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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MET-SAN-001	Proclamation of Existence of a County-Wide Local Emergency and Declaration of Local Health Emergency (Feb. 14, 2020), reproduced in the County's COVID-19 After Action Report and Response Documents (Mar. 10, 2023)Proclamation of Existence of a County-Wide Local Emergency (Unincorporated and Incorporated Areas of San Diego County) and Request to the…	Helen Robbins-Meyer, Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Emergency Services (Proclamation); Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer (Declaration of Local Health Emergency); ratified by the Board of Supervisors Feb. 19, 2020	San Diego County, CaliforniaCounty	Feb. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. CA-001	Proclamation of a State of EmergencyProclamation of a State of Emergency (COVID-19)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-048	Resolution No. 9767, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pasadena Ratifying the Health Officer's Declaration of a Local Public Health Emergency, Novel Coronavirus, Issued March 4, 2020 (with the Declaration attached)Resolution No. 9767 Ratifying the Health Officer's Declaration of a Local Public Health Emergency (Novel Coronavirus) Issued March 4, 2020	Pasadena City Council (Resolution No. 9767, adopted Mar. 9, 2020), ratifying the Declaration of Local Health Emergency issued by the Pasadena Health Officer (Ying-Ying Goh, M.D.) on Mar. 4, 2020	City of Pasadena (separate city health jurisdiction)City	Mar. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-064	COVID-19 Timeline of Events (as of July 29, 2021)Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles: COVID-19 Timeline of Events	Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (Media Relations), documenting the Presiding Judges' general orders	Superior Court of California, County of Los AngelesCourt	July 29, 2021		Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-028	Board Report No. 308-19/20 (Rep-308-19/20), Adoption of Authorization to Take Any and All Necessary Actions to Prepare and Respond Effectively to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19); Resolution Declaring Emergency Conditions Exist at Los Angeles Unified Schools and OfficesEmergency declaration and delegation of closure, relocation, alternative-program and emergency-contracting powers to the Superintendent…	Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles (Governing Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District); Superintendent Austin Beutner	Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, California (local school district)City	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureSchools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. CA-003	Executive Order N-25-20Executive Order N-25-20 (residents to heed public-health directives; remote public meetings; unemployment and tax relief)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-036	Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency for Novel Coronavirus Epidemic COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020; ratified by the Board of Supervisors Mar. 17, 2020, Resolution 051-2020)Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency for Novel Coronavirus Epidemic COVID-19	El Dorado County Public Health Officer (Nancy Williams, MD, MPH)	El Dorado County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAN-028	Proclamation of Local Emergency by the Mayor (Mar. 12, 2020)City of San Diego Proclamation of Local Emergency By the Mayor	Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer	City of San Diego, CaliforniaCity	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-019	News release, 'SMUD suspends power shutoffs for non-payment' (Mar. 13, 2020)Suspension of disconnections for non-payment, residential and commercial; reconnection of disconnected customers	SMUD (Board of Directors and CEO and General Manager Arlen Orchard)	Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), California (municipal utility district; Sacramento County and parts of Placer and Yolo Counties)County	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-012	DMV news release: DMV allows customers to avoid coming to a DMV office for 60 days (Mar. 16, 2020)DMV allows customers to avoid coming to a DMV office for 60 days	California Department of Motor Vehicles	California (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-279	Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access)Order restricting access to the James R. Browning, William K. Nakamura, Pioneer and Richard H. Chambers United States Courthouses	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer)	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Pasadena courthouses)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. FED-317	General Order 72In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency	Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton	United States District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Eureka)Court	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-032	Administrative Order No. 2020-7, In re Order Concerning COVID-19 ResponseAdministrative Order 2020-7 (filed March 16, 2020)	Presiding Judge John W. Vineyard	Superior Court of California, County of RiversideCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAN-030	Executive Order No. 2020-1 (Mar. 16, 2020)City of San Diego Executive Order No. 2020-1 By the Mayor	Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer	City of San Diego, CaliforniaCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-12-021	General Order No. 72In re: Coronavirus Disease Public Health Emergency	United States District Court for the Northern District of California	Northern District of CaliforniaCourt	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-076	News release, 'EBMUD provides essential water and wastewater services in the midst of Coronavirus pandemic' (Mar. 17, 2020)No disconnections of water service for billing or payment issues during the health emergency	East Bay Municipal Utility District (Board President Marguerite Young; General Manager Clifford Chan)	East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), California (municipal utility district; Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)County	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAN-029	Resolution R-312895 (adopted Mar. 17, 2020) ratifying the Mayor's March 12, 2020 Proclamation of a Local EmergencyA Resolution of the Council of the City of San Diego Ratifying the Mayor's March 12, 2020 Proclamation of a Local Emergency Regarding the…	Council of the City of San Diego	City of San Diego, CaliforniaCity	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-001	In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc, Misc. No. 260En banc decision temporarily suspending WCAB Rules of Practice and Procedure statewide and recognizing the closure of DWC district offices…	Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc)	California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (State workers' compensation tribunal; statewide)Court	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-078	News release AP20:034, Update on Secretary of State Building Operations during COVID-19 PandemicUpdate on Secretary of State Building Operations during COVID-19 Pandemic	Secretary of State Alex Padilla	California (Secretary of State)State	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-077	News release AP20:035, Secretary of State Sacramento Public Counters Closed during COVID-19 PandemicSecretary of State Sacramento Public Counters Closed during COVID-19 Pandemic	Secretary of State Alex Padilla	California (Secretary of State)State	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-015	COVID-19 - Effects on CSLB Services (web page as of Mar. 20-22, 2020)COVID-19 - Effects on CSLB Services	Contractors State License Board	California; Contractors State License BoardSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-044	Order, Temporary Court Closure, Court-Declared Holiday March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020Order: Temporary Court Closure; Court-Declared Holiday - March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020	Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom)	Sacramento County, CaliforniaCourt	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-086	Executive Order N-35-20Executive Order N-35-20 (deadline extensions; local ordinance suspension; health-facility licensing waivers)	Governor Gavin Newsom	California (Governor; State agencies and local governments)State	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public officesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-060	News release, 'LADWP Will Not Disconnect Water and Power Service During COVID-19 Emergency Response' (Mar. 24, 2020)Disconnections for non-payment deferred for the duration of the local emergency	LADWP (General Manager Martin Adams), implementing Mayor Garcetti's announcement of March 23, 2020	Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (City of Los Angeles), California (municipal utility)City	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-069	Statewide Order by the Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, March 23, 2020All jury trials in California suspended and continued for 60 days; criminal and civil trial deadlines extended 60 days; superior courts…	Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council	Judicial Council of California; Chief Justice of California (statewide)Court	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capCourts and public offices	Primary source read

Helen Robbins-Meyer, Chief Administrative Officer and Director of Emergency Services (Proclamation); Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer (Declaration of Local Health Emergency); ratified by the Board of Supervisors Feb. 19, 2020, Proclamation of Existence of a County-Wide Local Emergency and Declaration of Local Health Emergency (Feb. 14, 2020), reproduced in the County's COVID-19 After Action Report and Response Documents (Mar. 10, 2023) (Ex. MET-SAN-001)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Proclamation of a State of Emergency (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. CA-001)
Pasadena City Council (Resolution No. 9767, adopted Mar. 9, 2020), ratifying the Declaration of Local Health Emergency issued by the Pasadena Health Officer (Ying-Ying Goh, M.D.) on Mar. 4, 2020, Resolution No. 9767, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pasadena Ratifying the Health Officer's Declaration of a Local Public Health Emergency, Novel Coronavirus, Issued March 4, 2020 (with the Declaration attached) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-048)
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles (Media Relations), documenting the Presiding Judges' general orders, COVID-19 Timeline of Events (as of July 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-LA-064)
Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles (Governing Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District); Superintendent Austin Beutner, Board Report No. 308-19/20 (Rep-308-19/20), Adoption of Authorization to Take Any and All Necessary Actions to Prepare and Respond Effectively to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19); Resolution Declaring Emergency Conditions Exist at Los Angeles Unified Schools and Offices (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-028)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-25-20 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. CA-003)
El Dorado County Public Health Officer (Nancy Williams, MD, MPH), Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency for Novel Coronavirus Epidemic COVID-19 (Mar. 12, 2020; ratified by the Board of Supervisors Mar. 17, 2020, Resolution 051-2020) (Ex. MET-SAC-036)
Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer, Proclamation of Local Emergency by the Mayor (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAN-028)
SMUD (Board of Directors and CEO and General Manager Arlen Orchard), News release, 'SMUD suspends power shutoffs for non-payment' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-019)
California Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV news release: DMV allows customers to avoid coming to a DMV office for 60 days (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-012)
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Order filed by the Clerk, Molly C. Dwyer), Order of March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 building access) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-279)
Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton, General Order 72 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. FED-317)
Presiding Judge John W. Vineyard, Administrative Order No. 2020-7, In re Order Concerning COVID-19 Response (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-032)
Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer, Executive Order No. 2020-1 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAN-030)
United States District Court for the Northern District of California, General Order No. 72 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-021)
East Bay Municipal Utility District (Board President Marguerite Young; General Manager Clifford Chan), News release, 'EBMUD provides essential water and wastewater services in the midst of Coronavirus pandemic' (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-076)
Council of the City of San Diego, Resolution R-312895 (adopted Mar. 17, 2020) ratifying the Mayor's March 12, 2020 Proclamation of a Local Emergency (Ex. MET-SAN-029)
Workers' Compensation Appeals Board of the State of California (en banc), In re: COVID-19 State of Emergency, En Banc, Misc. No. 260 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-001)
Secretary of State Alex Padilla, News release AP20:034, Update on Secretary of State Building Operations during COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-078)
Secretary of State Alex Padilla, News release AP20:035, Secretary of State Sacramento Public Counters Closed during COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-077)
Contractors State License Board, COVID-19 - Effects on CSLB Services (web page as of Mar. 20-22, 2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-015)
Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento (Presiding Judge Russell L. Hom), Order, Temporary Court Closure, Court-Declared Holiday March 20, 2020 through March 30, 2020 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-SAC-044)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-35-20 (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-086)
LADWP (General Manager Martin Adams), implementing Mayor Garcetti's announcement of March 23, 2020, News release, 'LADWP Will Not Disconnect Water and Power Service During COVID-19 Emergency Response' (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-060)
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, Statewide Order by the Chief Justice of California and Chair of the Judicial Council, March 23, 2020 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-069)

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