{"id":"MET-RIV-037","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Superior Court of California, County of Riverside","state":"CA","metro":"RIV","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Presiding Judge (Superior Court of California, County of Riverside)","authority":"Inherent authority of the Presiding Judge; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 10.603","instrument":"General Order No. 2020-67 Re: Mandatory Facial Coverings and Physical Distancing","title":"General Order 2020-67 (filed November 17, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-11-17","effective":"2020-11-17","end":"Face coverings no longer required in courthouses per the Court\u0027s Public Notice of March 4, 2022 (Ex. 070); in force throughout 2021Q3","startDate":"2020-11-17","endDate":"2022-03-04","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","CRT"],"addressees":["all persons entering any courthouse or court facility","court staff and judicial officers"],"clause":"The Governor of the State of California, the President of the United States, and the Public Health Officer of the County of Riverside have each declared a state of emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic... The Court has taken numerous measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within its courthouses, including reducing the number of persons entering courthouses by limiting the matters to be heard at any one time on a given day, significantly reducing the number of jurors, establishing and encouraging remote telephonic and video court proceedings... On May 6, 2020, the Court issued General Order No. 2020-21, mandating face coverings and requiring six-foot physical distancing...","enforcement":"Exclusion from court facilities; contempt","functions":["CT court access conditioned on face coverings and distancing through Q3 2021","CS attorneys and litigants"],"notes":"Pages 2-3 (operative paragraphs) are in the exhibit but were not transcribed; the title and recital establish the mandate. Key Q3 2021 court instrument.","sourceUrl":"https://riverside.courts.ca.gov/PublicNotices/CourtOrders/2020-67_Mandatory-Facial-Covering-and-Physical-Distancing.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20220518072005/https://riverside.courts.ca.gov/PublicNotices/CourtOrders/2020-67_Mandatory-Facial-Covering-and-Physical-Distancing.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":114520,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-RIV","url":"/library/MET-RIV-037","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-RIV-037","citation":"Presiding Judge (Superior Court of California, County of Riverside), General Order No. 2020-67 Re: Mandatory Facial Coverings and Physical Distancing (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-037)","stateName":"California","related":[]}