Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Sacramento
  3. MET-SAC-001

Ex. MET-SAC-001 Order Primary source read

Order of the Health Officer of the County of Sacramento Directing All Individuals Living in the County to Stay at Home or at Their Place of Residence

Order... Directing All Individuals Living in the County to Stay at Home... Directing All Businesses and Governmental Agencies to Cease Non-Essential Operations at Physical Locations in the County; Prohibiting All Non-Essential Gatherings of Any Number of Individuals; and Ordering Cessation of All Non-Essential Travel

Sacramento County Public Health Officer (Olivia Kasirye, MD, MS) · Sacramento County, California (County)

Open exhibit (PDF, 659 KB)Source (opens in a new tab)Archived copy (opens in a new tab)
The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
Sacramento County, California · Sacramento · California
Level
County
Authority
Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 101040, 101085, 120175
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-19)
End
2020-04-07 11:59 p.m. (superseded by the Apr. 7, 2020 order, Ex. 002) (read as 2020-04-07)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to Apr. 7, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • all individuals living in the county
  • all businesses
  • governmental agencies
Functions reached
  • CB customer base confined to home
  • SF premises closed to the public for non-essential operations
  • WF workforce (essential travel only; schools closed)
  • GATH all gatherings prohibited
  • TRAV travel into and out of the county limited to essential purposes
Collection
Sacramento MET-SAC

Operative words

All individuals currently living within the County of Sacramento (the "County") are ordered to stay at home or place of residence.... All persons may leave their residences only for Essential Activities, Essential Governmental Functions, or to operate Essential Businesses, all as defined in Section 10.... This Order shall become effective at 11:59 p.m. on March 19, 2020, and will continue to be in effect until 11:59 p.m. on April 7, 2020, or until it is extended, rescinded, superseded, or amended in writing by the Health Officer.

Enforcement

§ 11: Health Officer requests the Sheriff and all chiefs of police to ensure compliance and enforce the Order under Gov. Code §§ 26602, 41601 and Health & Safety Code § 101029; violation 'constitutes an imminent threat to public health' (Health & Safety Code § 120295 misdemeanor applies by statute)

Notes

Seven-page signed order. 'Essential Travel' defined in § 10(i); residences include hotels, motels and shared rental units (§ 10(j)). The Sacramento Superior Court closed its courthouses the same day in express reliance on this order (Ex. 044).

Retrieval note

Scanned image PDF; pages 1 and 7 read visually (title, § 1-2, § 10(i)-(k), § 11-13). Effective clause quoted from § 12.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.