The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- King County, Washington · Seattle · Washington
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Proclamation 20-25.4 (May 31, 2020) county-variance process; approval by the Secretary of Health
- Issued
- 2020-06-15 June 15, 2020
- Effective
- Phase 2 approved and effective June 19, 2020 (approval by the Secretary of Health; date from the County's and State's contemporaneous announcements, not read in this session) (read as 2020-06-19)
- End
- Phase status superseded by the Nov. 16, 2020 statewide rollback (Proclamation 20-25.8) (read as 2020-11-16)
- In force
- June 19, 2020 to Nov. 16, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap
- Addressees
- all King County businesses subject to the Safe Start phase requirements
- Functions reached
- DR/BA (50 percent indoor dining in Phase 2)
- SF (30 percent in-store retail)
- FC (fitness at limited capacity)
- GATH (5 persons outside household)
- OF (telework 'strongly encouraged')
- Collection
- Seattle MET-SEA
Operative words
[County release announcing the Phase 2 application under the Safe Start plan; text saved in the exhibit]
Enforcement
Phase requirements enforced under Proclamation 20-25.4 and WAC 296-800-14035 (WA-035, WA-067)
Notes
King County was among the last counties to move: Phase 1.5 (a King-County-specific modified phase) approved June 5, 2020 (MET-SEA-028 pending; applied May 29, MET-SEA-032 pending); Phase 2 June 19, 2020.
Retrieval notePrimary as to the County's release; the June 19, 2020 approval date is verified_secondary.