General Order of July 29, 2021 (amending 2021-GEN-021-00 of July 16 and 19, 2021) extending criminal trial and preliminary-hearing deadlines to Aug. 13, 2021, with the Court's July 30, 2021 news release

The record

Jurisdiction

Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles · Los Angeles · California

Level

Court

Authority

Cal. Gov't Code sec. 68115 (Chief Justice's emergency order of July 2021); Penal Code secs. 859b and 1382

Issued

2021-07-29 July 29, 2021

Effective

2021-07-29 (immediately) until further notice; deadlines extended to Aug. 13, 2021 (read as 2021-07-29)

End

2021-08-13 (deadline relief); face-covering and access provisions continued (read as 2021-08-13)

In force

July 29, 2021 to Aug. 13, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices

Addressees

• criminal defendants, prosecutors, defense counsel, jurors, all court users

Functions reached

• CT
• PJ
• CB

Collection

Los Angeles MET-LA

Operative words

Today's Order extends deadlines for applicable cases - set to expire on July 30, 2021 - until August 13, 2021.... Effective June 28, 2021, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Court) lifted its social distancing mandate but retained its mask mandate. In the intervening time, Los Angeles County has [experienced a surge that led the] Department of Public Health to issue more restrictive indoor mask policies for all persons, regardless of vaccination status.... Face Coverings: [all persons] regardless of vaccination status - are required to wear face coverings over their nose and mouth while in a courthouse... THIS ORDER IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Enforcement

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