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Ex. MET-SFO-002 Order Primary source read

Order of the Health Officer No. C19-07b

Order directing all individuals to continue sheltering at their place of residence except for essential needs; restricting access to recreation areas; requiring Essential Businesses to implement Social Distancing Protocols; clarifying and further limiting Essential Business activities, including construction; and directing all businesses and governmental operations to further cease non-essential operations

Health Officer of the City and County of San Francisco · City and County of San Francisco (County)

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Jurisdiction
City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco Bay Area · California
Level
County
Authority
Cal. Health & Safety Code §§ 101040, 101085, 120175
Issued
2020-03-31 Mar. 31, 2020
Effective
2020-03-31 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-31)
End
2020-05-03 11:59 p.m. (superseded by C19-07c) (read as 2020-05-03)
In force
Mar. 31, 2020 to May 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • all individuals
  • all businesses
  • Essential Businesses
  • construction
Functions reached
  • SF premises closed
  • JS construction halted except essential and specified housing
  • EMP Social Distancing Protocol mandatory at every operating facility
  • CB stay-home
  • GATH
  • TR
Collection
San Francisco Bay Area MET-SFO

Operative words

All Essential Businesses shall prepare, post, and implement a Social Distancing Protocol at each of their facilities at which they are maintaining operations, as specified in Section 13.h. Businesses that include an Essential Business component at their facilities alongside non-essential components must, to the extent feasible, scale down their operations to the Essential Business component only... 16. This Order shall become effective at 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2020 and will continue to be in effect until 11:59 p.m. on May 3, 2020, or until it is extended, rescinded, superseded, or amended in writing by the Health Officer.

Enforcement

Misdemeanor (Cal. Health & Safety Code § 120295 et seq.; Cal. Penal Code §§ 69, 148(a)(1); S.F. Admin. Code § 7.17(b))

Notes

Parallel orders the same day in the other six jurisdictions (Ex. MET-SFO-034, -047; Santa Clara and San Mateo orders index-verified). Appendix A Social Distancing Protocol form.

Retrieval note

20 pages; text read.