The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- California Emergency Services Act, Gov. Code title 2, div. 1, ch. 7 (Stats. 1970, ch. 1454), Article 3 (Powers of the Governor); sec. 8571 as amended by Stats. 1990, ch. 1474
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 Sept. 28, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-28)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 28, 2026 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationStanding duty
- Addressees
- persons generally; every business and employer in the State
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: California DUT-CA
Operative words
8567. (a) The Governor may make, amend, and rescind orders and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The orders and regulations shall have the force and effect of law.... (b) Orders and regulations... issued during a state of war emergency or state of emergency shall be in writing and shall take effect immediately upon their issuance.
Penalty
Gov. Code section 8665 (DUT-CA-007): misdemeanor, fine up to $1,000 and/or imprisonment up to six months, for refusing or wilfully neglecting to obey any lawful order or regulation issued under the chapter.
What it required
Made every executive order issued under the Act (EO N-25-20, N-33-20, N-60-20, N-84-20, N-07-21, N-08-21, N-09-21 and the rest of the CA series) law binding on every person in California from the moment of issuance, so that the stay-at-home directive, the reopening framework and the Cal/OSHA readoption order operated with the force of statute and not as advice. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval noteOfficial text as displayed Sept. 28, 2026. Section 8567 was construed in Newsom v. Superior Court (Gallagher) (DUT-CA-018), which quotes it and holds that the Act authorizes quasi-legislative orders. Section 8571 (suspension of regulatory statutes) is the authority recited in EO N-09-21 (CA-067) for giving the readopted ETS immediate effect.