Essential Service Letter for State-licensed San Francisco Bar Pilots (Mar. 20, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun (State of California) · California

Level

State

Authority

Cal. Harb. & Nav. Code 1154, 1156; EO N-33-20 (essential critical infrastructure workers)

Issued

2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020

Effective

2020-03-20

End

for the duration of the shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders (read as 2021-06-30)

In force

Mar. 20, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Stay-at-homeTravel and quarantineOther

Addressees

• law enforcement and officials enforcing the shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders
• State-licensed pilots

Functions reached

• WF pilots' movement under stay-at-home orders
• DR/PT every ship movement over 750 GT in San Francisco Bay (Oakland, Richmond, Stockton, Sacramento)
• TRAV travel to and from pilot stations

Collection

Coast Guard and ports AGY-USCG-PORTS

Operative words

The bearer of this letter is a San Francisco Bar Pilot, licensed by the State of California to guide commercial ships in and out of San Francisco Bay and surrounding waters. By law all ships over 750 Gross Tons are required to use a state licensed pilot while operating on these waters. This is an essential government service within the meaning of the current Shelter in Place/Stay at Home Orders regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Please confirm the identity of this pilot by requesting to see and checking their State License identification card they carry.

Enforcement

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