The Record
The Metros
New Orleans and Baton Rouge

The Metros

New Orleans and Baton Rouge

Name: New Orleans and Baton Rouge: local governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The New Orleans and Baton Rouge file holds 80 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 80 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Louisiana file.

Code MSYState LouisianaFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. MET-MSY-002Orders reaching 2021 Q3 19Primary source read 69 Confirmed from a secondary source 11

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The record in brief

ScopeMetro MSY: City of New Orleans / Orleans Parish (Mayor LaToya Cantrell; New Orleans Health Department; Civil District Court, First and Second City Courts, Criminal District Court, Municipal and Traffic Court; Regional Transit Authority); Jefferson Parish (Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng; Jefferson Transit; 24th Judicial District Court); City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge (Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome; 19th Judicial District Court; Capital Area Transit System; East Baton Rouge Parish School System).

New Orleans ran the most restrictive and longest-lived local regime in the Deep South, and it did so through instruments with the force of law under La. R.S. 29:727. Run-up and 2020 Q2 (wages from March 13, 2020). Mayor Cantrell declared a state of emergency on March 11, 2020 (Ex. MET-MSY-001), and on March 16, 2020 promulgated emergency orders effective 6:00 a.m. March 17 that cancelled or prohibited all public and private gatherings, ordered bars, health clubs, malls, live-performance venues, reception facilities and other places of gathering to cease operations, and limited every restaurant to take-out and delivery (Ex. 002). On March 20, 2020 the Health Department issued the Stay at Home directives: residents to remain home except for essential functions, non-essential employers to take all steps reasonably necessary for employees to work remotely, gatherings prohibited even outdoors, movement restricted to authorized work and essential services (Ex. 003), two days before the Governor's 33-JBE-2020. The April 15, 2020 proclamation continued every closure through 6:00 a.m. May 16, 2020 and ordered all individuals in the City to stay at home, reciting the $500 fine and six months' confinement of La. R.S. 29:727(G) (Ex. 004). Jefferson Parish declared its emergency on March 12, 2020 (Ex. 051), closed parish buildings to the public on March 23 (03 CLS 2020, recited in Ex. 052), and extended the measures through April 30 (Ex. 052). East Baton Rouge declared its parish-wide emergency on March 13, 2020 (recited in Ex. 073). Every trial court in the metro closed: the Orleans Civil District Court and First and Second City Courts suspended jury trials and eviction hearings from March 13 and closed the courthouse from 4:00 p.m. March 17 through April 13, then to May 4 and to May 18, with civil jury trials suspended to July 1, 2020 (Exs. 038-042); the Criminal District Court closed on March 16 and extended the closure until further notice on April 23 (Exs. 046-047); the 24th JDC closed until May 4 (Ex. 067); the 19th JDC in Baton Rouge closed until May 1 with the Clerk of Court physically closed except for emergency filings (Ex. 078); the Municipal and Traffic Court closed from March 16 (Ex. 050). The Regional Transit Authority cut all service to a Saturday schedule from March 17, suspended twelve routes on March 29, suspended overnight service from April 12 and waived fares (Exs. 033-035); CATS in Baton Rouge waived fares from April 2020 to May 16, 2021 (Ex. 079). The City's Phase One began May 16, 2020 under the May 15 proclamation, which made every Health Department guideline and Public Health Advisory 'the effect of a temporary emergency order issued by the Mayor' (Ex. 005): retail, worship, gyms, offices and theaters at 25 percent, malls' interior stores closed, gatherings limited to a household (Ex. 006). Jefferson Parish entered Phase One on May 15 with JeT masks required for all riders and parish buildings requiring masks and temperature screening (Exs. 065, 066). 2020 Q3. New Orleans entered Phase Two on June 13, 2020 at 50 percent with gatherings of 100 (Ex. 007), then tightened on July 8 (gatherings 25 indoors, 100 outdoors; Ex. 008) and on July 25 (gatherings 25 indoors and 50 outdoors; bars closed to on-premises consumption; face coverings required at all times; Exs. 009-010), and stayed in that Phase Two through September (Ex. 011). Jefferson Parish imposed a parish-wide indoor mask mandate on July 1, 2020, twelve days before the State's (10 CLS 2020, Ex. 054), with the $500/six-month penalty of La. R.S. 29:727(G) recited. East Baton Rouge's Mayor-President signed Executive Order SWB 2020-07-01 on July 1, 2020, effective 12:01 p.m. July 3, 2020, requiring every commercial and nonprofit entity serving the public to implement a 'No Mask - No Service' policy enforced by the Fire and Police Departments with summonses on a third violation (Ex. 073), extended July 28 until Phase 3 (Exs. 074-076). Jefferson Parish's continuation proclamations (Exs. 053, 055) kept parish buildings under mask-and-screening rules and JeT under a mask requirement through 2020. The 24th JDC reopened in Phase II on June 5 with courtrooms limited to twelve persons and jury trials deferred to July 20, then to September 14, 2020 (Exs. 068-070). 2020 Q4. New Orleans moved to Phase 3.1 on October 3 (gatherings 50/100; restaurants 75 percent; bars takeout only; Ex. 012), Phase 3.2 on October 17 (bars outdoors only; Ex. 013) and Phase 3.3 on November 14 (gatherings 100/150; Ex. 014), then back to Modified Phase Two at 6:00 p.m. November 25, 2020 (gatherings 25 percent or 75 indoors and 150 outdoors; restaurants 50 percent; bars 25 percent or 50 indoors; Exs. 015-016), and on December 31 closed bars to indoor service with an 11 p.m. closing hour (Ex. 017). Jefferson Parish followed 168-JBE-2020 into Modified Phase Two on November 25 with bars closed to indoor consumption (Exs. 055-056). The Criminal District Court closed its building again from November 10 to November 23, 2020 (Ex. 049). 2021 Q1. New Orleans dropped to Modified Phase One on January 8, 2021 (retail and restaurants 25 percent indoors; bars outdoors only; 11 p.m. close; Ex. 018), returned to Modified Phase Two on January 29 with gatherings of 10 indoors and 25 outdoors (Ex. 019), and for Mardi Gras (6:00 a.m. February 12 to 6:00 a.m. February 17, 2021) ordered every bar to cease all operations including take-out, barred restaurants from all take-out alcohol sales, prohibited packaged alcohol sales in the French Quarter and CBD and closed Bourbon Street to loitering (Exs. 020-021). Modified Phase Three began March 12, 2021 (retail, restaurants, salons, theaters, offices 75 percent; bars and gyms 50 percent; gatherings 75/150; Ex. 022). The Civil District Court suspended civil jury trials again from January 12 to March 1, 2021 (Exs. 044-045). Jefferson Parish continued its measures through 2, 4 and 5 CLS 2021 (Exs. 057-059). 2021 Q2. New Orleans eased on April 30 (gatherings 250/500; retail 100 percent; Ex. 023), May 15 (Ex. 024) and May 28 (large-event pathways conditioned on masking or proof of vaccination or a negative test; Ex. 025). Jefferson Parish terminated 10 CLS 2020 on April 28, 2021 upon 79-JBE-2021, keeping masks in parish buildings and on JeT (Ex. 060), then lifted the building requirement for the vaccinated on May 15 while keeping masks on public transit (Ex. 061). CATS resumed fares May 16, 2021 (Ex. 079). 2021 Q3. The metro re-tightened before the State did. The 24th JDC ordered masks in courthouse common areas from July 22, 2021 (Ex. 071). New Orleans issued an indoor mask advisory July 23 (Ex. 026) and on July 31, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. reinstated an indoor mask requirement for all individuals over two 'at all times when in indoor spaces outside the household' with mandatory workplace rules for every business (Exs. 027-028). Jefferson Parish required masks in parish buildings from July 29 (12 CLS 2021, recited; Ex. 064) and on August 3, 2021 ordered every individual in unincorporated Jefferson Parish to wear a face covering indoors in any place outside a private residence, effective August 4 (13 CLS 2021, Ex. 063). Baton Rouge required masks in all City-Parish buildings from July 30, 2021 (Ex. 077) and the East Baton Rouge school system required masks for all K-12 students and staff from August 3 (Ex. 080). The 24th JDC moved criminal matters to videoconference and required rapid tests before transport from August 2 (Ex. 072). On August 12-13, 2021 New Orleans became the first Southern city to require proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test within 72 hours for entry to every restaurant, bar, brewery, gym, fitness class, indoor sports venue, concert hall, event space, casino, bowling alley and indoor amusement facility, effective 6:00 a.m. August 16, 2021 (Exs. 029-030), and on August 19 the Mayor ordered every City employee and every public-facing City contractor employee to be vaccinated or tested periodically from August 30, 2021 (LC 21-05, Ex. 032). The statewide mask mandate (137-JBE-2021, effective August 4, 2021) ran alongside these local orders through September 30, 2021 and beyond. Every one of the Q3 2021 instruments listed in q3_2021_in_force was in force on September 30, 2021; the City's October 29, 2021 guidelines (Ex. 031) carried the vaccination-or-test requirement into the fourth quarter. Louisiana did not preempt these local orders; the Governor's proclamations preserved local authority to impose stricter measures, and East Baton Rouge's order recites that the Governor 'has clarified that his plan to reopen Louisiana's economy includes maintaining the authority of local governments to require businesses to adopt and enforce... face covering requirements' (Ex. 073).

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in New Orleans and Baton Rouge on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2020: New Orleans Mar. 16 emergency orders (Ex. 002) and Mar. 20 Stay at Home directives (Ex. 003) in force: all gatherings prohibited, bars/gyms/malls/venues closed, restaurants take-out only, non-essential employers to work remotely; Jefferson Parish emergency (Ex. 051) and building closures (03 CLS 2020); every metro trial court closed (Exs. 039-040, 046, 067, 078); RTA on Saturday schedule with twelve routes suspended and fares waived (Exs. 033-034); statewide 33-JBE-2020 stay at home in force.	June 30, 2020: New Orleans Phase Two (from June 13; Ex. 007): gatherings capped at 100 with masks, retail/worship/theaters/gyms/offices at 50 percent, bars without food permits at 25 percent, indoor live entertainment prohibited; Jefferson Parish in Phase 2 with masks and screening for parish buildings and JeT (Exs. 053, 066); 24th JDC in Phase II with 12-person courtrooms and no jury trials (Ex. 068); Orleans CDC courthouse under Phase I screening and mask plan (Ex. 043); Criminal District Court Phase Two limited opening (Ex. 048).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2020: New Orleans Phase Two at 50 percent (Ex. 007); Jefferson Parish 10 CLS 2020 indoor mask mandate effective this day (Ex. 054); EBR Executive Order SWB 2020-07-01 signed this day, effective July 3 (Ex. 073); RTA and JeT mask requirements; 24th JDC Phase II.	Sept. 30, 2020: New Orleans Phase Two with gatherings 25 indoors/50 outdoors, bars closed to on-premises consumption, face coverings required at all times (Ex. 011); Jefferson Parish mask mandate (Ex. 054) and continuation measures (15 CLS 2020, recited in Ex. 055); EBR 'No Mask - No Service' (extended July 28; Exs. 074-075) alongside 89-JBE-2020 statewide mask mandate; 24th JDC Phase III masks and 14-person galleries (Ex. 069).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Oct. 1, 2020: New Orleans Phase Two (Ex. 011) moving to Phase 3.1 on Oct. 3 (Ex. 012: gatherings 50/100, bars take-out only, restaurants 75 percent); Jefferson Parish mask mandate and building rules (Exs. 054-055); statewide mask mandate.	Dec. 31, 2020: New Orleans Modified Phase Two with bar closure effective this day (Ex. 017: gatherings 25 percent or 75 indoors/150 outdoors, restaurants 50 percent, bars no indoor seating, 11 p.m. close, face coverings required); Jefferson Parish Modified Phase Two with bars closed to indoor consumption (Exs. 055-056; 22 CLS 2020 recited in Ex. 061); Criminal District Court operating under remote protocols after the Nov. 10-23 closure (Ex. 049).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Jan. 1, 2021: New Orleans Modified Phase Two with bar closure (Ex. 017); Jefferson Parish 22 CLS 2020 continuation (recited in Ex. 061) and mask mandate (Ex. 054); statewide Modified Phase Two (168-JBE-2020 and 6-JBE-2021).	Mar. 31, 2021: New Orleans Modified Phase Three (from Mar. 12; Ex. 022: 75 percent retail/restaurants/offices, 50 percent bars/gyms, gatherings 75/150, masks); Jefferson Parish 5 CLS 2021 (Ex. 059: masks and temperature screening for parish buildings, JeT masks, 50 percent JPRD rentals) and 10 CLS 2020 mask mandate still in force; Orleans CDC pre-screening and mask entry rules (Ex. 045).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	Apr. 1, 2021: New Orleans Modified Phase Three (Ex. 022); Jefferson Parish 5 CLS 2021 and 10 CLS 2020 (Exs. 059, 054); statewide mask mandate (until Apr. 28).	June 30, 2021: New Orleans May 28, 2021 guidelines (Ex. 025): gatherings 250/500, large events conditioned on masking or vaccination/test proof, masks on conveyances, in government offices, health care and schools, mandatory business safety requirements; Jefferson Parish 11 CLS 2021 (Ex. 062: masks on public transportation, emergency continued); CATS fares resumed May 16 (Ex. 079).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	July 1, 2021: New Orleans May 28, 2021 guidelines (Ex. 025) and the Mar. 11, 2020 emergency (Ex. 001); Jefferson Parish 11 CLS 2021 (Ex. 062); EBR parish-wide emergency; federal transit mask order applied by RTA (Ex. 037).	Sept. 30, 2021: New Orleans indoor mask mandate for all persons (Exs. 027-028, from July 31), vaccination-or-negative-test entry requirement for restaurants, bars, gyms, indoor entertainment and event venues (Exs. 029-030, from Aug. 16), City employee and contractor vaccination-or-testing (Ex. 032, from Aug. 30); Jefferson Parish 13 CLS 2021 parish-wide indoor mask requirement (Ex. 063, from Aug. 4) and 24th JDC mask/transport/videoconference order (Exs. 071-072); EBR City-Parish building mask requirement (Ex. 077, from July 30) and EBRPSS K-12 mask requirement (Ex. 080, from Aug. 3); statewide 137-JBE-2021 mask mandate (extended through Oct. 27, 2021; Ex. 064).

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

May 28, 2021

2021-05-28 (New Orleans); 2021-05-15 (Jefferson Parish); the statewide mask mandate ended April 28, 2021 (79-JBE-2021) and was reinstated August 4, 2021 (137-JBE-2021)

Instrument New Orleans: NOHD Guidelines for COVID-19 Reopening dated May 28, 2021 (Ex. MET-MSY-025), which kept gathering caps of 250 indoors and 500 outdoors and conditioned larger events on universal masking or proof of vaccination or a negative test; Jefferson Parish: Proclamation 8 CLS 2021 (May 15, 2021; Ex. 061), which ended the parish face-covering mandate except on public transit; East Baton Rouge: the parish followed the State's Phase 3 and the statewide mask mandate, and its own 'No Mask - No Service' order ran to Phase 3 (September 11, 2020) by its extension terms (Exs. 073-075)

What remained in force

In New Orleans after May 28, 2021: the March 11, 2020 state of emergency; the May 15, 2020 proclamation delegating force-of-law regulation to the Health Department; gathering caps of 250/500; mandatory safety requirements for all businesses (screening, distancing, sanitation, posting); masks on public conveyances, in government offices, in health-care facilities and in schools; then from July 31, 2021 the indoor mask mandate, from August 16, 2021 the vaccination-or-test entry requirement, and from August 30, 2021 the City-employee and contractor vaccination-or-testing rule. In Jefferson Parish after May 15, 2021: masks on public transportation and paratransit, the procurement suspension and the emergency itself; then from July 29, 2021 masks in parish buildings and from August 4, 2021 the parish-wide indoor mask requirement. In East Baton Rouge after May 2021: the parish-wide emergency; then from July 30, 2021 masks in all City-Parish buildings and from August 3, 2021 masks in all EBR public schools, alongside the statewide mandate from August 4, 2021.

The State and the local orders

Louisiana did not preempt or bar local COVID-19 orders at any time between March 2020 and September 30, 2021. The Governor's phase proclamations expressly preserved the authority of parishes and municipalities to impose more restrictive measures, and New Orleans exercised it continuously (declining to enter Phase Two with the State on June 5, 2020; keeping bars, gatherings and capacity below State levels through May 2021; reinstating masks July 31, 2021 before the State's August 4 mandate; imposing a vaccination-or-test entry requirement the State never adopted). Executive Order SWB 2020-07-01 recites the Governor's clarification that local governments retained authority to require businesses to adopt and enforce face-covering requirements (Ex. 073). Jefferson Parish's 10 CLS 2020 mask mandate preceded the statewide mandate by twelve days and was terminated by the Parish President, not by the State, on April 28, 2021 (Ex. 060). No injunction against any New Orleans, Jefferson Parish or East Baton Rouge COVID-19 instrument was located. The 2021 Regular Session bills to curtail gubernatorial emergency powers did not become law in the period; the State's emergency (25-JBE-2020 and renewals) ran through March 16, 2022.

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (17)

MET-MSY-001 (state of emergency, continuing)
MET-MSY-005 (May 15, 2020 proclamation giving NOHD guidelines force of law, continuing)
MET-MSY-025 (May 28, 2021 guidelines, July 1-22)
MET-MSY-026 (July 23 mask advisory and guidelines, July 23-30)
MET-MSY-027 and MET-MSY-028 (indoor mask mandate, July 31 - Sept. 30 and beyond)
MET-MSY-029 and MET-MSY-030 (vaccination-or-test entry requirement, Aug. 16 - Sept. 30 and beyond)
MET-MSY-032 (LC 21-05 employee/contractor vaccination or testing, Aug. 19/30 - Sept. 30 and beyond)
MET-MSY-037 (RTA enforcement of federal transit mask order, all quarter)
MET-MSY-062 (Jefferson Parish 11 CLS 2021, July 1-28: transit masks, emergency continued)
12 CLS 2021 (July 29, 2021; recited in MET-MSY-063 and MET-MSY-064: masks in Jefferson Parish government buildings)
MET-MSY-063 (Jefferson Parish 13 CLS 2021 parish-wide indoor mask requirement, Aug. 4 - Sept. 30 and beyond)
MET-MSY-071 (24th JDC masks in common areas, July 22 onward)
MET-MSY-072 (24th JDC masks, videoconference and rapid-test transport, Aug. 2 onward)
MET-MSY-077 (EBR City-Parish building mask requirement, July 30 onward)
MET-MSY-080 (EBRPSS K-12 mask requirement, Aug. 3 onward)
Statewide: 137-JBE-2021 mask mandate (Aug. 4 - Oct. 27, 2021) and the 25-JBE-2020 emergency renewals
Federal: CDC conveyance mask order and TSA directives applied on RTA, JeT and CATS

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

New Orleans: take-out and delivery only from 6:00 a.m. Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. 002) through May 15, 2020; Phase One 25 percent with no bar seating May 16; Phase Two 50 percent June 13 (bars with food permit 50 percent, without 25 percent; Ex. 007); bars closed to on-premises consumption July 25, 2020 (Ex. 009) through Oct. 16; bars outdoors only Oct. 17 (Ex. 013); bars indoor seating Nov. 14 (Ex. 014); restaurants 50 percent and bars 25 percent Nov. 25 (Ex. 015); bars indoor closed and 11 p.m. close Dec. 31 (Ex. 017); restaurants 25 percent Jan. 8, 2021 (Ex. 018); 50 percent Jan. 29 (Ex. 019); all bars closed entirely and no take-out alcohol Feb. 12-17, 2021 (Exs. 020-021); restaurants 75 percent and bars 50 percent Mar. 12 (Ex. 022); 100 percent Apr. 30 (Ex. 023); proof of vaccination or negative test for every indoor diner and drinker from Aug. 16, 2021 (Ex. 029). Jefferson Parish: State phases; masks July 1, 2020 (Ex. 054); bars closed to indoor consumption Nov. 25, 2020 (Ex. 056). EBR: 'No Mask - No Service' and strict adherence to Open Safely requirements for restaurants, bars and nightclubs from July 3, 2020 (Ex. 073).

Retail

New Orleans: malls ordered to cease operations Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. 002); non-essential retail under stay-home Mar. 20 (Ex. 003); 25 percent with mall interior stores closed May 16 (Ex. 006); 50 percent June 13 (Ex. 007); 75 percent Oct. 3 (Ex. 012); 50 percent Nov. 25 (Ex. 015); 25 percent Jan. 8, 2021 (Ex. 018); 50 percent Jan. 29; 75 percent Mar. 12; 100 percent Apr. 30, 2021 (Ex. 023); masks for all customers July 31, 2021 (Ex. 027). EBR: No Mask - No Service for every entity serving the public July 3, 2020 (Ex. 073).

Personal care

New Orleans: closed under stay-home Mar. 20, 2020 (Ex. 003; State 33-JBE-2020 closed personal care statewide); reopened at 25 percent by appointment May 16 (Ex. 006); 50 percent June 13; 75 percent Mar. 12, 2021 (Ex. 022); masks required at all times through 2020-21 and again from July 31, 2021.

Fitness and entertainment

New Orleans: gyms, live-performance venues, reception facilities and indoor amusement ordered to cease operations Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. 002); gyms 25 percent May 16 and 50 percent June 13; indoor live entertainment prohibited through Phase Two and Phase 3.1 (Exs. 007-012); theaters 25 percent/100 then 50 percent/250; Phase 3.2 timed seated events at 50 percent or 500 (Ex. 013); Modified Phase Two indoor live entertainment prohibited and dance clubs prohibited Nov. 25 (Ex. 015); gyms 50 percent Mar. 12, 2021; 100 percent May 28; proof of vaccination or negative test for gyms, fitness classes, indoor sports venues, concert halls, event spaces, bowling alleys, casinos and indoor amusement from Aug. 16, 2021 (Ex. 029).

Hotels and short-term rentals

New Orleans: reception facilities and event venues closed Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. 002); hotel ballrooms and event spaces under gathering caps and 50 percent event limits through May 2021, and under the vaccination-or-test entry requirement from Aug. 16, 2021 (Ex. 029); the City's Hotel Eviction FAQ (Apr. 2020) reflected the stay-home regime.

Offices and telework

New Orleans: non-essential employers to take all steps reasonably necessary for employees to work remotely and keep the least staff on premises, Mar. 20, 2020 (Ex. 003); office buildings 25 percent May 16 (Ex. 006); 50 percent with remote work for those able and conference rooms of 10 June 13 (Ex. 007); 75 percent Mar. 12, 2021; mandatory safety requirements (screening, distancing, common-area limits, posting) for every business through Sept. 30, 2021 (Exs. 025, 027); City employees and public-facing contractors vaccinated or tested from Aug. 30, 2021 (Ex. 032). Jefferson Parish: parish buildings closed to the public Mar. 23, 2020 (03 CLS 2020) and reopened May 18 with masks and temperature screening (Exs. 052, 065).

Manufacturing

Essential under 33-JBE-2020; New Orleans mandatory safety requirements applied to all workers (Exs. 006-027); Jefferson Parish and EBR mask mandates applied to every commercial building (Exs. 054, 073).

Construction

Construction continued as essential under the Mar. 20, 2020 directives (Ex. 003, CISA reference in 33-JBE-2020); every business subject to mandatory safety requirements (masks in vehicles with non-household members, screening, hand-washing access, disinfection) in every NOHD guideline (Exs. 006-027).

Real estate

Orleans CDC and First and Second City Courts suspended evictions from Mar. 13, 2020 through May 18, 2020 and required CARES Act affidavits from May 20, 2020 (Exs. 038-042); Jefferson Parish 24th JDC and EBR 19th JDC closures suspended civil matters Mar. 16 - May 2020 (Exs. 067, 078); recorders and clerks limited to emergency filings (Ex. 078).

Hospitals and long-term care

Statewide LDH orders. New Orleans guidelines required face coverings in all health-care facilities, including physicians' offices, hospitals and long-term care facilities, in every version through Q3 2021 (Ex. 027).

Dental and elective health care

Governed statewide. Locally, health-care facilities were exempt from the New Orleans gathering ban (Ex. 002) but subject to the universal mask requirement in all health-care facilities in every NOHD guideline through Sept. 30, 2021 (Exs. 025, 027).

Schools

Statewide closure Mar. 16 - end of 2019-20 year. New Orleans guidelines allowed schools to open under State/LDOE guidance from fall 2020 with masks; EBRPSS shifted to all-virtual for the start of 2020-21 (July 2020) and required masks for all K-12 students and staff for 2021-22 from Aug. 3, 2021 (Ex. 080); New Orleans guidelines required masks in all early childhood, elementary and secondary institutions (Exs. 025, 027).

Child care

Child care and early learning centers allowed to open under State/LDH restrictions in every New Orleans phase (Exs. 006-027) with masks and cohort rules; Jefferson Parish and EBR orders directed daycares to follow LDOE/LDH guidance (Exs. 054, 073).

Worship and gatherings

New Orleans: all public and private gatherings cancelled or prohibited Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. 002), including outdoors Mar. 20 (Ex. 003); worship 25 percent May 16 (Ex. 006), 50 percent June 13; gatherings 100 (June 13), 25/100 (July 8), 25/50 (July 25), 50/100 (Oct. 3), 100/150 (Nov. 14), 25 percent or 75/150 (Nov. 25), 10/25 (Jan. 29, 2021), 75/150 (Feb. 26 and Mar. 12), 250/500 (Apr. 30, 2021 onward); choirs prohibited in Phase 3.1 (Ex. 012); second lines and parades banned until May 28, 2021 (Ex. 025); indoor gatherings masked from July 31, 2021 (Ex. 027). EBR: places of worship to follow the Governor's order (Ex. 073).

Courts and public offices

Orleans CDC closed 4:00 p.m. Mar. 17 - May 18, 2020, civil jury trials suspended to July 1, 2020 and again Jan. 12 - Mar. 1, 2021, pre-screening and masks for entry from May 25, 2020 (Exs. 038-045); Criminal District Court closed Mar. 16 - June 1, 2020 and Nov. 10-23, 2020, jury trials suspended (Exs. 046-049); Municipal and Traffic Court closed from Mar. 16, 2020 (Ex. 050); 24th JDC closed to May 4, 2020, Phase II June 5, Phase III Sept. 14, jury trials Sept. 14, masks July 22, 2021 and videoconference Aug. 2, 2021 (Exs. 067-072); 19th JDC closed to May 1, 2020 with the Clerk of Court physically closed except emergency filings (Ex. 078); Jefferson Parish buildings closed Mar. 23 - May 18, 2020 then masks and screening (Exs. 052-062); EBR City-Parish buildings masks from July 30, 2021 (Ex. 077).

Travel and quarantine

New Orleans travel restricted to authorized work and essential services Mar. 20, 2020 (Ex. 003); RTA essential-travel-only service reductions Mar. 17 and Mar. 29, overnight suspension Apr. 12, restoration May 17, 2020 (Exs. 033-036); RTA and JeT mask requirements (Exs. 037, 066); other States' quarantines on New Orleans travelers. CATS fares waived Apr. 2020 - May 16, 2021 (Ex. 079).

Face coverings

New Orleans: face coverings required in businesses from Phase One (May 16, 2020; Ex. 006) and 'at all times' from July 25, 2020 (Ex. 009) through May 2021; indoor mask advisory July 23, 2021 (Ex. 026); indoor mandate for all persons July 31, 2021 (Exs. 027-028) continuing past Sept. 30, 2021. Jefferson Parish: 10 CLS 2020 July 1, 2020 - Apr. 28, 2021 (Exs. 054, 060); transit masks continuing (Exs. 061-062, 066); buildings July 29, 2021; parish-wide indoors Aug. 4, 2021 (Ex. 063). EBR: No Mask - No Service July 3, 2020 (Ex. 073), extended July 28 to Phase 3 (Ex. 075); City-Parish buildings July 30, 2021 (Ex. 077); schools Aug. 3, 2021 (Ex. 080). Statewide: 89-JBE-2020 July 13, 2020 - Apr. 28, 2021; 137-JBE-2021 Aug. 4 - Oct. 27, 2021.

Vaccination mandates

New Orleans: proof of vaccination or negative PCR test within 72 hours for entry to indoor dining, drinking, fitness, entertainment, event and gaming establishments from 6:00 a.m. Aug. 16, 2021 (Exs. 029-030), continuing in the Oct. 29, 2021 guidelines (Ex. 031); City employees and public-facing contractor employees vaccinated or periodically tested from Aug. 30, 2021 (LC 21-05, Ex. 032). Large-event vaccination/test pathway from May 28, 2021 (Ex. 025). No Jefferson Parish or EBR vaccination-proof order located.

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 3Stay-at-home 2Business closure 17Telework mandate 2Capacity limit 29Gathering cap 30Face-covering requirement 53Travel and quarantine 11Schools and child care 1Curfew and hours 6Alcohol and bars 21Events and venues 12Courts and public offices 30Workplace rules 39Vaccination or testing 7Quarantine and isolation 3Other 16