{"id":"SEC-07-030","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"California","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"07","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Gavin Newsom","authority":"Cal. Gov\u0027t Code 8567, 8571, 8627; Penal Code 396","instrument":"Executive Order N-44-20","title":"Executive Order N-44-20 (price gouging: extension of Penal Code 396 protections and additional restrictions on retail price increases)","dateIssued":"2020-04-03","effective":"2020-04-03","end":"2020-09-04 (extended by EO N-78-20, Ex. SEC-07-032)","startDate":"2020-04-03","endDate":"2020-09-04","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["any person or entity selling food, consumer goods, medical or emergency supplies at retail"],"clause":"(as recited in EO N-03-21) Executive Orders N-44-20 and N-78-20... further implemented protections against price gouging (Penal Code 396 ten-percent limit on price increases for consumer food items and goods, emergency and medical supplies, and a bar on selling above the prevailing price items not previously sold)","enforcement":"Penal Code 396 (misdemeanor; civil enforcement by the Attorney General and district attorneys)","functions":["SF (retail price limits on essentials)","CU (online resale)","SC (procurement pricing)"],"notes":"An order limiting retail commerce by price, statewide, in force through Sept. 4, 2021 with its successors.","sourceUrl":"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/4.3.20-EO-N-44-20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":934321,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-07","url":"/library/SEC-07-030","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-07-030","citation":"Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-44-20 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. SEC-07-030)","stateName":"California","related":["SEC-07-032","SEC-07-033"]}