{"id":"MET-LA-061","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles","state":"CA","metro":"LA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile","authority":"Cal. Const. art. VI, sec. 1; Code Civ. Proc. sec. 128; Gov\u0027t Code sec. 68070; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.603","instrument":"General Order 2020-GEN-025-00, Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re COVID-19 Pandemic (Nov. 23, 2020; paragraph 2 effective Nov. 30, 2020)","title":"Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-GEN-025-00): courthouse access restricted; remote appearances","dateIssued":"2020-11-23","effective":"2020-11-23 (immediately); paragraph 2 (courthouse access) effective Nov. 30, 2020","end":"Rescinded June 24, 2021 by 2021-GEN-023-00 (Ex. MET-LA-062 para. 18(a))","startDate":"2020-11-23","endDate":"2021-06-24","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","MASK","CAP"],"addressees":["judicial officers, court staff, attorneys, parties, witnesses, jurors, the public"],"clause":"Recently, despite mandatory and previous general orders requiring the use of face masks and social distancing... attorneys, litigants, and others routinely remove their masks... Courthouse Access... access to courthouses is restricted at all times to judicial officers, court [staff and persons with business before the Court]... effective Monday, November 30, 2020, members of the public, not otherwise referenced above, who wish to attend a court proceeding may do so upon [request and remotely where available]... THIS ORDER IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, EXCEPT FOR PARAGRAPH 2, WHICH SHALL BE EFFECTIVE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020","enforcement":"Court order; denial of access","functions":["CT","PJ","CL","CB"],"notes":"Winter-surge restriction on courthouse access; recites that the Court \u0027began ramping up operations in June and July 2020\u0027","sourceUrl":"http://www.lacourt.org/newsmedia/uploads/14202011231738222020-GEN-025-00AdministrativeOrderofPJreCOVID-19112320(003).pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210126135941/http://www.lacourt.org/newsmedia/uploads/14202011231738222020-GEN-025-00AdministrativeOrderofPJreCOVID-19112320(003).pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":321062,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-LA","url":"/library/MET-LA-061","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-LA-061","citation":"Presiding Judge Kevin C. Brazile, General Order 2020-GEN-025-00, Administrative Order of the Presiding Judge re COVID-19 Pandemic (Nov. 23, 2020; paragraph 2 effective Nov. 30, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-061)","stateName":"California","related":["MET-LA-062"]}