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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. DUT-CA-005Statute: Government Code sections 8565-8574.7 (Emergency Services Act, Article 3, Powers of the Governor)Government Code sections 8565-8574.7: the Governor's orders and regulations under the Act 'shall have the force and effect of law' (section…California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel)CaliforniaStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyPrimary 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. DUT-CA-006Statute: Government Code sections 8625-8629 (Emergency Services Act, Article 13, State of Emergency)Government Code sections 8625-8629: proclamation of a state of emergency; the Governor's complete authority over State agencies and the…California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel)CaliforniaStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyPrimary 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-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. 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. DUT-CA-016Senate Bill 1159 (Hill), Stats. 2020, ch. 85, adding Labor Code sections 77.8, 3212.86, 3212.87 and 3212.88SB 1159: Workers' compensation: COVID-19: critical workers. Rebuttable presumption that an employee's COVID-19 illness or death arose out of…California Legislature; approved by Governor Gavin Newsom Sept. 17, 2020CaliforniaStateSept. 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
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
Ex. CA-063Assembly Bill 3088 (2020)AB 3088: COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020California Legislature; Governor Newsom (approved)CaliforniaStateAug. 31, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1OtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-07-030Executive Order N-44-20Executive Order N-44-20 (price gouging: extension of Penal Code 396 protections and additional restrictions on retail price increases)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateApr. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-009COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Institutions of Higher Education (August 7, 2020)Industry guidance for institutions of higher education: required face coverings, distancing, prohibition of indoor lectures in counties on…California Department of Public Health with Cal/OSHA (covid19.ca.gov)California Department of Public Health (State Public Health Officer) and Cal/OSHA, industry guidance for institutions of higher education under the Governor's orders; State levelStateAug. 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-013Assembly Bill 1867 (Chapter 45, Statutes of 2020)COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave (Labor Code §§ 248, 248.1): food-sector leave codified; leave for covered workers of employers with…California Legislature; approved by Governor NewsomCalifornia; Legislature (enforced by the Labor Commissioner, Department of Industrial Relations)StateSept. 9, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-014Senate Bill 1159 (Chapter 85, Statutes of 2020)Workers' compensation: COVID-19 disputable presumptions (§ 3212.86 all employees Mar. 19 to July 5, 2020; § 3212.87 first responders and…California Legislature; approved by Governor NewsomCalifornia; Legislature (administered by the Division of Workers' Compensation, Department of Industrial Relations)StateSept. 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. CA-003Executive Order N-25-20Executive Order N-25-20 (residents to heed public-health directives; remote public meetings; unemployment and tax relief)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. CA-005Executive Order N-28-20Executive Order N-28-20 (authorizing local governments to halt evictions; protecting against utility shutoffs)Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1OtherConfirmed from a secondary source

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