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- Jurisdiction
- California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Cal. Gov't Code 8567, 8571, 8627; Penal Code 396
- Issued
- 2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-03
- End
- 2020-09-04 (extended by EO N-78-20, Ex. SEC-07-032) (read as 2020-09-04)
- In force
- Apr. 3, 2020 to Sept. 4, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- any person or entity selling food, consumer goods, medical or emergency supplies at retail
- Functions reached
- SF (retail price limits on essentials)
- CU (online resale)
- SC (procurement pricing)
- Collection
- Retail Trade SEC-07
Operative words
(as recited in EO N-03-21) Executive Orders N-44-20 and N-78-20... further implemented protections against price gouging (Penal Code 396 ten-percent limit on price increases for consumer food items and goods, emergency and medical supplies, and a bar on selling above the prevailing price items not previously sold)
Enforcement
Penal Code 396 (misdemeanor; civil enforcement by the Attorney General and district attorneys)
Notes
An order limiting retail commerce by price, statewide, in force through Sept. 4, 2021 with its successors.
Retrieval noteImage-only PDF from the Governor's site; content and dates confirmed from the recitals and paragraphs of EO N-03-21 (Ex. SEC-07-033), which was read.