-in Apr. 27, 2020 (Kemp 04.23.20.02) with operating rules through Apr. 2021; Savannah required masked employees in every restaurant July 1, 2020-May 6, 2021 ($500/day; Exs. 011-015); Atlanta and DeKalb mask orders July 2020; Atlanta July 28, 2021 indoor mask order; Cobb urged businesses to re-impose masks Aug. 19-Sept. 2021.

Retail

Non-essential retail closed at physical locations by Atlanta EO 2020-21/22 (Mar. 24), Fulton BOH order (Mar. 31), DeKalb EO 20-002 (Mar. 28, by direction), Cobb (hours 6 a.m.-9 p.m.; shelter in place), Gwinnett (Mar. 28), Clayton (Apr. 1) and Savannah (Mar. 24) until the statewide order displaced them Apr. 3 and the State reopened retail Apr. 2020; masked-entry conditions under Savannah (July 1, 2020), Atlanta (July 8, 2020) and DeKalb (July 14, 2020) orders and the Aug. 2020 municipal mandates; Atlanta July 28, 2021 order.

Personal care

Salons, barbers, nail salons and spas limited to ten persons in DeKalb from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 24, 2020 (Ex. 022), closed by Atlanta's stay-home order Mar. 24 and Cobb's Apr. 2 supplement (Ex. 032) 'regardless of their location (e.g., at home services)'; State reopened Apr. 24, 2020 (Kemp 04.20.20.01); Savannah's mask order required masked salon employees July 1, 2020-May 6, 2021.

Fitness and entertainment

Atlanta closed gyms, theaters, bowling alleys and arcades Mar. 20, 2020; Savannah closed gyms, theaters, live venues, bowling alleys and arcades Mar. 21 (Ex. 008); DeKalb capped gyms and bowling alleys at ten Mar. 24; Cobb closed gyms and fitness centers Apr. 2 (Ex. 032); State reopened gyms and bowling Apr. 24 and theaters Apr. 27, 2020; Atlanta barred every gathering on City property (parks, Civic Center) July 10, 2020 (Ex. 061); Savannah cancelled every Civic Center event and revoked every event permit through Sept. 30, 2021 (Ex. 017).

Hotels and short-term rentals

Cobb listed lodging businesses as essential (Ex. 030 ¶ 4(l)); Savannah ordered every guided tour to cease Mar. 21, 2020 (Ex. 008) and barred all non-essential travel Mar. 24 (Ex. 009); the State suspended short-term rentals Apr. 8, 2020 (Kemp 04.08.20.04; State); Savannah's tour-vehicle mask requirement ran July 1, 2020-May 6, 2021 and July 26-Sept. 23, 2021 (Exs. 011-017).

Offices and telework

DeKalb 'directed' all employers to provide remote-work means Mar. 23, 2020 (Ex. 022); Cobb 'encouraged' remote work Mar. 24 (Ex. 030); Atlanta and Savannah stay-home orders closed non-essential physical locations Mar. 24 (Minimum Basic Operations only; Exs. 001, 009); MARTA employees teleworking from Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. 053); Atlanta Phase 1 guidance 'continue practicing teleworking' (July 10, 2020, Ex. 046); Cobb County boards authorized to meet by teleconference Sept. 17, 2021 (Ex. 026).

Manufacturing

Non-essential manufacturing at physical locations ceased under the Atlanta, Fulton BOH and Savannah stay-home orders Mar. 24-Apr. 3, 2020 (Minimum Basic Operations only); DeKalb and Cobb exempted 'essential manufacturing' supporting public health; Cobb's Sterigenics order (Ex. 031) is a supply-chain intervention for PPE.

Construction

Treated as essential or essential-infrastructure work in Atlanta, Fulton BOH (Ex. 003 item 28 by CISA incorporation), DeKalb (essential manufacturing/construction; repair and construction for businesses and homes), Cobb (road construction; construction supporting public health) and Savannah (public works and housing construction, Ex. 009 ¶ 7); job sites operated under distancing duties on all open businesses (Cobb ¶ 3(g); DeKalb ¶ 10).

Real estate

Atlanta EO 2020-10 called a 60-day eviction moratorium on City-affiliated housing Mar. 16, 2020 (Ex. 006); DeKalb recited the judicial eviction moratorium and suspended water terminations Mar. 23 (Ex. 022); Cobb Magistrate Court heard no evictions and released no writs from Mar. 14, 2020 through at least July 2020 (Ex. 029); the CDC eviction order (Sept. 4, 2020; federal) followed.

Hospitals and long-term care

Cobb permitted Sterigenics to reopen solely to sterilize PPE for hospitals Mar. 25, 2020 (Ex. 031); Cobb's Sept. 17, 2021 renewal recites Wellstar Kennestone and Wellstar Cobb emergency departments 'severely overcrowded' (Ex. 026); Savannah hospital mask requirement July 26-Sept. 23, 2021.

Dental and elective health care

Local orders exempted health care operations (Fulton BOH addendum, Ex. 003; DeKalb EO 20-001 essential list; Savannah Ex. 009 ¶ 6); Savannah required masks in every hospital July 26-Sept. 23, 2021 (Exs. 016, 017).

Schools

State closure of public schools from Mar. 18, 2020 (Kemp EO 03.16.20.01; State); metro districts remote for spring 2020 and largely remote or hybrid through early 2021; Fulton County Schools required masks of all staff, students and visitors inside every facility through the 2020-21 year and Summer FOCUS (Ex. 056); 2021-22 mask mandates at APS (July 22, 2021), DeKalb (July 2021), Clayton (Ex. 065) and Savannah-Chatham (July 27, 2021); Savannah's July 26 and Aug. 24, 2021 orders required masks in every early childhood, elementary and secondary institution in the City (Exs. 016, 017).

Child care

DeKalb EO 20-001 treated childcare within essential facilities as essential (Ex. 022); child-care facilities otherwise governed by the State's orders; school closures and 2021-22 quarantine protocols reached the metro workforce.

Worship and gatherings

Atlanta gatherings over 250 (Mar. 15), over 50 (Mar. 16, Ex. 005), of any number (Mar. 24, Ex. 001); Fulton BOH gatherings under ten (Mar. 24); DeKalb gatherings of ten barred and houses of worship directed to density reduction (Mar. 23-24, Ex. 022); Cobb gatherings of ten within six feet (Mar. 24); Clayton gatherings of ten in public areas (Mar. 25, Ex. 060); Savannah all gatherings (Mar. 24, Ex. 009); State cap of 50 non-distanced from July 1, 2020 to Apr. 2021; Atlanta City-property bans July 2020; Savannah groups over 50 on City property barred Aug. 24-Sept. 23, 2021 (Ex. 017).

Courts and public offices

Cobb Judicial Circuit judicial emergency Mar. 13, 2020 (Ex. 033); Clayton Judicial Circuit Mar. 16 (Ex. 059); Statewide Judicial Emergency Mar. 14, 2020-June 30, 2021 (State) suspending jury trials; Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines adopted June 12, 2020 (masks, screening, capacity, phased jurors; Ex. 020); Cobb courthouse entry by thermal scan and mask (Ex. 027) and non-essential matters diverted (Ex. 028); Cobb in-person proceedings suspended Dec. 22-23, 2020 (Ex. 037); Atlanta Judicial Circuit local judicial emergency July 30-Aug. 29, 2021 (Ex. 052); City of Atlanta non-essential facilities closed under Phase 1 (Ex. 046); Savannah closed all City buildings to the public Aug. 24, 2021 (Ex. 017); Cobb and Chatham county facilities masked from Aug. 20 and July 27, 2021.

Travel and quarantine

Savannah barred all non-essential travel including public transit Mar. 24, 2020 (Ex. 009 ¶ 4); Atlanta, Fulton BOH, DeKalb and Gwinnett stay-home orders confined travel to essential purposes; symptomatic persons barred from public places under DeKalb (Ex. 022), Cobb (Ex. 030) and Fulton BOH (Ex. 002) orders; Georgia imposed no interstate quarantine (State); federal air and transit mask orders governed Hartsfield-Jackson and MARTA from Feb. 1, 2021.

Face coverings

Savannah July 1, 2020 ($500; Ex. 011), renewed Dec. 11, 2020-May 6, 2021 (Exs. 012-015), reinstated July 26 and Aug. 24, 2021 (Exs. 016, 017); Atlanta July 8 and 10, 2020 (Exs. 007, 061), Jan. 13, 2021 (EO 2021-06), July 28, 2021 (Ex. 063); DeKalb ordinance July 14/21, 2020 (Ex. 042); East Point July 2020; Sandy Springs and Smyrna Aug. 20, 2020; MARTA by July 2020 (Ex. 055) and federal order from Feb. 1, 2021; courts from June 2020 (Exs. 020, 027); Cobb and Chatham county facilities Aug. 20 and July 27, 2021; State suspensions July 15-Aug. 15, 2020 and Aug. 19, 2021; no statewide mandate at any time.

Vaccination mandates

None located at the county or municipal level in the metro through Sept. 30, 2021; Kemp EO 05.25.21.01 (May 25, 2021) barred State agencies and vaccine-passport programs (State); federal EO 14042/14043 (Sept. 9, 2021) reached federal contractors and employees in the metro (FED).

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the Atlanta file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 16Stay-at-home 12Business closure 15Telework mandate 9Capacity limit 9Gathering cap 16Face-covering requirement 24Travel and quarantine 5Schools and child care 4Health care orders 2Curfew and hours 2Alcohol and bars 4Events and venues 5Courts and public offices 11Workplace rules 15Quarantine and isolation 3Supply chain 1Other 5

All instruments

Every record in the Atlanta file, in the order it took effect. Filter by quarter and by limitation type; sort by any column; open the exhibit ID for the record and the operative words, or the file where The COVID Project holds it.

Showing 53 of 53 instrumentsThe Atlanta records in the Library →
ExhibitInstrumentIssuerLevelEffectiveEndQuartersLimitationsSourceFile
Ex. MET-ATL-050Administrative Order 2020-03Directing the Department of Watershed Management to refrain from water service shutoffs for non-payment for…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityMar. 11, 2020May 10, 20202020 Q2OtherPrimary source readPDF 1.2 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-033Order Declaring Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Judicial Emergency, No. 20-1-0005 (Cobb Super. Ct.)Order Declaring Judicial Emergency (Cobb Judicial Circuit)Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCourtMar. 13, 2020Mar. 14, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 310 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-005Executive Order 2020-07Declaring an emergency within the City of Atlanta; temporary prohibition on large public assemblages, events…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityMar. 16, 2020Mar. 31, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 487 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-006Executive Order 2020-10Calling on the Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta BeltLine Inc., Fulton County/City of Atlanta Land Bank…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityMar. 16, 2020May 15, 20202020 Q2OtherPrimary source readPDF 358 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-048Executive Order 2020-08Restaurants and other public establishments with an approved occupancy of fifty or more to limit maximum…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityMar. 16, 2020Mar. 19, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitGathering capPrimary source readPDF 502 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-059Order declaring a judicial emergency for all courts in Clayton County (Mar. 16-Apr. 13, 2020)Clayton County Judicial Circuit order halts jury trials and civil or non-essential mattersChief Judge Geronda V. Carter, Superior Court of Clayton CountyCourtMar. 16, 2020Apr. 13, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 847 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-049Administrative Order 2020-07Directing the Atlanta Police Department to refrain from enforcing prohibitions on package sales of unopened…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityMar. 20, 2020May 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsPrimary source readPDF 609 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-008Declaration of Local Emergency (COVID-19)Declaration of Local EmergencyMayor Van R. Johnson II (attest Mark Massey, Clerk of Council)CityMar. 21, 2020Apr. 5, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source readPDF 1.0 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-022Executive Order No. 20-001Executive Order declaring a public health and economic state of emergency in DeKalb County (COVID-19)Chief Executive Officer Michael L. ThurmondCountyMar. 23, 2020Mar. 27, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 283 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-001Executive Order 2020-21Declaring an emergency; directing all individuals living in the City of Atlanta to stay at their place of…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityMar. 24, 2020Apr. 7, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 467 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-003Addendum to the Declaration and Ratification of Public Health Emergency Within Fulton County and Order of Closure or Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide (enumeration of Essential Businesses and Essential Business Activities)03.31.20 Addendum to Declaration of Public Health EmergencyFulton County Board of Health; S. Elizabeth Ford, M.D., M.B.A., Interim District Health Director (approved as to form: Jennifer R. Culler, Senior Assistant County Attorney)CountyMar. 24, 2020Apr. 3, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capPrimary source readPDF 957 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-009First Amended Declaration of Local Emergency ('Shelter at Home')First Amended Declaration of Local Emergency, 'Shelter at Home'Mayor Van R. Johnson IICityMar. 24, 2020Apr. 8, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 3.2 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-018Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human ContactBoard of Health resolution: public health emergency; dine-in restaurants closed countywide; gatherings and…Fulton County Board of HealthCountyMar. 24, 2020Apr. 3, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capPrimary source readPDF 257 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-030Declaration of Emergency in Cobb CountyDeclaration of Emergency in Cobb County (COVID-19)Michael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCountyMar. 24, 2020Apr. 15, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 414 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-031Order Pursuant to Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County Permitting Temporary Resumption of Operations by Sterigenics for the Sterilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Necessary to Combat the COVID-19 PandemicOrder permitting Sterigenics (2971 Olympic Industrial Drive) to resume operations solely to sterilize PPEMichael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCountyMar. 25, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationSupply chainPrimary source readPDF 239 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-060Extension of the Clayton County COVID-19 emergency declaration and ban on public gatherings of ten or more (Mar. 25, 2020)Clayton County extends COVID-19 emergency, bans public gatherings of 10 or more within unincorporated ClaytonJeffrey E. Turner, Chairman, Clayton County Board of CommissionersCountyMar. 25, 2020Apr. 12, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationGathering capConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-054Executive Order 2020-22Re-declaring the emergency; all individuals directed to shelter at their place of residence; all businesses to…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityMar. 26, 2020Apr. 9, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 483 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-051DeKalb County 'State of Emergency Executive Order' web page listing EO 20-001 (Mar. 23, 2020) and EO 20-002 (Mar. 27, 2020)CEO Thurmond Issues State of Emergency, Stay-at-Home Executive OrdersDeKalb County Government (Office of the CEO)CountyMar. 27, 2020June 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homePrimary source readPDF 57 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-023Executive Order No. 20-002Executive Order Declaring a State of Emergency in DeKalb County and Ordering That All Individuals Living in…Chief Executive Officer Michael L. ThurmondCountyMar. 28, 2020Apr. 3, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source readPDF 261 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-002Administrative Order for Public Health Control Measures Related to COVID-19, Directing All Residents of Fulton County to Shelter in PlaceFulton County Board of Health Administrative Order (20.03.31)S. Elizabeth Ford, M.D., M.B.A., District Health Director, Public Health District 3.2, and C.E.O., Fulton County Board of HealthCountyMar. 31, 2020Apr. 3, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source readPDF 735 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-057Clayton County shelter-in-place order (Board of Commissioners, Mar. 31, 2020)Clayton County Board of Commissioners issues shelter in place orderClayton County Board of CommissionersCountyApr. 1, 2020Apr. 12, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 653 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-032Order Supplementing & Extending Declaration of Emergency in Cobb CountyOrder Supplementing and Extending the Declaration of Emergency: local emergency extended through April 24…Michael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCountyApr. 2, 2020Apr. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closurePrimary source readPDF 315 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-010Extension of First Amended Declaration of Local EmergencyExtension of First Amended Declaration of Local Emergency ('Shelter at Home' revives and extends to Apr. 30…Mayor Van R. Johnson IICityApr. 3, 2020Apr. 30, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homePrimary source readPDF 657 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-053MARTA COVID-19 essential-service reduction (bus service reduced to 41 routes effective Apr. 20, 2020) and employee telework/hiring freeze (Mar. 17, 2020), as posted on the agency's coronavirus pageMARTA coronavirus page (captured May 1, 2020): 'Effective April 20th, MARTA is reducing bus service to 41…MARTA (General Manager/CEO Jeffrey Parker)Sector regulatorApr. 20, 2020Sept. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Telework mandateOtherPrimary source readPDF 325 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-045Executive Order No. 20-003 ('path forward'), described in the County's news release of Apr. 23, 2020CEO Thurmond Issues Third Executive Order Detailing Path Forward in Fight Against COVID-19Chief Executive Officer Michael L. ThurmondCountyApr. 24, 2020May 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 232 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-035Second Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencySecond Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial Emergency (filed May 11, 2020)Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaCourtMay 13, 2020June 12, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 504 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-020Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (June 11, 2020), adopted as an Order of the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 12, 2020Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person ProceedingsChief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court)CourtJune 12, 2020Aug. 29, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-036Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Courthouse Safety Guidelines, No. 20-1-0005Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial EmergencyChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCourtJune 16, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 246 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-011Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings or Masks (June 30, 2020)Emergency Order requiring the public to wear masks or face coverings within the City of SavannahMayor Van R. Johnson IICityJuly 1, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.3 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-007Executive Order 2020-113Declaring an emergency; exercising emergency powers to ensure the enforcement of the Governor's Executive…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityJuly 8, 2020July 10, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 1.5 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-027Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the Courthouse (July 2020)Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the CourthouseChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCourtJuly 10, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 108 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-028Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential Matters (July 10, 2020)Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential MattersChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCourtJuly 10, 2020June 30, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 54 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-046Recommended Guidelines: Reopening Phases (revised 7/10/2020)City of Atlanta Recommended Guidelines, Reopening Phases: 'Based on the current available data, Atlanta is in…Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (Advisory Council on Reopening Atlanta)CityJuly 10, 2020Mar. 31, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 190 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-061Executive Order 2020-114Declaring an emergency; exercising emergency powers to ensure the enforcement of the Governor's Executive…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityJuly 10, 2020Mar. 31, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 1.5 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-029Letter of the Chief Magistrate regarding dispossessory (eviction) cases and small claims, July 14, 2020Chief Magistrate's letter: no eviction hearings or writs of possession since March 14, 2020; landlord/tenant…Chief Magistrate Judge Brendan F. Murphy, Magistrate Court of Cobb CountyCourtJuly 14, 2020Sept. 4, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 85 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-042DeKalb County mask ordinance adopted July 14, 2020, as amended July 21, 2020DeKalb County Passes Mask Ordinance to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 (County release, July 21, 2020)DeKalb County Board of Commissioners (ordinance authored by Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson; amendments by CEO Michael L. Thurmond)CountyJuly 14, 2020Aug. 15, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 113 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-055MARTA face-mask requirement for riders (in force by July 2020), as posted on the agency's coronavirus pageMARTA coronavirus page (captured July 15, 2020): 'MARTA requires you to wear a face mask or cloth covering…MARTASector regulatorJuly 15, 2020Feb. 1, 20212020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source readPDF 344 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-004Order for Mediation, Kemp v. Bottoms et al., Civil Action File No. 2020cv338387Order for Mediation (Gov. Brian P. Kemp v. Hon. Keisha Lance Bottoms, Felicia Moore and the members of the…Judge Jane C. Barwick, Superior Court of Fulton CountyCourtJuly 22, 2020Aug. 13, 20202020 Q3OtherPrimary source readPDF 367 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-012Renewal of Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings or Masks be Worn in PublicRenewal of Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings or Masks be Worn in Public (Dec. 10, 2020)Mayor Van R. Johnson IICityDec. 11, 2020Jan. 9, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-037Order Regarding Restriction of In Person Proceedings (State Court of Cobb County)Order Regarding Restriction of In Person ProceedingsState Court of Cobb County (Clerk Robin C. Bishop, filed)CourtDec. 23, 2020Mar. 31, 20212020 Q42021 Q1Courts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 887 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-013Renewal of Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings or MasksRenewal of Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings (Feb. 3, 2021)Mayor Van R. Johnson IICityFeb. 7, 2021Mar. 7, 20212021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-014Renewal of Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings or MasksRenewal of Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings (Mar. 3, 2021)Mayor Van R. Johnson IICityMar. 7, 2021Apr. 6, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-047Recommended Guidelines: Reopening Phases (revised 03/18/2021)City of Atlanta Recommended Guidelines, Reopening Phases: 'Based on the current available data, Atlanta is in…Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (Advisory Council on Reopening Atlanta)CityMar. 18, 2021June 30, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source readPDF 230 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-015Renewal of Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings or MasksRenewal of Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings (Mar. 30, 2021; posted Apr. 8, 2021)Mayor Van R. Johnson IICityApr. 6, 2021May 6, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-056Fulton County Schools Mask Update (effective May 3 and May 17, 2021) restating the 2020-21 mask requirementMask Update: masks recommended but not required outdoors from May 3/17, 2021; all other COVID-19 mitigation…Fulton County Schools (Superintendent and Board of Education)CountyMay 3, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source readPDF 629 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-016Emergency Order Requiring That Face Coverings or Masks be Worn in the City of Savannah During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (July 26, 2021)Emergency Order Requiring That Face Coverings or Masks be Worn in the City of SavannahMayor Van R. Johnson IICityJuly 26, 2021Aug. 25, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 181 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-063Executive Order of July 28, 2021 (Requiring Mask Use in All Public Places While Indoors) and the Mayor's release announcing itMayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Executive Order Requiring Mask Use in All Public Places While IndoorsMayor Keisha Lance BottomsCityJuly 28, 2021Aug. 19, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 270 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-052Local Order Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit (July 2021), as amended Aug. 2, 2021 (AMENDED_ORDER_DECLARING_JUDICIAL_EMERGENCY_080221.pdf)Local Order Issued Declaring a Judicial Emergency in the Atlanta Judicial CircuitChief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court of Fulton CountyCourtJuly 30, 2021Aug. 29, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 102 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-065CCPS 'Masks Required on the School Bus' notice and 2021-22 Operational Game Plan (COVID-19 protocols)Masks Required on the School Bus (CCPS district news)Clayton County Public SchoolsCountyAug. 2, 2021Sept. 30, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 1.4 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-043Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19 surge), Aug. 19, 2021, as described in the County's release of the same dateChairwoman Signs Declaration of Emergency Over COVID SurgeLisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCountyAug. 19, 2021Sept. 17, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 281 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-017Emergency Order (No. 29 in the City's series) Requiring Face Coverings or Masks, prohibiting gatherings over 50 on City property, closing City buildings and community centers, cancelling Civic Center events and revoking event permits (Aug. 24, 2021)29 Emergency Order, City of Savannah, effective 6 p.m. on August 24, 2021 until 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 23, 2021Mayor Van R. Johnson IICityAug. 24, 2021Sept. 23, 20212021 Q3Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesCourts and public officesPrimary source readPDF 1.1 MB
Ex. MET-ATL-026Renewal of Declaration of Emergency in Cobb CountyRenewal of Declaration of Emergency in Cobb County (COVID-19 delta surge)Lisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of Commissioners (attest Pamela L. Mabry, County Clerk)CountySept. 17, 2021Oct. 17, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source readPDF 168 KB
Ex. MET-ATL-062Second extension of the Declaration of Emergency (Oct. 2021), County releaseChairwoman Signs 2nd Extension of Declaration of EmergencyLisa Cupid, Chairwoman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCountyOct. 17, 2021not datedEmergency declarationFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary sourcePDF 257 KB

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The State

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GeorgiaGA · 67 instruments · 19 in force in 2021 Q3General restrictions ended Apr. 8, 2021.