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Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-016 Order Primary source read

News release, 'State Parks to Temporarily Close Campgrounds and Keep Day Use Areas Open in Regions Impacted by Regional Stay at Home Order Triggered by ICU Capacity'

State Parks to Temporarily Close Campgrounds and Keep Day Use Areas Open in Regions Impacted by Regional Stay at Home Order Triggered by ICU Capacity

California State Parks (Director Armando Quintero), implementing the Regional Stay at Home Order (Ex. CA-020; supplement Ex. CA-021) · California Department of Parks and Recreation (State agency) (State)

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Jurisdiction
California Department of Parks and Recreation (State agency) · California
Level
State
Authority
Regional Stay at Home Order of the State Public Health Officer (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. CA-020); Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 5003
Issued
2020-12-04 Dec. 4, 2020
Effective
2020-12-04 (closures region by region as ICU capacity fell below 15 percent: Southern California and San Joaquin Valley Dec. 6, Greater Sacramento Dec. 10, Bay Area Dec. 17, 2020) (read as 2020-12-04)
End
2021-01-25 (Regional Stay at Home Order lifted statewide; CA State file) (read as 2021-01-25)
In force
Dec. 4, 2020 to Jan. 25, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • campers and reservation holders in all affected regions
  • State park concessionaires
Functions reached
  • LG lodging (State campgrounds closed in four of five regions, Dec. 2020 - Jan. 2021)
  • CB customer base
  • TV travel ('Stay Local')
Collection
State agriculture, parks and wildlife agencies AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE

Operative words

California State Parks today announced that state campsites in regions impacted by California's Regional Stay at Home Order triggered by Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacity will temporarily close. Day use [areas will remain open]... State campground sites within these regions will be temporarily closed in accordance with the new order.... the public is advised that the closure of campground sites may be made with little advance notice.

Enforcement

Cal. Health & Safety Code § 120295 (misdemeanor for violating public health orders); closure of State property

Notes

A 2020 Q4 and 2021 Q1 instrument closing lodging at State campgrounds across most of California's population.

Retrieval note

Regional trigger dates from the CA State file.