Chair Deborah Kafoury; Library Director Vailey Oehlke; Sheriff Mike Reese, Closure of all 19 Multnomah County Library branches; suspension of in-person jail visits (County facility closures under the emergency) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-003)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Declaration of Civil Emergency No. 2020-01 (Mar. 13, 2020, 14:30) and Emergency Order 2020-02 (measures effective Mar. 14, 2020: cancellation of City-permitted events of 250 or more; facility closures; suspension of meetings of 20 or more in City facilities; suspension of non-essential inspections) (Ex. MET-PDX-018)
Governor Kate Brown (also as Superintendent of Public Instruction), Executive Order No. 20-08 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-109)
City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency, City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-026)
Governor Kate Brown (as Superintendent of Public Instruction and under emergency powers), Executive Order 20-08 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. OR-004)
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, OLCC, Off-Premises Sales Privileges by Alcohol License and Retail Liquor Store: For Consumer Pickup and Delivery to Consumer (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-092)
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, OLCC COVID-19 Alcohol FAQ's (as of April 8, 2020) (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-093)
Chair Deborah Kafoury (Executive Rule under the March 11, 2020 Declaration of Emergency), Executive Rule: temporary moratorium on residential evictions for nonpayment due to COVID-19 wage loss; suspension of eviction court hearings; lodging must retain County-subsidized guests (announced March 17, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-004)
Mayor Ted Wheeler (executive order); Portland City Council (Emergency Ordinance of Mar. 18, 2020 adopting the County moratorium within city limits), Emergency Temporary Moratorium on Evictions Due to Nonpayment of Rent for Residential Tenants Where the Failure to Pay Rent Results from Wage Loss Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 17, 2020), adopted by City Council ordinance Mar. 18, 2020; City buildings closed to the public with access limited to critical employees; telework; virtual Council meetings (Ex. MET-PDX-055)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-07 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. OR-003)
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, News release, 'ODFW fish hatcheries to close to visitors as precaution against COVID-19' (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-022)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-09 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. OR-059)
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, OPRD website, 'COVID-19 Impacts: Oregon Parks and Recreation Department closures' (all campgrounds closed; day-use areas, restrooms, trails and boat launches closed in part; limited camping from June 9, 2020), as captured May 31, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-026)
Vancouver Parks and Recreation (Director Julie Hannon), with guidance from Clark County Public Health, under the City's Declaration of Civil Emergency, Closure of all active recreation areas in City parks (playgrounds, picnic shelters, sports courts, skate park, water features); pick-up games, picnics and gatherings of more than 10 people prohibited in parks (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-025)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-12 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. OR-007)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-012)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-12 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-014)
Oregon State Police (published by Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, as the attachment to its COVID-19 Q&A), Oregon State Police, Emergency Declaration Enforcement FAQ (Mar. 24, 2020): law-enforcement guidance on enforcement of Executive Order 20-12, 'Stay Home, Save Lives' (Ex. DUT-OR-010)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-06 (Mar. 26, 2020; released Mar. 27, 2020): all Vancouver Police Department buildings closed to the public; fire-station tours and public access suspended; non-emergency law-enforcement services by appointment only (Ex. MET-PDX-024)
City Manager Eric Holmes (attested by City Clerk Natasha Ramras; approved as to form by City Attorney Jonathan Young), Emergency Order No. 2020-06 (Amending Emergency Order 2020-03) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-053)
Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Oregon OSHA, Questions and Answers Regarding the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division's (Oregon OSHA) Education and Enforcement of Issues Related to COVID-19 (updated Mar. 27, 2020): the agency's statement of the employer's statutory duty and of its authority to enforce the Governor's executive orders at the workplace (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-015)
TriMet, TriMet COVID-19 updates, Mar. 11-Apr. 7, 2020: rider limit of 10-15 per bus from 5 p.m. Apr. 2, 2020; temporary service reductions effective Apr. 5, 2020; cash suspended on buses; seats marked off; all non-essential TriMet staff to work remotely; Board meetings by teleconference; ridership down 64.6 percent (Ex. MET-PDX-046)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-07 (business license fees suspended; Farmers Market permitted to resume with safety measures; utility shutoffs barred) and Emergency Order 2020-08 (private residential foreclosures unlawful; eviction of small businesses under 50 employees unlawful; PPE and distancing required for landlord entries), Apr. 3, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-019)
TriMet (General Manager Doug Kelsey), Temporary service reductions effective April 5, 2020 (58 of 85 bus lines adjusted to roughly Saturday schedules; MAX every 15 minutes with commute-period trains suspended; WES every 45 minutes; Line 272 suspended; 24-hour lines not overnight; weekly bus hours down 21 percent); cash no longer accepted on buses; hiring freeze (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-048)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division (rule filed with the Secretary of State; official Oregon Administrative Rules Database text), Administrative rule: OAR 333-019-0010, Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Imposition of Restrictions (COVID-19 added to the 'restrictable diseases' for food service facilities, schools, children's facilities and health care facilities by PH 17-2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-006)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-14 (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. OR-011)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-20 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-110)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-19 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-111)
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (Director Curt Melcher), by temporary rule, Temporary rule closing recreational hunting, fishing, crabbing and clamming to non-residents (announced by news release 'Oregon closes recreational hunting and fishing to non-residents to limit travel amid COVID-19 restrictions: Regulation takes effect Friday night (April 10)') (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-020)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-10 (daily deposit requirement suspended through May 31, 2020) and Emergency Order 2020-11 (extending EO 2020-02 through 2020-09: events of 250 or more cancelled through July 31; City Hall and police lobbies closed to May 4; fire stations, community centers and non-essential public meetings closed through May 31; foreclosure and small-business eviction protections and landlord PPE rule through May 31; parks playgrounds, community gardens and water features closed and picnic-shelter rentals suspended through July 31; farmers-market operating-plan condition through July 31), Apr. 17, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-021)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-17 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. OR-060)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-19 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. OR-013)
Governor Kate Brown (as Superintendent of Public Instruction and under emergency powers), Executive Order 20-20 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. OR-014)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-09 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-060)
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, News release, 'Non-residents can fish and hunt in Oregon again beginning May 5: Clamming/crabbing remains closed to non-residents; new non-resident refund policy' (May 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-021)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-13 (May 8, 2020): City Hall, Water Resources Education Center, all fire stations and all police lobbies closed to public access through June 22, 2020; Council remote-attendance provisions through June 22; staff telecommuting policy through May 31; deposit suspension through June 22 (Ex. MET-PDX-022)
Port of Portland (owner and operator of PDX), FlyPDX 'Coronavirus News & Updates' (captured May 12, 2020): all airlines serving PDX require passenger face coverings from May 11, 2020; all Port staff working at PDX must wear face coverings; airline lounges closed; PDX Conference Center suspended (Mar. 17); children's play areas closed (Mar. 18); TSA screening consolidated to the D/E checkpoint (Mar. 22); USO and CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended (to at least June 1); sit-down restaurants restricted to takeout under the Governor's order; 40-plus shops and restaurants closed temporarily; JetBlue suspended to June 30; Hawaiian suspended under Hawaii's quarantine order; WestJet and Air Canada suspended under border restrictions; Volaris not operating in May; airline rent deferrals and concession minimum-rent suspensions (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-065)
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, OLCC Guidance - Phase One: On-Site Service and Consumption (Reopening Oregon) (May 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-096)
TriMet (mass transit district under ORS ch. 267), implementing OHA face-covering direction, TriMet COVID-19 rider rules (page as updated July 18, 2020): face coverings required of all riders and employees (riders from May 15, staff from May 8, 2020); buses limited to 10-15 riders (moving to 19-24); seating restrictions; cash not accepted on buses; reduced service; essential trips only (Ex. MET-PDX-045)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-25 (May 14, 2020) (Ex. OR-017)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-25 (May 14, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-106)
Governor Kate Brown (Phase 1 approval under EO 20-25); Clackamas County Board (application of May 19, 2020), Approval of Clackamas County to enter Phase 1 of reopening effective May 23, 2020 (restaurants and bars, personal care, gyms, gatherings of 25 or fewer, malls, under State guidance) (May 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-035)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-14 (May 29, 2020): parklets authorized for restaurant seating in Phase 2 and 3 (Street Eats Program; permit fee and minimum parking waived; expires July 31, 2020); picnic-shelter restrictions lifted to the extent the State's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order allows; community centers closed to July 5; parking enforcement suspended to June 30; landlord PPE and distancing rule to July 31; City infection-control and telecommuting policies until the emergency is lifted (Ex. MET-PDX-023)
Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman (Phase 2 approval); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), Approval of Clark County to move to Phase 2 of the Safe Start Washington plan, effective June 5, 2020 (small gatherings of five outside the household per week; in-store retail; dine-in with limits; salons, barbers, real estate, pet grooming, new construction under State guidance) (Ex. MET-PDX-039)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-27 (June 5, 2020) (Ex. OR-020)
Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present, Board decision of June 11, 2020 to hold off applying for Phase II reopening; extension of the local state of emergency to July 31, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-036)
Governor Kate Brown (statewide one-week pause on county reopening); Multnomah County (Phase 1 application of June 5, 2020), Statewide one-week pause on further county reopening (June 11, 2020), holding Multnomah County in the EO 20-25 baseline (stay-home directives) pending Phase 1 approval (Ex. MET-PDX-007)
Supreme Court of Oregon, Elkhorn Baptist Church v. Brown, 366 Or. 506, S067736 (June 12, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-031)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-28 (June 12, 2020) (Ex. OR-021)
Governor Kate Brown (Phase 1 approval); Multnomah County Board (reopening framework submitted June 5, 2020), Approval of Multnomah County to enter Phase 1 of reopening effective June 19, 2020 (update of June 17, 2020 to the County's June 3, 2020 reopening briefing) (Ex. MET-PDX-008)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order No. 20-29 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-049)
Governor Kate Brown (as Superintendent of Public Instruction and under emergency powers), Executive Order 20-29 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. OR-022)
Chair Deborah Kafoury, Statement declining to apply for Phase II; Multnomah County remains in Phase 1 (with the statewide indoor face-covering requirement recited) (July 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-009)
Port of Portland (owner and operator of PDX), PDX 'Travel Safe' rules (page as of July 31, 2020): face coverings required at PDX except children under two and persons with medical conditions; persons meeting arriving passengers to wait outside the terminal; B/C checkpoint hours reduced; numerous shops and restaurants closed; CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended to at least Sept. 8, 2020; MAX airport station closed Mar. 29-Aug. 1, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-049)
Chair Deborah Kafoury, Statement of September 15, 2020 that Multnomah County has not met the requirements for applying for Phase 2 and will not seek it; County remains in Phase 1 (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-010)
Washington County Board of Commissioners, Eleventh emergency declaration: 28-day extension to October 27, 2020 (adopted the week of Sept. 29, 2020), with the County's Phase 1 status and school-reopening metrics (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-032)
Governors Brown, Inslee and Newsom, West Coast Travel Advisory (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. OR-063)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-65 (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. OR-033)
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, OLCC COVID-19 Freeze Period Alcohol FAQs (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. OR-034)
Oregon Liquor Control Commission, OLCC COVID-19 Business Continuity Alcohol FAQs: For Counties in Extreme Risk Status (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-ALCOHOL-098)
Multnomah County (announcing compliance); Governor Kate Brown and OHA (EO 20-66 County Risk framework), Multnomah County's move from the Two-Week Freeze to the Extreme Risk category under the County Risk framework effective Dec. 3, 2020 (page as captured also carries the Aug. 26, 2021 statewide indoor and outdoor mask status message) (Nov. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-012)
Clackamas County (County Administrator Gary Schmidt; Public Health Director Philip Mason-Joyner); Governor Kate Brown and OHA (Risk framework), Clackamas County's compliance with the Risk framework effective Dec. 3, 2020 (Extreme Risk on the latest data); County buildings open to the public 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays only, with appointments encouraged (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-038)
Governor Kate Brown (OHA assigns Risk Levels and issues binding sector guidance), Executive Order 20-66 (Dec. 2, 2020) (Ex. OR-035)
Oregon Health Authority (under EO 20-66 para. 2-4), OHA Sector Risk Level Guidance Chart and sector guidance under the County Risk framework (Dec. 3, 2020-June 29, 2021, revised repeatedly) (Ex. OR-062)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (80th Legislative Assembly, 2020 Third Special Session); approved by Governor Kate Brown Dec. 23, 2020, Enrolled House Bill 4402 (HB 4402-A), Or. Laws 2020 (3d Spec. Sess.), ch. 4: limitation of liability of schools for COVID-19 infection claims, conditioned on compliance with 'COVID-19 emergency rules'; anti-retaliation amendments to ORS 659A.200 and 659A.203 (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. DUT-OR-008)
Governor Jay Inslee and Washington DOH (Healthy Washington regional phases); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Steven Krager, deputy health officer), Southwest Region's move to Phase 2 of Healthy Washington effective Feb. 15, 2021 (indoor social gatherings five from two households; outdoor 15; indoor dining 25 percent; gyms and indoor pools 25 percent; indoor entertainment 25 percent or 200; outdoor sports and entertainment 200; face coverings and distancing everywhere) (Feb. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-PDX-043)
Governor Kate Brown (as Superintendent of Public Instruction and under emergency powers), Executive Order 21-06 (Mar. 12, 2021) (Ex. OR-039)
Oregon OSHA, Department of Consumer and Business Services, Oregon OSHA, List of Oregon OSHA Citations Identified as Related to COVID-19 (June 2, 2021): the agency's account of its COVID-19 enforcement (complaints, inspections, citations and penalties) with the willful and serious citations listed by county and employer (Ex. DUT-OR-014)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 21-15 (June 25, 2021) (Ex. OR-043)
Oregon Health Authority (OAR 333-019-1015, Aug. 2, 2021) and Department of Education, OAR 333-019-1015, Masking Requirements for Schools (temporary rule Aug. 2, 2021; permanent Jan. 2022) (Ex. ECO-B-153)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, OAR 333-019-1015 (temporary rule PH 33-2021; amended PH 36-2021, PH 44-2021, PH 84-2021; permanent PH 10-2022) (Aug. 2, 2021) (Ex. OR-045)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, OAR 333-019-1015 (Aug. 2, 2021; masking requirements for K-12 schools, public and private) and OAR 333-019-1030 (Aug. 25, 2021; COVID-19 vaccination requirement for teachers and school staff by Oct. 18, 2021) (Ex. SEC-15-086)
Oregon Department of Education with Oregon Health Authority, Oregon OSHA and the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, Enforcement of OAR 333-019-1015 Masking Requirements in Schools (ODE memorandum, August 2021) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. OR-056)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division (Temporary Administrative Order PH 39-2021), OAR 333-019-1030 (PH 39-2021; permanent PH 10-2022) (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. OR-052)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 21-31 (Sept. 1, 2021) (Ex. OR-058)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Office of the State Public Health Director (Hearing Officer Brittany Hall), Presiding Hearing Officer's Report on Rulemaking Hearing and Public Comment Period, OAR 333-019-1015 and 333-019-1030 (Jan. 28, 2022) (Ex. OR-053)
Oregon Court of Appeals, JGB Enterprises, LLC v. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 325 Or App 326, 529 P3d 262 (Apr. 19, 2023) (A176066): judicial review affirming a default order suspending a Lane County saloon's liquor license for 38 days for violating EO 20-66 and OHA guidance 'that qualified as public health laws' during Extreme Risk (Jan. 4-Feb. 20, 2021) (Ex. DUT-OR-017)
Oregon Court of Appeals (Kamins, J., with Tookey, P.J., and Egan, J.); review denied by the Oregon Supreme Court, Along Came Trudy LLC v. Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, 330 Or App 295, 543 P3d 751 (Jan. 24, 2024), rev den, 372 Or 588 (July 18, 2024) (A178679; OLCC21V003): judicial review affirming cancellation of a Lane County restaurant and event venue's liquor license for three violations of EO 20-66 (indoor dining while prohibited) (Ex. DUT-OR-016)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-001)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 624 (Food Service Facilities), the sanitary code for restaurants: OHA's duty to make sanitation rules (624.041); license suspension, closure for imminent danger (624.073); diseased persons may not work and may not be employed, and the manager's duty to notify OHA (624.080); summary closure (624.096); criminal and civil penalties (624.990, 624.992) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-007)
