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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-096	News 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 Election	Secretary of State Alex Padilla (release); Governor Gavin Newsom (Executive Order N-64-20)	California (Secretary of State; Governor; county elections officials)State	May 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Other	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-005	Statute: 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)	CaliforniaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. CA-058	Governor'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)	CaliforniaState	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Travel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. CA-059	Emergency 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 Health	CaliforniaState	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-006	Statute: 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)	CaliforniaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-007	Executive Order N-51-20COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for food sector workers of hiring entities with 500 or more employees	Governor Gavin Newsom	California; Governor (paid-leave mandate enforced by the Labor Commissioner, Department of Industrial Relations)State	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. CA-011	Executive Order N-38-20Executive Order N-38-20 (suspending limits on the Judicial Council's emergency rulemaking authority)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-CA-016	Senate 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, 2020	CaliforniaState	Sept. 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
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. SEC-20-040	Executive Order N-51-20COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave for Food Sector Workers	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-002	Executive 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 Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. CA-063	Assembly Bill 3088 (2020)AB 3088: COVID-19 Tenant Relief Act of 2020	California Legislature; Governor Newsom (approved)	CaliforniaState	Aug. 31, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-009	COVID-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 levelState	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-013	Assembly 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 Newsom	California; Legislature (enforced by the Labor Commissioner, Department of Industrial Relations)State	Sept. 9, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-014	Senate 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 Newsom	California; Legislature (administered by the Division of Workers' Compensation, Department of Industrial Relations)State	Sept. 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	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. CA-005	Executive Order N-28-20Executive Order N-28-20 (authorizing local governments to halt evictions; protecting against utility shutoffs)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-006	Executive Order N-29-20Executive Order N-29-20 (public meetings by teleconference; CalFresh and other program flexibilities)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-007	Executive Order N-33-20 with the Order of the State Public Health Officer of March 19, 2020 (text copy)Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order)	Governor Gavin Newsom; State Public Health Officer Sonia Angell	CaliforniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. CA-012	Executive Order N-39-20Executive Order N-39-20 (health-care workforce: Department of Consumer Affairs authority to waive licensing requirements; facility…	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-013	Executive Order N-45-20Executive Order N-45-20 (child care for essential workers; CDSS and CDE flexibilities)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Apr. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-014	Executive Order N-60-20Executive Order N-60-20 (directing the State Public Health Officer to establish a risk-based framework for reopening: the Resilience…	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limit	Primary source read
Ex. CA-022	Executive Order N-84-20Executive Order N-84-20 (quarantine periods; conforming Cal/OSHA ETS exclusion periods to CDPH guidance; other extensions)	Governor Gavin Newsom	CaliforniaState	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-143	CDPH COVID-19 and Reopening In-Person Learning Framework for K-12 Schools in California, 2020-2021 School Year (July 17, 2020)Schools in counties on the State's County Monitoring List may not reopen for in-person instruction; remote instruction required until the…	Governor Gavin Newsom / California Department of Public Health	CaliforniaState	July 17, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source

Secretary of State Alex Padilla (release); Governor Gavin Newsom (Executive Order N-64-20), News release AP20:045, Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order to Send Every Registered Voter a Vote-by-Mail Ballot for the November 3, 2020 General Election (May 8, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-096)
California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel), Statute: Government Code sections 8565-8574.7 (Emergency Services Act, Article 3, Powers of the Governor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-005)
Governor Gavin Newsom (with the Governors of Oregon and Washington), Governor's release: California, Oregon and Washington Issue Travel Advisories (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. CA-058)
Governor Gavin Newsom; California Department of Public Health, Emergency brake tier assignments and strengthened face-covering guidance of November 16, 2020 (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. CA-059)
California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel), Statute: Government Code sections 8625-8629 (Emergency Services Act, Article 13, State of Emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-006)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-51-20 (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-007)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Proclamation of a State of Emergency (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. CA-001)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-38-20 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. CA-011)
California Legislature; approved by Governor Gavin Newsom Sept. 17, 2020, Senate Bill 1159 (Hill), Stats. 2020, ch. 85, adding Labor Code sections 77.8, 3212.86, 3212.87 and 3212.88 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-CA-016)
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, Executive Order N-51-20 (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. SEC-20-040)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-33-20 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. CA-002)
California Legislature; Governor Newsom (approved), Assembly Bill 3088 (2020) (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. CA-063)
California Department of Public Health with Cal/OSHA (covid19.ca.gov), COVID-19 Industry Guidance: Institutions of Higher Education (August 7, 2020) (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-009)
California Legislature; approved by Governor Newsom, Assembly Bill 1867 (Chapter 45, Statutes of 2020) (Sept. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-013)
California Legislature; approved by Governor Newsom, Senate Bill 1159 (Chapter 85, Statutes of 2020) (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-014)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-25-20 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. CA-003)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-28-20 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. CA-005)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-29-20 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. CA-006)
Governor Gavin Newsom; State Public Health Officer Sonia Angell, Executive Order N-33-20 with the Order of the State Public Health Officer of March 19, 2020 (text copy) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. CA-007)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-39-20 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. CA-012)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-45-20 (Apr. 4, 2020) (Ex. CA-013)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-60-20 (May 4, 2020) (Ex. CA-014)
Governor Gavin Newsom, Executive Order N-84-20 (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. CA-022)
Governor Gavin Newsom / California Department of Public Health, CDPH COVID-19 and Reopening In-Person Learning Framework for K-12 Schools in California, 2020-2021 School Year (July 17, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-143)

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