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Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-096News release AP20:045, Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Send Every Registered Voter a Vote-by-Mail Ballot for the November 3, 2020 General ElectionGovernor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Send Every Registered Voter a Vote-by-Mail Ballot for the November 3, 2020 General ElectionSecretary of State Alex Padilla (release); Governor Gavin Newsom (Executive Order N-64-20)California (Secretary of State; Governor; county elections officials)StateMay 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-005Amended Order of the Health Officer for the County of Riverside: Clarification of Governor's Stay-at-Home Order as Related to Short Term Lodging FacilitiesAmended Order... Clarification of Governor's 'Stay-at-Home' Order as Related to Short Term Lodging FacilitiesRiverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron KaiserRiverside County, CaliforniaCountyApr. 2, 20202020 Q2Business closureTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAC-039Directive of the El Dorado County Public Health Officer Clarifying the Governor's March 19 'Stay at Home Order' as It Pertains to the Use of Lodging Facilities in El Dorado County, Mar. 24, 2020Directive of the El Dorado County Public Health Officer Clarifying the Governor's March 19 "Stay at Home Order" as It Pertains to the Use of…El Dorado County Public Health Officer (Nancy Williams, MD, MPH)El Dorado County, CaliforniaCountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-021Order of the Health Officer of the County of San Bernardino Clarifying the Governor's Stay-at-Home Order as Related to Lodging FacilitiesOrder... Clarifying the Governor's 'Stay-at-Home' Order as Related to Lodging Facilities (March 27, 2020)Acting Health Officer Erin Gustafson, M.D., MPHSan Bernardino County, CaliforniaCountyMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Business closureTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. CA-058Governor's release: California, Oregon and Washington Issue Travel AdvisoriesCalifornia, Oregon & Washington Issue Travel Advisories (November 13, 2020)Governor Gavin Newsom (with the Governors of Oregon and Washington)CaliforniaStateNov. 13, 20202020 Q4Travel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. CA-039State-employee vaccine verification and weekly testing policy (announced July 26, 2021)Governor's release: California Implements First-in-the-Nation Measures to Encourage State Employees and Health Care Workers to Get…Governor Gavin Newsom (announcement); California Department of Human Resources (policy)CaliforniaStateJuly 26, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-001Executive Order N-36-20Executive Order on State Prisons and Juvenile Facilities (suspension of intake into CDCR and DJJ for 30 days; parole hearings by…Governor Gavin NewsomCalifornia (Governor; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Board of Parole Hearings); State levelStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-076Executive Order N-40-20Executive Order N-40-20 (relief to businesses; deadline extensions; DMV in-person transactions)Governor Gavin NewsomCalifornia (Governor; Department of Motor Vehicles; Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control; Bureau of Gambling Control; Department of Consumer Affairs; Department of Tax and Fee Administration)StateMar. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. CA-059Emergency brake tier assignments and strengthened face-covering guidance of November 16, 2020Governor Newsom Announces New Immediate Actions to Curb COVID-19 Transmission (November 16, 2020)Governor Gavin Newsom; California Department of Public HealthCaliforniaStateNov. 16, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-017Protocol for Critical Infrastructure Workers: Designated by the Governor's Executive Order as essential to ensure continuity of functions critical to public health and safety (Rev. 02/17/2021)Protocol for Critical Infrastructure Workers (exposure, quarantine, work exclusion and isolation rules)Riverside County Department of Public Health (Public Health Officer)Riverside County, CaliforniaCountyFeb. 17, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-098Executive Order N-44-20Waiver of the time limit of Penal Code § 396(b) so that its price-gouging prohibitions run through Sept. 4, 2020; prohibition, from Apr. 4…Governor Gavin NewsomCalifornia (Governor); State levelStateApr. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Supply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-086Executive Order N-35-20Executive Order N-35-20 (deadline extensions; local ordinance suspension; health-facility licensing waivers)Governor Gavin NewsomCalifornia (Governor; State agencies and local governments)StateMar. 21, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesSupply chainOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-047Executive Order N-62-20Executive Order creating a rebuttable presumption that COVID-19 illness of employees working outside the home arose out of and in the course…Governor Gavin NewsomCalifornia; Governor (workers' compensation presumption order)StateMay 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-007Executive Order N-51-20COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for food sector workers of hiring entities with 500 or more employeesGovernor Gavin NewsomCalifornia; Governor (paid-leave mandate enforced by the Labor Commissioner, Department of Industrial Relations)StateApr. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-032Executive Order N-44-20Executive Order N-44-20 (price gouging): waiver of the time limitation in Penal Code 396(b) through September 4, 2020; 10 percent cap over…Governor Gavin NewsomCalifornia (Governor, enforced by the Attorney General and district attorneys)StateApr. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-066Executive Order N-62-20Executive Order N-62-20 (workers' compensation): any COVID-19-related illness of an employee who worked at the employer's direction outside…Governor Gavin NewsomCalifornia (Governor; binding employers, insurers and the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board)StateMay 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-011Board of Supervisors vote of May 8, 2020 directing rescission of local health orders (news release)Riverside County reverts to state orders: Most local health orders to be rescinded in alignment with governor's ordersRiverside County Board of Supervisors (special meeting of May 8, 2020), reported by the County Joint Information CenterRiverside County, CaliforniaCountyMay 8, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAN-027Midway Venture LLC v. County of San Diego, No. D078375 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 22, 2021), 60 Cal.App.5th 58 (certified for publication)Midway Venture LLC et al. v. County of San Diego et al.; Gavin Newsom, as Governor, etc., et al.Court of Appeal, Fourth District, Division OneCalifornia Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division One (on appeal from the Superior Court of San Diego County, Joel R. Wohlfeil, J.)CourtJan. 22, 20212021 Q1OtherPrimary source read
Ex. CA-001Proclamation of a State of EmergencyProclamation of a State of Emergency (COVID-19)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. CA-009Executive Order N-37-20Executive Order N-37-20 (statewide moratorium on enforcement of residential evictions for COVID-related nonpayment)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-011Executive Order N-38-20Executive Order N-38-20 (suspending limits on the Judicial Council's emergency rulemaking authority)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SAN-001Proclamation 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, 2020San Diego County, CaliforniaCountyFeb. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-20-040Executive Order N-51-20COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Sector WorkersGovernor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateApr. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-002Executive Order N-33-20Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order incorporating the State Public Health Officer's order of March 19, 2020) (attested…Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. CA-004Executive Order N-26-20Executive Order N-26-20 (school closures: continued funding and distance learning)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source

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