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Portland
The Portland file holds 56 instruments from the counties, cities, health officers, courts and transit authorities of the area, 56 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. The statewide orders that ran over the same ground are in the Oregon file and the Washington file.
Code PDXStates Oregon, WashingtonFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 13, 2020 Ex. MET-PDX-003Orders reaching 2021 Q3 11Primary source read 9 Confirmed from a secondary source 47
The record in brief
The Portland metropolitan area straddles two States whose regimes ran on different clocks, and the local layer in both was thick from the first week of March 2020. Clackamas County declared a local state of emergency on March 2, 2020 (MET-PDX-033), Washington County on March 4 (MET-PDX-027), Multnomah County Chair Kafoury on March 11 (MET-PDX-002), Portland Mayor Wheeler on March 12 (MET-PDX-054) and Vancouver City Manager Holmes on March 13 (MET-PDX-018). Within a week the local governments had closed the county libraries and recording, marriage-license, tax and passport counters (MET-PDX-003, -004), closed Portland and Vancouver City buildings to the public and moved their staffs to telework (MET-PDX-055, -026), cancelled every City-permitted event of 250 or more and every meeting of 20 or more in Vancouver facilities (MET-PDX-018), closed Vancouver police buildings and park playgrounds, courts and shelters (MET-PDX-053, -025), and imposed the first eviction moratorium in Oregon: Chair Kafoury's executive rule of March 17, 2020, adopted the same day by Mayor Wheeler's executive order and by City Council ordinance on March 18 (MET-PDX-004, -055, -001). The Governors' stay-home orders of March 23, 2020 (Oregon EO 20-12, Ex. OR-007; Washington Proclamation 20-25, Ex. WA-016) then sat on top of that local layer, and the counties' emergency operations centers were directed to 'enforce the governor's Stay Home, Save Lives executive order' (MET-PDX-030). TriMet, the tri-county transit district, stopped taking cash on March 27, cut schedules to weekend levels on April 5 and limited every bus to 10-15 riders from April 2, 2020 (MET-PDX-046, -048), then required face coverings of every rider from May 15, 2020 at OHA direction (MET-PDX-045, -047).
Second quarter of 2020. On April 1, 2020 every jurisdiction in the metro was under a local emergency and the two Governors' stay-home orders; the Multnomah County and Portland eviction moratoria, the County and City building closures, the Vancouver emergency orders (events, facilities, police buildings, parks, foreclosures and small-business evictions from April 3, landlord PPE from April 8) and TriMet's rider limits were all in force (MET-PDX-004, -005, -019, -020, -021, -025, -046, -052, -053, -056). Reopening came county by county and late: Clackamas County entered Oregon Phase 1 on May 23, 2020 (MET-PDX-035), Washington County on June 1 (MET-PDX-031), and Multnomah County, held back by the Governor's statewide one-week pause of June 11, only on June 19, 2020 (MET-PDX-007, -008); until then dining rooms, salons and gyms in Multnomah County remained closed under the EO 20-25 baseline. Clark County, Washington, remained in Safe Start Phase 1 until the Secretary of Health approved Phase 2 on June 5, 2020 (MET-PDX-039, -023). Multnomah County's Presiding Judge kept the Circuit Court to essential functions under Level 3 and then Level 2 restrictions and required face coverings in court facilities from June 2, 2020 (MET-PDX-050).
Third quarter of 2020. None of the three Oregon metro counties ever entered Phase 2. Chair Kafoury declined to apply on July 8 and again on September 15, 2020 (MET-PDX-009, -010); the Governor linked Washington and Clackamas Counties' progress to Multnomah's, so all three stayed in Phase 1 through September 30, 2020 (MET-PDX-031, -032, -036). Clark County spent the quarter frozen in Phase 2 by the Governor's July 2 pause, and from July 7 every Washington business had to refuse service to unmasked customers (MET-PDX-040). Portland's emergency ran through July 16 and beyond (MET-PDX-001); Multnomah County's to September 30 (MET-PDX-006); Washington County's through its eleventh declaration to October 27 (MET-PDX-031, -032); Vancouver's event ban of 250 or more to July 31 and its landlord PPE rule to July 31 and beyond (MET-PDX-021, -023, -026). PDX airport required face coverings, limited the terminal to travelers and kept shops and restaurants closed (MET-PDX-049).
Fourth quarter of 2020. The Governor's Two-Week Pause applied to Multnomah County from November 11 and to Clackamas County from November 11, 2020 (restaurant capacity 50 including staff, indoor groups of six, telework directed, long-term-care visits halted) (MET-PDX-011, -037); the Freeze of EO 20-65 followed from November 18; and on December 3, 2020 all three counties entered the Extreme Risk tier of the County Risk framework, EO 20-66 (MET-PDX-012, -038), which prohibited indoor dining, closed gyms and indoor entertainment and prohibited office work wherever telework was available. Clark County went into the statewide rollback of November 16, 2020, and its health department issued isolation and quarantine instructions to every case and contact (MET-PDX-041, -042).
First and second quarters of 2021. The Oregon counties moved through the Risk tiers under EO 20-66 until the Governor rescinded the framework at 12:01 a.m. on June 30, 2021 (EO 21-15, Ex. OR-043); Multnomah County reached Lower Risk only on May 27, 2021 (MET-PDX-013). Clark County was in Healthy Washington Phase 1 from January 11 to February 14, 2021 and Phase 2 from February 15 (MET-PDX-043), then Phase 3 until the caps expired at the end of June 30, 2021 (Exs. WA-065, WA-072). Transit and airport masks continued throughout under the federal CDC order.
Third quarter of 2021. On July 1, 2021 the general capacity, gathering and telework rules were gone in both States, but the local record shows what remained and what returned. Masks remained mandatory in airports, on public transit and in health care settings (MET-PDX-013 status message of June 30, 2021; MET-PDX-045, -049). Multnomah County Public Health issued a universal indoor mask recommendation on July 26 (MET-PDX-013), required masks in every County building by August 2 (MET-PDX-057), and on August 9 Chair Kafoury announced an executive order, effective August 13, 2021, legally requiring every person five and older and every business to mask indoors, enforced by complaint with fines up to $1,000 (MET-PDX-014, -015). The State's OAR 333-019-1025 took effect the same day and extended to crowded outdoor spaces on August 27 (Ex. OR-048; MET-PDX-012 status message). Metro required proof of vaccination or a negative test and masks at all Portland'5 Centers for the Arts performances from August 19, 2021 (MET-PDX-017). Across the river, the Secretary of Health's Order 20-03.4 restored universal indoor masking in Clark County from August 23, 2021 (Ex. WA-078), and Clark County Public Health's isolation and quarantine instructions remained in effect. The County's own account confirms the local mandate lasted from August 13, 2021 to March 12, 2022 (MET-PDX-016).
The six quarters
What the record shows in force in Portland 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.
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| 2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally → | Apr. 1, 2020: Oregon EO 20-12 stay-home (Ex. OR-007) and Washington Proclamation 20-25 (Ex. WA-016) statewide; Multnomah County emergency (Mar. 11; MET-PDX-002) with the Mar. 17 executive rule (residential eviction moratorium; eviction hearings suspended to Apr. 30; lodging must retain County-subsidized guests) and County libraries and recording, marriage-license, tax and passport counters closed (MET-PDX-003, -004); Portland emergency extended to Apr. 9 (MET-PDX-056), Portland eviction moratorium EO (Mar. 17) and ordinance (Mar. 18), City buildings closed to the public, telework (MET-PDX-055); Washington County emergency extended to Apr. 16 with EOC coordinating stay-home compliance (MET-PDX-029); Clackamas County emergency through June 30 with gathering-limitation power invoked (MET-PDX-034); Vancouver Declaration of Civil Emergency 2020-01 and EOs 2020-02 to 2020-06 (events of 250 or more cancelled; City facilities, community centers and police buildings closed; parks active-recreation areas closed; gatherings over 10 in parks barred) (MET-PDX-018, -024, -025, -053); Clark County Council meetings closed to the public, work sessions cancelled through Apr. 22 (MET-PDX-044); TriMet cash suspended (Mar. 27), rider limit 10-15 from Apr. 2, reduced schedules from Apr. 5, staff telework (MET-PDX-046, -048); Multnomah County Circuit Court essential functions only (Level 3; PJO of Mar. 27) (MET-PDX-050). | June 30, 2020: Multnomah County in Phase 1 since June 19 (MET-PDX-008) under EO 20-27 Phase 1 guidance, with face coverings required indoors from June 24 in Multnomah County (MET-PDX-016 recital) and the County emergency running to July 9 (MET-PDX-005); Washington County Phase 1 since June 1 (MET-PDX-031); Clackamas County Phase 1 since May 23 with no Phase II application and emergency extended to July 31 (MET-PDX-035, -036); Portland emergency running to July 2 (extended July 2 to July 16, MET-PDX-001) with the eviction moratorium continuing; Vancouver EO 2020-14: community centers closed to July 5, landlord PPE rule to July 31, telework and infection-control policies until the emergency ends, events of 250 or more cancelled through July 31 under EO 2020-11 (MET-PDX-021, -023); Clark County Safe Start Phase 2 since June 5 (MET-PDX-039); TriMet masks required of riders since May 15, rider limits, no cash, reduced service (MET-PDX-045, -047); Multnomah County Circuit Court Level 2 restrictions (PJOs of June 15) and face coverings in court facilities (June 2) (MET-PDX-050). |
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| 2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally → | July 1, 2020: as on June 30, 2020; Portland emergency extended to July 16 the next day (MET-PDX-001); Clark County held in Phase 2 by the statewide pause of July 2 and businesses required to refuse unmasked customers from July 7 (MET-PDX-040); Oregon statewide indoor face coverings from July 1 (Ex. OR-025; MET-PDX-016 recital). | Sept. 30, 2020: Multnomah County still in Phase 1, Chair's Sept. 15 statement declining Phase 2 (MET-PDX-010); County emergency extended to Sept. 30 'or until it is rescinded'; Washington County Phase 1, eleventh emergency declaration to Oct. 27 (MET-PDX-032); Clackamas County Phase 1 (linkage recited in MET-PDX-031, -032); Clark County Phase 2 (MET-PDX-040); statewide face coverings indoors and outdoors within six feet (MET-PDX-031, -032 recitals); TriMet masks, capacity limits and 3-foot seat spacing (MET-PDX-047); PDX airport face coverings, terminal access limited to travelers, shops and restaurants closed (MET-PDX-049); Vancouver EO 2020-17 emergency authority through the end of the emergency and landlord PPE rule as extended by EO 2020-16 (MET-PDX-026). |
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| 2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally → | Oct. 1, 2020: as on Sept. 30, 2020 (Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties in Phase 1; Clark County in Phase 2; masks statewide; transit and airport rules). | Dec. 31, 2020: Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties at Extreme Risk under EO 20-66 since Dec. 3 (indoor dining prohibited; gyms and indoor entertainment closed; office work prohibited where telework available; retail 50 percent; indoor social gatherings six) (MET-PDX-012, -038; Ex. OR-035), after the Two-Week Pause of Nov. 11-25 (MET-PDX-011, -037) and the Freeze of Nov. 18-Dec. 2; Clackamas County buildings open to the public 9-3 Mondays-Thursdays only (MET-PDX-038); Clark County under the statewide rollback of Nov. 16, 2020 (Proclamation 20-25.8) with Public Health isolation (10 days) and quarantine (14 days; 10 or 7 with a test outside high-priority settings) instructions (MET-PDX-041, -042); TriMet and PDX masks. |
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| 2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally → | Jan. 1, 2021: Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties at Extreme Risk (EO 20-66; MET-PDX-012, -038); Clark County under the rollback to Jan. 11, then Healthy Washington Phase 1 (no indoor dining, gyms or entertainment) Jan. 11-Feb. 14 (MET-PDX-043); Clark County isolation and quarantine instructions (MET-PDX-041, -042); TriMet and PDX masks (federal CDC order from Feb. 1, 2021). | Mar. 31, 2021: Oregon counties under EO 20-66 Risk tiers (Multnomah left Extreme Risk Feb. 11, 2021, OR file); Clark County in Phase 2 from Feb. 15 (indoor dining 25 percent; gyms 25 percent; theaters 25 percent or 200; indoor gatherings five) then Phase 3 from Mar. 22, 2021 (MET-PDX-043; Ex. WA-056); masks in both States; transit and airport masks. |
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| 2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally → | Apr. 1, 2021: as on Mar. 31, 2021; Multnomah County returned to Extreme Risk Apr. 30-May 6, 2021 (OR file) and moved to Lower Risk May 27, 2021 (MET-PDX-013). | June 30, 2021: EO 21-15 took effect 12:01 a.m. June 30 rescinding the Risk framework and statewide mask mandate (Ex. OR-043); Multnomah County status message: 'Masks and physical distancing are still required in airports, on public transit, and in health care settings' (MET-PDX-013); Washington Phase 3 caps expired at the end of the day (Ex. WA-065); TriMet and PDX masks (MET-PDX-045, -049; CDC order); Clark County isolation and quarantine instructions (MET-PDX-041, -042); Vancouver EO 2020-17 (MET-PDX-026). |
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| 2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally → | July 1, 2021: no local capacity, gathering, telework or general mask order in Multnomah, Washington or Clackamas Counties or Portland; in force locally: TriMet and PDX face-covering rules under the CDC conveyance order (MET-PDX-045, -049; MET-PDX-013 status message); Clark County Public Health isolation and quarantine instructions (MET-PDX-041, -042); Vancouver EO 2020-17 (MET-PDX-026); Multnomah County and Portland emergency declarations. State layer: Oregon EO 20-03 emergency to Dec. 31, 2021, EO 21-14 foreclosure moratorium, Oregon OSHA OAR 437-001-0744 (Exs. OR-043, OR-042, OR-041, OR-044); Washington Ready, SOH Order 20-03.3, Proclamations 21-08 and 21-09 (Exs. WA-072, WA-070, WA-066, WA-069). | Sept. 30, 2021: Multnomah County executive order requiring masks of every person five and older and every business in all indoor public spaces since Aug. 13, 2021, fines up to $1,000 (MET-PDX-014, -015; in force to Mar. 12, 2022 per MET-PDX-016); masks required of all staff and guests in every Multnomah County building since Aug. 2 (MET-PDX-057); Oregon OAR 333-019-1025 indoor masks since Aug. 13 and crowded outdoor spaces since Aug. 27, $500 per day (Ex. OR-048; MET-PDX-012 status message of Aug. 26, 2021); Metro's Portland'5 vaccination-proof-or-negative-test and indoor mask requirement announced Aug. 19 (MET-PDX-017); Oregon health-care-worker vaccination rule with the County preparing to apply it to nearly 2,000 employees by Oct. 1 (MET-PDX-014; Exs. OR-046, OR-051); TriMet and PDX masks (MET-PDX-045, -049); Clark County: SOH Order 20-03.4 universal indoor masks since Aug. 23 and Proclamation 20-25.15 (Exs. WA-078, WA-080), Proclamation 21-14 vaccination mandates (Ex. WA-077), Public Health isolation and quarantine instructions (MET-PDX-041, -042); Vancouver EO 2020-17 (MET-PDX-026). |
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The end of general restrictions
The day the general business restrictions ended in Portland, 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
2021-06-30 (Oregon: 12:01 a.m.; Washington: Phase 3 caps expired at the end of June 30, 2021)
Instrument Oregon: Executive Order 21-15 (Governor Kate Brown, June 25, 2021), rescinding EO 20-66 (the County Risk framework carrying 'the statewide mask mandate and business and other sector capacity and physical distancing restrictions'), EO 20-22, 21-06, 20-28 and 20-19 as of 12:01 a.m. June 30, 2021 (Ex. OR-043); no Multnomah, Washington or Clackamas County instrument ended the general restrictions, because the counties' Phase and Risk-level status was fixed by the Governor and OHA (MET-PDX-007, -008, -012, -030, -038). Washington: Proclamation 20-25.14, Washington Ready (July 1, 2021; Ex. WA-072), implementing the June 30, 2021 reopening fixed by Proclamation 20-25.13 (Ex. WA-065); Clark County's phases were State phases throughout (MET-PDX-039, -040, -043).
What remained in force
In the Oregon counties: the Oregon state of emergency (EO 20-03 as extended by EO 21-15 to Dec. 31, 2021); masks in airports, on public transit and in health care settings (MET-PDX-013 status message of June 30, 2021; federal CDC conveyance order; Oregon OSHA OAR 437-001-0744 as amended June 30, 2021, Exs. OR-041, OR-044); TriMet and PDX face-covering rules (MET-PDX-045, -049); Multnomah County's and Portland's emergency declarations; Clark County Public Health isolation and quarantine instructions (MET-PDX-041, -042); Vancouver EO 2020-17 emergency purchasing authority 'through the end of the declared emergency' (MET-PDX-026); the Oregon foreclosure moratorium (EO 21-14 to Sept. 30, 2021; Ex. OR-042) and child-care flexibilities (EO 21-15 para. 6(b)); then from Aug. 2, Aug. 9-13, Aug. 19, Aug. 23 and Aug. 27, 2021 the Delta-wave instruments listed in q3_2021_in_force. In Clark County: everything the WA file lists for Washington Ready (SOH Order 20-03.3 masks for unvaccinated persons and in health care, school, transit and congregate settings; employer vaccination-verification duties; L&I rules; Proclamation 21-08; the 21-09 eviction bridge), then SOH Order 20-03.4 and Proclamation 20-25.15 from Aug. 23, 2021.
The State and the local orders
Neither State barred stricter local orders, and neither metro county was ever enjoined. Oregon: ORS 401.192(1) made the Governor's directives law and displaced inconsistent local rules, which operated to displace weaker rules, not stricter ones (OR file); OAR 333-019-1025(3) (Aug. 13, 2021) provides that the rule 'does not prohibit individuals or entities from imposing stricter masking requirements.' Multnomah County's Aug. 9, 2021 executive order (effective Aug. 13) preceded the State rule by hours and, on the exhibits in this set, was not rescinded: the County's Mar. 1, 2022 release describes 'its local mask requirement' as in force until Mar. 12, 2022 (MET-PDX-014, -016). Conversely, the counties had no power to loosen the State regime: Washington County's HHS Director stated on May 5, 2020 that 'Governor Brown is the one who has the authority to lift her executive orders' (MET-PDX-030); Multnomah County's entry into Phase 1 (June 19, 2020) and every Risk-level assignment were the Governor's and OHA's decisions (MET-PDX-007, -008, -012), and Multnomah County's refusal to apply for Phase II (MET-PDX-009, -010) kept Washington and Clackamas Counties in Phase 1 under the Governor's linkage of the three counties (MET-PDX-031, -032). Washington: no preemption; Proclamations 20-25.13 and 20-25.14 expressly preserved stricter local, business and landlord rules (WA file); Clark County's local health officer holds independent authority under RCW 70.05.070, and the City of Vancouver's emergency orders under RCW 38.52 and VMC 2.12 added foreclosure, small-business eviction and landlord PPE rules that the State's proclamations did not contain (MET-PDX-052).
Third quarter of 2021
July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in Portland. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →
In force (11)
- MET-PDX-014 and MET-PDX-015: Multnomah County Chair's executive order, masks in all indoor public spaces for all persons 5 and older regardless of vaccination, businesses legally required to comply, effective Aug. 13, 2021, complaint-based enforcement and fines up to $1,000 (in force to Mar. 12, 2022, MET-PDX-016)
- MET-PDX-057: masks required of all staff and guests in all Multnomah County buildings (libraries, clinics, offices) from Aug. 2, 2021
- MET-PDX-017: Metro / Portland'5 Centers for the Arts proof of vaccination or negative test within 48 hours for admission to all shows and performances, and masks for all employees and guests indoors (announced Aug. 19, 2021)
- MET-PDX-045 and MET-PDX-049: TriMet and PDX airport face-covering requirements, continuing all quarter (MET-PDX-013 status message of June 30, 2021: masks 'still required in airports, on public transit, and in health care settings'; federal CDC conveyance order, FED file)
- MET-PDX-041 and MET-PDX-042: Clark County Public Health isolation (10 days) and quarantine (14 days; 10 or 7 with a test outside high-priority settings) instructions to every case and close contact (continuing; end not shown)
- MET-PDX-026: Vancouver Emergency Order 2020-17 (emergency purchasing and budget authority through the end of the declared civil emergency) and the Declaration of Civil Emergency 2020-01 (continuing; end not shown)
- MET-PDX-012 (the County's release of Nov. 27, 2020 on the move to Extreme Risk, as captured on or after Aug. 26, 2021; the exhibit's own instrument is that 2020 release, 2020Q4-2021Q2): the page's status message dated Aug. 26, 2021, present in the exhibit's text ('Update August 26: Masks are required in indoor settings in Oregon whether vaccinated or not. Starting August 27, masks will be required in outdoor settings where physical distancing is not possible'), is contemporaneous evidence of the State mask rule in force in the quarter (OAR 333-019-1025, OR-048), not a County instrument
- MET-PDX-013 (advisory only): universal indoor mask recommendation of July 26, 2021 (not an order; cite only as the sequence)
- Documented in this set only to Sept. 30, 2020 (MET-PDX-006) and July 16, 2020 (MET-PDX-001))
- State layer in the Oregon counties (OR file): OR-043 EO 21-15 (emergency to Dec. 31, 2021; child-care flexibilities); OR-048 OAR 333-019-1025 indoor masks Aug. 13 and outdoor Aug. 27, 2021 ($500 per day); OR-049 Oregon OSHA AO 10-2021; OR-045 and OR-056 school masks; OR-046 and OR-051 health-care-worker vaccination (MET-PDX-014 records the County's implementation for nearly 2,000 employees); OR-047 EO 21-29; OR-052 school-staff vaccination; OR-054 CJO 21-039; OR-042 and OR-050 foreclosure moratorium; OR-041 and OR-044 Oregon OSHA workplace rule; OR-058 EO 21-31
- State layer in Clark County (WA file): WA-072 Proclamation 20-25.14 Washington Ready; WA-070 SOH Order 20-03.3; WA-078 SOH Order 20-03.4 (indoor masks for every person from Aug. 23, 2021); WA-080 Proclamation 20-25.15; WA-082 20-25.16; WA-084 SOH 20-03.5 and WA-085 20-25.17 (outdoor events of 500 from Sept. 13); WA-077, WA-079, WA-087 Proclamation 21-14 series vaccination mandates; WA-069 and WA-086 Proclamation 21-09 eviction bridge; WA-066 Proclamation 21-08; WA-067 L&I rule; WA-075 and WA-076 K-12 requirements; WA-095 Supreme Court Order 25700-B-669
Sector chronology
How the orders reached each kind of business in Portland, 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
State EO 20-07 closed on-premises dining statewide Mar. 17, 2020 (Ex. OR-003); dining rooms reopened under Phase 1 guidance in Clackamas County May 23, Washington County June 1 and Multnomah County June 19, 2020 (MET-PDX-035, -031, -008), never Phase 2 (MET-PDX-009, -010); Two-Week Pause Nov. 11-25, 2020: indoor capacity 50 including staff, party size six (MET-PDX-011, -037); Extreme Risk from Dec. 3, 2020: indoor dining prohibited (MET-PDX-012, -038); tiers to June 30, 2021; masks indoors except while eating from Aug. 13, 2021 (MET-PDX-014). Clark County: dining rooms closed until Phase 2 on June 5, 2020 (MET-PDX-039); Phase 2 with diner limits all of Q3-Q4 2020 (MET-PDX-040); indoor dining prohibited Jan. 11-Feb. 14, 2021, 25 percent from Feb. 15 (MET-PDX-043); Vancouver parklets authorized May 29, 2020 (MET-PDX-023); universal masks Aug. 23, 2021 (Ex. WA-078).
Retail
State EO 20-12 closed malls and listed retail Mar. 24, 2020 and conditioned every other retailer on a distancing officer (Ex. OR-007); retail reopened May 15, 2020 statewide, malls in Phase 1 (MET-PDX-035); Extreme Risk 50 percent (Ex. OR-035); masks required of customers Aug. 13, 2021 (MET-PDX-014). Clark County: in-store retail resumed June 5, 2020 (MET-PDX-039); businesses must refuse unmasked customers from July 7, 2020 (MET-PDX-040).
Personal care
Closed statewide Mar. 24, 2020 (Ex. OR-007); by appointment under Phase 1 guidance from May 23 (Clackamas), June 1 (Washington), June 19, 2020 (Multnomah) (MET-PDX-035, -031, -007, -008); Risk-tier guidance to June 30, 2021; masks Aug. 13, 2021. Clark County: salons and barbers reopened June 5, 2020 in Phase 2 (MET-PDX-039).
Fitness and entertainment
Gyms closed statewide Mar. 24, 2020; gyms in Phase 1 (dates above), venues and pools only in Phase 2, which the three counties never reached in 2020 (MET-PDX-009, -010); Pause caps of 50 for gyms, bowling alleys, rinks, pools and museums (MET-PDX-011); Extreme Risk: gyms and indoor entertainment closed from Dec. 3, 2020 (MET-PDX-012, -038); Vancouver community centers, pool and climbing wall closed Mar. 14-July 5, 2020 and park courts, playgrounds and skate park closed from Mar. 23, 2020 (MET-PDX-018, -021, -023, -025); Clark County gyms 25 percent and theaters 25 percent or 200 from Feb. 15, 2021 (MET-PDX-043); Portland'5 theaters: vaccination proof or test and masks from Aug. 19, 2021 (MET-PDX-017).
Hotels and short-term rentals
Multnomah County executive rule of Mar. 17, 2020: every place of lodging, including hotels and motels, must accept and retain guests whose payment is County-subsidized (MET-PDX-004); County contracted motels for symptomatic shelter guests (MET-PDX-005); PDX 'still pretty quiet,' lounges and shops and restaurants closed, MAX airport station closed Mar. 29-Aug. 1, 2020 (MET-PDX-049); Portland'5 venue conditions from Aug. 19, 2021 (MET-PDX-017).
Offices and telework
State EO 20-12 para. 9 prohibited office work wherever telework was available from Mar. 25, 2020 (Ex. OR-007); Portland and Vancouver closed City buildings and moved staff to telework Mar. 17 and Mar. 2020 (MET-PDX-055, -026, -022, -023: Vancouver telecommuting policy 'until the city's state of emergency is lifted'); Washington County telework and reduced staffing (MET-PDX-028); TriMet non-essential staff remote (MET-PDX-046); Pause directed all businesses to work from home (MET-PDX-011, -037); Extreme Risk prohibited office work where telework available Dec. 3, 2020-Feb. 11, 2021 and Apr. 30-May 6, 2021 in Multnomah County (Ex. OR-035); office masks from Aug. 13, 2021 (MET-PDX-014; Ex. OR-048).
Manufacturing
No local closure order; State EO 20-12 workplace distancing duties (Ex. OR-007) and Washington Proclamation 20-25 non-essential business closure recited in Vancouver EO 2020-06 (MET-PDX-053); TriMet preserved service to the Rivergate, Swan Island, Airport Way, Troutdale Reynolds and Raleigh West industrial employment centers (MET-PDX-048); Clark County food-processing facilities were priority exposure locations with 14-day worker quarantine (MET-PDX-041, -042); factories named in OAR 333-019-1025 from Aug. 13, 2021 (Ex. OR-048).
Construction
No local shutdown in either State; Vancouver suspended non-essential inspections in occupied homes and businesses Mar. 14, 2020 and closed its permit center with City Hall to June 22, 2020 (MET-PDX-018, -022); Clark County Council heard only time-sensitive items from Mar. 24, 2020 (MET-PDX-044); Washington County expedited only emergency right-of-way repair permits (MET-PDX-030); new construction listed among Clark County Phase 2 reopenings June 5, 2020 (MET-PDX-039); OAR 333-019-1025 named construction sites as indoor workplaces from Aug. 13, 2021 (Ex. OR-048).
Real estate
Multnomah County (Mar. 17) and Portland (Mar. 17-18, 2020) residential eviction moratoria (MET-PDX-004, -055, -001); County recording and marriage-license counters closed (MET-PDX-004); Vancouver EO 2020-08: private residential foreclosures unlawful, small-business evictions unlawful, landlord PPE on entry (Apr. 3, 2020; extended to May 31 and July 31, 2020 and beyond) (MET-PDX-052, -019, -020, -021, -023, -026); real estate reopened in Clark County Phase 2 June 5, 2020 (MET-PDX-039).
Hospitals and long-term care
Statewide long-term care screening and visitor limits from Mar. 12, 2020 (MET-PDX-002); Pause halted all indoor long-term-care visits Nov. 11-25, 2020 (MET-PDX-011, -037); Multnomah County recited its hospitals 'full' Aug. 9, 2021 (MET-PDX-014); Clark County Public Health priority-location management of long-term care and health care exposures, full 14-day quarantine for their workers (MET-PDX-041, -042).
Dental and elective health care
Statewide: EO 20-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) and EO 20-22 (Exs. OR-005, OR-015); Multnomah County consolidated its clinics and reduced dental services Mar. 17, 2020 (MET-PDX-004); masks in health care settings continued after June 30, 2021 (MET-PDX-013); health-care-worker vaccination rule applied to nearly 2,000 County employees by Oct. 1, 2021 (MET-PDX-014). Clark County: State Proclamation 20-24 series (WA file).
Schools
Statewide closures Mar. 16, 2020 (recited MET-PDX-001, -003); Washington County did not meet State in-person metrics as of Oct. 2, 2020 (MET-PDX-032); Multnomah County student health centers closed (MET-PDX-004); TriMet operators absent 'due to children at home with schools closed' (MET-PDX-046); 2021-22 school masks statewide (Ex. OR-045). Clark County: State Proclamation 20-09 series (WA file); schools priority locations for quarantine (MET-PDX-041).
Child care
Statewide EO 20-19 emergency child care (Ex. OR-013); reopened May 15, 2020 (MET-PDX-035); Clark County child-care workers under full 14-day quarantine (MET-PDX-042); Oregon flexibilities to Sept. 1 then Dec. 31, 2021 (Exs. OR-043, OR-058).
Worship and gatherings
Statewide gatherings over 250 barred Mar. 12, 2020 (MET-PDX-002), 25 from Mar. 17, all non-essential gatherings without six feet from Mar. 23 (Ex. OR-007); Clackamas County invoked its power to limit gatherings in public places Mar. 12, 2020 (MET-PDX-034); Phase 1 gatherings of 25 (MET-PDX-035); Pause: social gatherings six, faith exempt (MET-PDX-011); Extreme Risk: faith 25 percent or 100, indoor social six (Ex. OR-035). Vancouver: City-permitted events of 250 or more cancelled Mar. 14-July 31, 2020; meetings of 20 or more in City facilities suspended; gatherings over 10 in parks barred (MET-PDX-018, -021, -025). Clark County: five persons outside the household per week in Phase 2 (MET-PDX-039); indoor five from two households from Feb. 15, 2021 (MET-PDX-043).
Courts and public offices
Multnomah County libraries and recording counters closed Mar. 13-17, 2020 (MET-PDX-003, -004); Circuit Court essential functions only, PJOs Mar. 27-June 15, 2020, eviction hearings suspended to Apr. 30, face coverings in court facilities from June 2 (MET-PDX-050, -004); Portland City buildings closed to the public Mar. 17, 2020 (MET-PDX-055); Vancouver City Hall, police and fire buildings closed to June 22, 2020, police services by appointment (MET-PDX-053, -021, -022); Clark County Council meetings closed to attendance, work sessions cancelled through Apr. 22, 2020 (MET-PDX-044); Clackamas County buildings on 9-3 Monday-Thursday hours through 2020 (MET-PDX-038); Washington County reduced in-building staffing (MET-PDX-028); masks in all Multnomah County buildings from Aug. 2, 2021 (MET-PDX-057).
Travel and quarantine
TriMet: essential trips only, cash suspended Mar. 27, rider limit 10-15 from Apr. 2, weekend-level schedules from Apr. 5, 2020, masks from May 15, 2020, limits raised toward 19-24 by July 2020 (MET-PDX-046, -048, -045, -047); PDX: face coverings, terminal limited to travelers, checkpoint hours cut, CBP Trusted Traveler center suspended to Sept. 8, 2020, MAX airport station closed to Aug. 1, 2020 (MET-PDX-049); no State quarantine on arrival in Oregon or Washington (MET-PDX-049); Clark County isolation and quarantine instructions Nov. 17 and Dec. 9, 2020 onward (MET-PDX-041, -042); Vancouver and Washington County restricted employee travel (MET-PDX-018, -028).
Face coverings
Multnomah County recommendation Apr. 3, 2020; TriMet riders May 15, 2020 at OHA direction (MET-PDX-045, -047); Multnomah County reopening plan June 2020 and State mandate in Multnomah County June 24, statewide July 1, 2020 (MET-PDX-016, -009); PDX airport July 2020 (MET-PDX-049); Clark County businesses must refuse unmasked customers July 7, 2020 (MET-PDX-040); State mandates ended June 30, 2021 except airports, transit and health care (MET-PDX-013); Multnomah recommendation July 26, County buildings Aug. 2, countywide executive order Aug. 13, 2021 to Mar. 12, 2022 (MET-PDX-013, -057, -014, -015, -016); Oregon OAR 333-019-1025 Aug. 13 and Aug. 27, 2021 (Ex. OR-048; MET-PDX-012); Portland'5 masks Aug. 19, 2021 (MET-PDX-017); Clark County SOH 20-03.4 Aug. 23, 2021 (Ex. WA-078).
Vaccination mandates
Metro / Portland'5: proof of vaccination or negative test within 48 hours for all audiences from the Aug. 19, 2021 announcement (MET-PDX-017); Multnomah County implementing the State health-care-worker mandate for nearly 2,000 employees by Oct. 1, 2021 and asking the Governor to extend it to law enforcement and corrections (MET-PDX-014; Exs. OR-046, OR-051); Oregon EO 21-29 and OAR 333-019-1030 (Exs. OR-047, OR-052); Clark County under Washington Proclamation 21-14 series (Exs. WA-077, WA-079, WA-087). No Portland, Multnomah, Washington or Clackamas County vaccination-proof order for private venues is in this set.
On the calendar
Every dated instrument in the Portland 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.
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Every record in the Portland file, in the order it took effect. Filter by quarter and by limitation type; sort by any column; open the exhibit ID for the record and the operative words, or the file where The COVID Project holds it.
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| Ex. MET-PDX-033 | Declaration of a Local State of Emergency and Declaring Emergency Measures, March 2, 2020In precautionary move, Clackamas County declares state of emergency in response to coronavirus | Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners | County | Mar. 2, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 132 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-027 | Emergency Declaration (COVID-19) adopted at a special meeting, March 4, 2020Emergency Declaration: Streamlining sought for COVID-19 response; Board of Commissioners Adopts Emergency… | Washington County Board of Commissioners (Chair Kathryn Harrington) | County | Mar. 4, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Emergency declaration | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 179 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-002 | Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), signed March 11, 2020, as announced March 12, 2020, with the Governor's March 12, 2020 statewide ban on gatherings of more than 250Ban on large gatherings in effect; Multnomah County, Portland declare states of emergency | Chair Deborah Kafoury (declaration); Governor Kate Brown (statewide gathering limits recited) | County | Mar. 11, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Emergency declarationGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 191 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-034 | Extension of the local state of emergency through June 30, 2020, with emergency measures enacted including the power to prohibit or limit the number of persons who may gather in any public street, public place or outdoor place in the emergency area (Mar. 12, 2020)Clackamas County extends emergency period for coronavirus response | Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners (Chair Jim Bernard) | County | Mar. 12, 2020 | June 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 136 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-054 | Declaration of a State of Emergency in the City of Portland (COVID-19), signed March 12, 2020, with initial City measures (no water disconnections; non-essential City gatherings and travel cancelled)Mayor Ted Wheeler declares a state of emergency | Mayor Ted Wheeler | City | Mar. 12, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Emergency declarationGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 43 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-003 | Closure of all 19 Multnomah County Library branches; suspension of in-person jail visits (County facility closures under the emergency)County closes libraries to slow spread of COVID-19, critical health and law enforcement services remain… | Chair Deborah Kafoury; Library Director Vailey Oehlke; Sheriff Mike Reese | County | Mar. 13, 2020 | June 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureCourts and public officesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 103 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-018 | Declaration of Civil Emergency No. 2020-01 (Mar. 13, 2020, 14:30) and Emergency Order 2020-02 (measures effective Mar. 14, 2020: cancellation of City-permitted events of 250 or more; facility closures; suspension of meetings of 20 or more in City facilities; suspension of non-essential inspections)Vancouver City Manager issues Declaration of Civil Emergency related to COVID-19 | City Manager Eric Holmes | City | Mar. 14, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capEvents and venuesCourts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 407 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-026 | City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021City Emergency Orders (City's COVID-19 response updates) | City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency | City | Mar. 16, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 390 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-004 | Executive Rule: temporary moratorium on residential evictions for nonpayment due to COVID-19 wage loss; suspension of eviction court hearings; lodging must retain County-subsidized guests (announced March 17, 2020)Chair Kafoury, Mayor Wheeler announce moratorium on residential eviction; steps to protect unhoused residents… | Chair Deborah Kafoury (Executive Rule under the March 11, 2020 Declaration of Emergency) | County | Mar. 17, 2020 | Mar. 22, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureCourts and public officesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 136 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-028 | Extension of the emergency declaration to April 2, 2020; cancellation of the State of the County address and town hall; County telecommuting, distancing and travel measuresEmergency extended and State of County and Townhall meeting canceled | Washington County Board of Commissioners; Chair Kathryn Harrington | County | Mar. 17, 2020 | Apr. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationTelework mandateGathering capCourts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 155 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-055 | Emergency Temporary Moratorium on Evictions Due to Nonpayment of Rent for Residential Tenants Where the Failure to Pay Rent Results from Wage Loss Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 17, 2020), adopted by City Council ordinance Mar. 18, 2020; City buildings closed to the public with access limited to critical employees; telework; virtual Council meetingsCOVID-19 Update: Mayor Wheeler announces new City actions including eviction moratorium in partnership with… | Mayor Ted Wheeler (executive order); Portland City Council (Emergency Ordinance of Mar. 18, 2020 adopting the County moratorium within city limits) | City | Mar. 17, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public officesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 83 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-025 | Closure of all active recreation areas in City parks (playgrounds, picnic shelters, sports courts, skate park, water features); pick-up games, picnics and gatherings of more than 10 people prohibited in parks (Mar. 23, 2020)City closes playgrounds and sports courts to slow spread of COVID-19 | Vancouver Parks and Recreation (Director Julie Hannon), with guidance from Clark County Public Health, under the City's Declaration of Civil Emergency | City | Mar. 23, 2020 | Apr. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 232 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-044 | Council public meetings and hearings closed to public attendance (written and online comment only); all work sessions cancelled through April 22, 2020; Board of Health meetings under the same protocols (Mar. 20, 2020)County council updates public meeting process in response to COVID-19 | Clark County Council | County | Mar. 24, 2020 | Apr. 22, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Gathering capCourts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 305 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-024 | Emergency Order 2020-06 (Mar. 26, 2020; released Mar. 27, 2020): all Vancouver Police Department buildings closed to the public; fire-station tours and public access suspended; non-emergency law-enforcement services by appointment onlyCity releases new emergency order related to COVID-19 response | City Manager Eric Holmes | City | Mar. 26, 2020 | Apr. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureCourts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 399 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-053 | Emergency Order No. 2020-06 (Amending Emergency Order 2020-03)Regarding Temporary Closure to the Public of Vancouver Police Department Buildings and Modification to… | City Manager Eric Holmes (attested by City Clerk Natasha Ramras; approved as to form by City Attorney Jonathan Young) | City | Mar. 26, 2020 | Apr. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureCourts and public offices | Primary source read | PDF 300 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-056 | Extension of the Declaration of a State of Emergency through 8 a.m. April 9, 2020Mayor Ted Wheeler extends citywide State of Emergency declaration | Mayor Ted Wheeler | City | Mar. 26, 2020 | Apr. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declaration | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 85 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-050 | Index of Presiding Judge Orders on court operations during COVID-19: Mar. 27, 2020 (parenting time); Apr. 10, 2020 (civil trials; criminal proceedings; family, juvenile and probate proceedings during the pandemic); Apr. 21, 2020 (supplemental family, juvenile, probate); June 2, 2020 (protective face coverings in court facilities); June 15, 2020 (civil, criminal, juvenile, family and probate proceedings under Level 2 restrictions); probate letters of Apr. 22 and June 16, 2020Court Operations During Covid-19: Judicial Orders and Information (Multnomah County Circuit Court) | Presiding Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court; Chief Probate Judge | Court | Mar. 27, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 193 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-029 | Extension of the emergency declaration to April 16, 2020, authorizing contracts up to $500,000; EOC objectives including coordination of compliance with and enforcement of the Governor's Stay Home, Save Lives orderEmergency Declaration Extended to April 16 | Washington County Board of Commissioners | County | Apr. 2, 2020 | Apr. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationStay-at-home | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 141 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-046 | TriMet COVID-19 updates, Mar. 11-Apr. 7, 2020: rider limit of 10-15 per bus from 5 p.m. Apr. 2, 2020; temporary service reductions effective Apr. 5, 2020; cash suspended on buses; seats marked off; all non-essential TriMet staff to work remotely; Board meetings by teleconference; ridership down 64.6 percentTriMet COVID-19 updates (April 7, 2020 and prior entries) | TriMet | Sector regulator | Apr. 2, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Telework mandateCapacity limitTravel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | PDF 227 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-019 | Emergency Order 2020-07 (business license fees suspended; Farmers Market permitted to resume with safety measures; utility shutoffs barred) and Emergency Order 2020-08 (private residential foreclosures unlawful; eviction of small businesses under 50 employees unlawful; PPE and distancing required for landlord entries), Apr. 3, 2020Vancouver City Manager issues additional emergency orders related to COVID-19 response | City Manager Eric Holmes | City | Apr. 3, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureWorkplace rulesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 406 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-052 | Emergency Order No. 2020-08Regarding Foreclosures, Evictions, and Rental Property Inspections; Adding a Defense from Residential… | City Manager Eric Holmes (attested by City Clerk Natasha Ramras; approved as to form by City Attorney Jonathan Young) | City | Apr. 3, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | PDF 335 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-048 | Temporary service reductions effective April 5, 2020 (58 of 85 bus lines adjusted to roughly Saturday schedules; MAX every 15 minutes with commute-period trains suspended; WES every 45 minutes; Line 272 suspended; 24-hour lines not overnight; weekly bus hours down 21 percent); cash no longer accepted on buses; hiring freeze (Mar. 27, 2020)TriMet to adjust schedules, preserve safety and service, as community responds to COVID-19 | TriMet (General Manager Doug Kelsey) | Sector regulator | Apr. 5, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Capacity limitTravel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | PDF 368 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-020 | Emergency Order 2020-09 (amending § 3 of EO 2020-08): landlords and agents entering the interior of residential rental property must wear a non-medical face mask, gloves and shoe coverings and observe CDC and Clark County Public Health distancingCity issues emergency order adding COVID-19 safety requirements for landlord entries into residential… | City Manager Eric Holmes | City | Apr. 8, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 398 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-005 | Board extension of the COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency by 90 days, adding a civil-fine enforcement provisionBoard of Commissioners Votes to Extend Emergency Declaration | Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (unanimous vote) | County | Apr. 10, 2020 | July 9, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 73 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-021 | Emergency Order 2020-10 (daily deposit requirement suspended through May 31, 2020) and Emergency Order 2020-11 (extending EO 2020-02 through 2020-09: events of 250 or more cancelled through July 31; City Hall and police lobbies closed to May 4; fire stations, community centers and non-essential public meetings closed through May 31; foreclosure and small-business eviction protections and landlord PPE rule through May 31; parks playgrounds, community gardens and water features closed and picnic-shelter rentals suspended through July 31; farmers-market operating-plan condition through July 31), Apr. 17, 2020Vancouver city manager issues new COVID-19 emergency orders | City Manager Eric Holmes | City | Apr. 17, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 213 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-030 | Emergency ordinance amending the County Code to allow 30-day emergency declarations, and 28-day extension of the emergency declaration to June 2, 2020 (May 5, 2020), with EOC objectives including enforcement of the Stay Home, Save Lives order and preparation of a County reopening planEmergency Declaration Extended to June 2 | Washington County Board of Commissioners | County | May 5, 2020 | June 2, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationStay-at-home | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 158 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-022 | Emergency Order 2020-13 (May 8, 2020): City Hall, Water Resources Education Center, all fire stations and all police lobbies closed to public access through June 22, 2020; Council remote-attendance provisions through June 22; staff telecommuting policy through May 31; deposit suspension through June 22Vancouver city manager extends duration of six emergency orders | City Manager Eric Holmes | City | May 8, 2020 | June 22, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureTelework mandateCourts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 156 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-045 | TriMet COVID-19 rider rules (page as updated July 18, 2020): face coverings required of all riders and employees (riders from May 15, staff from May 8, 2020); buses limited to 10-15 riders (moving to 19-24); seating restrictions; cash not accepted on buses; reduced service; essential trips onlyCOVID-19 (Coronavirus) Updates: Masks required on transit; Face covering required on TriMet | TriMet (mass transit district under ORS ch. 267), implementing OHA face-covering direction | Sector regulator | May 15, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineOther | Primary source read | PDF 570 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-035 | Approval of Clackamas County to enter Phase 1 of reopening effective May 23, 2020 (restaurants and bars, personal care, gyms, gatherings of 25 or fewer, malls, under State guidance)Clackamas County will begin Phase 1 Reopening | Governor Kate Brown (Phase 1 approval under EO 20-25); Clackamas County Board (application of May 19, 2020) | County | May 23, 2020 | Nov. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 153 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-023 | Emergency Order 2020-14 (May 29, 2020): parklets authorized for restaurant seating in Phase 2 and 3 (Street Eats Program; permit fee and minimum parking waived; expires July 31, 2020); picnic-shelter restrictions lifted to the extent the State's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order allows; community centers closed to July 5; parking enforcement suspended to June 30; landlord PPE and distancing rule to July 31; City infection-control and telecommuting policies until the emergency is liftedVancouver city manager issues new emergency order | City Manager Eric Holmes | City | May 29, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesOther | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 402 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-039 | Approval of Clark County to move to Phase 2 of the Safe Start Washington plan, effective June 5, 2020 (small gatherings of five outside the household per week; in-store retail; dine-in with limits; salons, barbers, real estate, pet grooming, new construction under State guidance)Clark County approved to move to Phase 2 of state reopening plan | Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman (Phase 2 approval); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director) | County | June 5, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 338 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-036 | Board decision of June 11, 2020 to hold off applying for Phase II reopening; extension of the local state of emergency to July 31, 2020Clackamas County exercises caution and holds off on Phase II reopening application | Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present | County | June 11, 2020 | July 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 208 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-007 | Statewide one-week pause on further county reopening (June 11, 2020), holding Multnomah County in the EO 20-25 baseline (stay-home directives) pending Phase 1 approvalMultnomah County must wait to reopen as Governor pauses further reopening statewide | Governor Kate Brown (statewide one-week pause on county reopening); Multnomah County (Phase 1 application of June 5, 2020) | County | June 12, 2020 | June 19, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 218 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-008 | Approval of Multnomah County to enter Phase 1 of reopening effective June 19, 2020 (update of June 17, 2020 to the County's June 3, 2020 reopening briefing)The County prepares for reopening amid COVID-19, while watching how protests will affect disease's spread… | Governor Kate Brown (Phase 1 approval); Multnomah County Board (reopening framework submitted June 5, 2020) | County | June 19, 2020 | Dec. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 89 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-001 | Extension of Emergency Declaration Through July 16, 2020 (In the Matter of the Local Emergency Within the City of Portland Declared on March 12, 2020)Extension of Emergency Declaration Through July 16, 2020 | Mayor Ted Wheeler | City | July 2, 2020 | July 16, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | PDF 117 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-040 | Clark County held in Phase 2 by the statewide two-week pause of July 2, 2020 (Phase 3 application of June 26 not acted on); statewide requirement from July 7, 2020 that all businesses refuse service to customers not wearing face coveringsClark County to remain in Phase 2 as state pauses reopening process | Governor Jay Inslee (statewide pause and business face-covering requirement); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick) | County | July 2, 2020 | Nov. 16, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 89 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-009 | Statement declining to apply for Phase II; Multnomah County remains in Phase 1 (with the statewide indoor face-covering requirement recited)Multnomah County supports continuing pause on reopening (UPDATE July 8: Multnomah County remains in Phase 1 of… | Chair Deborah Kafoury | County | July 8, 2020 | Sept. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 84 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-006 | Board extension of the COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency by 90 days to September 30, 2020Board extends COVID-19 emergency declaration | Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (4-0) | County | July 9, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 77 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-031 | 28-day extension of the emergency declaration to August 18, 2020, with the County's status in the Governor's reopening framework (Phase 1 since June 1, 2020; Phase 2 progress linked to Clackamas and Multnomah Counties)Emergency Declaration Extended to August 18 | Washington County Board of Commissioners (Chair Kathryn Harrington) | County | July 21, 2020 | Aug. 18, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 161 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-049 | PDX 'Travel Safe' rules (page as of July 31, 2020): face coverings required at PDX except children under two and persons with medical conditions; persons meeting arriving passengers to wait outside the terminal; B/C checkpoint hours reduced; numerous shops and restaurants closed; CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended to at least Sept. 8, 2020; MAX airport station closed Mar. 29-Aug. 1, 2020Travel Safe at PDX (Coronavirus Updates) | Port of Portland (owner and operator of PDX) | Sector regulator | July 31, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantine | Primary source read | PDF 443 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-047 | Public-service campaign release confirming that TriMet has required riders, operators and other employees to wear face coverings on board since mid-May 2020 at OHA direction; passenger limits and 3-foot seat spacing continuing (Aug. 21, 2020)'Always wear your mask on transit and in the community.' Local celebs join TriMet to encourage people to cover… | TriMet, at the direction of the Oregon Health Authority | Sector regulator | Aug. 21, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 185 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-010 | Statement of September 15, 2020 that Multnomah County has not met the requirements for applying for Phase 2 and will not seek it; County remains in Phase 1Sept. 15 Statement by Chair Deborah Kafoury on Phase 2 Reopening | Chair Deborah Kafoury | County | Sept. 15, 2020 | Nov. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering cap | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 214 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-032 | Eleventh emergency declaration: 28-day extension to October 27, 2020 (adopted the week of Sept. 29, 2020), with the County's Phase 1 status and school-reopening metricsEmergency Declaration Extended to October 27 | Washington County Board of Commissioners | County | Sept. 29, 2020 | Oct. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Emergency declarationCapacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child care | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 150 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-011 | Two-Week Pause on social activities, Nov. 11-25, 2020, applied to Multnomah County (restaurant indoor capacity 50 including staff, party size six; indoor activities capped at 50; telework directed; long-term care indoor visits halted; social gatherings six)As COVID-cases increase, officials call two-week pause to separate people during infectious period | Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Chair Deborah Kafoury and Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines (County call to comply) | County | Nov. 11, 2020 | Nov. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care orders | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 219 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-037 | Two-Week Pause applied to Clackamas County, Nov. 11-25, 2020 (long-term care visitation halted; restaurant and bar patrons reduced; indoor groups capped at six; work from home)Clackamas County reacts to two-week pause to fight COVID-19 | Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Clackamas County (Chair Jim Bernard; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present) | County | Nov. 11, 2020 | Nov. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care orders | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 144 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-041 | Modification of the County's COVID-19 case-investigation response (Nov. 17, 2020): every positive case instructed to isolate at home until no longer contagious (10 days; fever-free 24 hours); close contacts to quarantine 14 days and not go to work, school, child care or church; priority-location exposure management (schools, long-term care, jail, food processing)Public Health modifying COVID-19 response due to surge in cases | Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director) | County | Nov. 17, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 409 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-012 | Multnomah County's move from the Two-Week Freeze to the Extreme Risk category under the County Risk framework effective Dec. 3, 2020 (page as captured also carries the Aug. 26, 2021 statewide indoor and outdoor mask status message)Multnomah County will move from freeze to extreme risk Dec. 3 | Multnomah County (announcing compliance); Governor Kate Brown and OHA (EO 20-66 County Risk framework) | County | Dec. 3, 2020 | Dec. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 236 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-038 | Clackamas County's compliance with the Risk framework effective Dec. 3, 2020 (Extreme Risk on the latest data); County buildings open to the public 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays only, with appointments encouragedClackamas County embraces new data-driven framework to fight COVID-19 (County remains open to serve) | Clackamas County (County Administrator Gary Schmidt; Public Health Director Philip Mason-Joyner); Governor Kate Brown and OHA (Risk framework) | County | Dec. 3, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 204 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-042 | Adoption of shortened quarantine options for close contacts outside high-priority settings (10 days without symptoms; 7 days with a negative test on or after day 5), Dec. 9, 2020; full 14 days retained for long-term care, health care, food processing, jail, school and child-care workersClark County adopts shortened COVID-19 quarantine options for some close contacts | Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), adopting Washington DOH and CDC options | County | Dec. 9, 2020 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 392 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-043 | Southwest Region's move to Phase 2 of Healthy Washington effective Feb. 15, 2021 (indoor social gatherings five from two households; outdoor 15; indoor dining 25 percent; gyms and indoor pools 25 percent; indoor entertainment 25 percent or 200; outdoor sports and entertainment 200; face coverings and distancing everywhere)Clark County will move to Phase 2 of the state's reopening plan | Governor Jay Inslee and Washington DOH (Healthy Washington regional phases); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Steven Krager, deputy health officer) | County | Feb. 15, 2021 | Mar. 1, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 404 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-013 | Universal indoor mask recommendation of July 26, 2021 (recommendation only; not an order), with the June 30, 2021 status message on the end of State restrictionsMultnomah County issues universal mask recommendation as COVID-19 cases rise | Multnomah County Public Health (Public Health Director Jessica Guernsey) | County | July 26, 2021 | Aug. 13, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | PDF 258 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-057 | Mandate requiring masks for all staff and guests in all Multnomah County buildings (libraries, clinics and other facilities), in force by Aug. 2, 2021, following the July 26, 2021 universal recommendationReminder! Masks now required for staff and guests to all Multnomah County buildings | Multnomah County (facility mandate); Multnomah County Public Health (Director Jessica Guernsey) | County | Aug. 2, 2021 | Mar. 12, 2022 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 84 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-014 | Executive order mandating masks in all indoor public spaces in Multnomah County for all persons 5 and older regardless of vaccination status, effective Aug. 13, 2021 (announced Aug. 9, 2021)Multnomah County Chair issues executive order mandating masks in all public indoor spaces | Chair Deborah Kafoury (executive order under the County emergency declaration) | County | Aug. 13, 2021 | Mar. 12, 2022 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 264 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-015 | Board briefing of Aug. 10-11, 2021 confirming the countywide indoor mask mandate effective Aug. 13, 2021, its complaint-based enforcement and fines up to $1,000Commissioners voice support for mask mandate, praise Public Health for its leadership | Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (briefing); Chair Deborah Kafoury; Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines | County | Aug. 13, 2021 | Mar. 12, 2022 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 86 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-017 | Requirement of proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test within 48 hours for admission to all Portland'5 Centers for the Arts shows and performances, with masks required indoors for all employees and guests (announced Aug. 19, 2021)Metro will require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test for all Portland'5 Centers for the… | Metro (Council President Lynn Peterson) and Portland'5 Centers for the Arts | County | Aug. 19, 2021 | Sept. 30, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | PDF 849 KB |
| Ex. MET-PDX-016 | Announcement that the County's local mask requirement will be lifted March 12, 2022, with the County's own chronology of mask requirements from April 2020 (post-period exhibit establishing the duration of the August 2021 county mandate)After nearly two years of mandates, County follows state, will lift mask requirement March 12 | Multnomah County (Chair Deborah Kafoury; Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines) | County | Mar. 12, 2022 | not dated | | Face-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | PDF 98 KB |
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Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners, Declaration of a Local State of Emergency and Declaring Emergency Measures, March 2, 2020 (Mar. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-033)
Washington County Board of Commissioners (Chair Kathryn Harrington), Emergency Declaration (COVID-19) adopted at a special meeting, March 4, 2020 (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-027)
Chair Deborah Kafoury (declaration); Governor Kate Brown (statewide gathering limits recited), Declaration of Emergency (COVID-19), signed March 11, 2020, as announced March 12, 2020, with the Governor's March 12, 2020 statewide ban on gatherings of more than 250 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-002)
Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners (Chair Jim Bernard), Extension of the local state of emergency through June 30, 2020, with emergency measures enacted including the power to prohibit or limit the number of persons who may gather in any public street, public place or outdoor place in the emergency area (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-034)
Mayor Ted Wheeler, Declaration of a State of Emergency in the City of Portland (COVID-19), signed March 12, 2020, with initial City measures (no water disconnections; non-essential City gatherings and travel cancelled) (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-054)
Chair Deborah Kafoury; Library Director Vailey Oehlke; Sheriff Mike Reese, Closure of all 19 Multnomah County Library branches; suspension of in-person jail visits (County facility closures under the emergency) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-003)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Declaration of Civil Emergency No. 2020-01 (Mar. 13, 2020, 14:30) and Emergency Order 2020-02 (measures effective Mar. 14, 2020: cancellation of City-permitted events of 250 or more; facility closures; suspension of meetings of 20 or more in City facilities; suspension of non-essential inspections) (Ex. MET-PDX-018)
City of Vancouver (City Manager's Office), listing Emergency Orders 2020-02 through 2020-17 and the Declaration of Civil Emergency, City Emergency Orders index (Declaration of Civil Emergency; Emergency Orders 2020-02 to 2020-17), as captured in 2021 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-026)
Chair Deborah Kafoury (Executive Rule under the March 11, 2020 Declaration of Emergency), Executive Rule: temporary moratorium on residential evictions for nonpayment due to COVID-19 wage loss; suspension of eviction court hearings; lodging must retain County-subsidized guests (announced March 17, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-004)
Washington County Board of Commissioners; Chair Kathryn Harrington, Extension of the emergency declaration to April 2, 2020; cancellation of the State of the County address and town hall; County telecommuting, distancing and travel measures (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-028)
Mayor Ted Wheeler (executive order); Portland City Council (Emergency Ordinance of Mar. 18, 2020 adopting the County moratorium within city limits), Emergency Temporary Moratorium on Evictions Due to Nonpayment of Rent for Residential Tenants Where the Failure to Pay Rent Results from Wage Loss Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 17, 2020), adopted by City Council ordinance Mar. 18, 2020; City buildings closed to the public with access limited to critical employees; telework; virtual Council meetings (Ex. MET-PDX-055)
Vancouver Parks and Recreation (Director Julie Hannon), with guidance from Clark County Public Health, under the City's Declaration of Civil Emergency, Closure of all active recreation areas in City parks (playgrounds, picnic shelters, sports courts, skate park, water features); pick-up games, picnics and gatherings of more than 10 people prohibited in parks (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-025)
Clark County Council, Council public meetings and hearings closed to public attendance (written and online comment only); all work sessions cancelled through April 22, 2020; Board of Health meetings under the same protocols (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-044)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-06 (Mar. 26, 2020; released Mar. 27, 2020): all Vancouver Police Department buildings closed to the public; fire-station tours and public access suspended; non-emergency law-enforcement services by appointment only (Ex. MET-PDX-024)
City Manager Eric Holmes (attested by City Clerk Natasha Ramras; approved as to form by City Attorney Jonathan Young), Emergency Order No. 2020-06 (Amending Emergency Order 2020-03) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-053)
Mayor Ted Wheeler, Extension of the Declaration of a State of Emergency through 8 a.m. April 9, 2020 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-056)
Presiding Judge, Multnomah County Circuit Court; Chief Probate Judge, Index of Presiding Judge Orders on court operations during COVID-19: Mar. 27, 2020 (parenting time); Apr. 10, 2020 (civil trials; criminal proceedings; family, juvenile and probate proceedings during the pandemic); Apr. 21, 2020 (supplemental family, juvenile, probate); June 2, 2020 (protective face coverings in court facilities); June 15, 2020 (civil, criminal, juvenile, family and probate proceedings under Level 2 restrictions); probate letters of Apr. 22 and June 16, 2020 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-050)
Washington County Board of Commissioners, Extension of the emergency declaration to April 16, 2020, authorizing contracts up to $500,000; EOC objectives including coordination of compliance with and enforcement of the Governor's Stay Home, Save Lives order (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-029)
TriMet, TriMet COVID-19 updates, Mar. 11-Apr. 7, 2020: rider limit of 10-15 per bus from 5 p.m. Apr. 2, 2020; temporary service reductions effective Apr. 5, 2020; cash suspended on buses; seats marked off; all non-essential TriMet staff to work remotely; Board meetings by teleconference; ridership down 64.6 percent (Ex. MET-PDX-046)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-07 (business license fees suspended; Farmers Market permitted to resume with safety measures; utility shutoffs barred) and Emergency Order 2020-08 (private residential foreclosures unlawful; eviction of small businesses under 50 employees unlawful; PPE and distancing required for landlord entries), Apr. 3, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-019)
City Manager Eric Holmes (attested by City Clerk Natasha Ramras; approved as to form by City Attorney Jonathan Young), Emergency Order No. 2020-08 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-052)
TriMet (General Manager Doug Kelsey), Temporary service reductions effective April 5, 2020 (58 of 85 bus lines adjusted to roughly Saturday schedules; MAX every 15 minutes with commute-period trains suspended; WES every 45 minutes; Line 272 suspended; 24-hour lines not overnight; weekly bus hours down 21 percent); cash no longer accepted on buses; hiring freeze (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-048)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-09 (amending § 3 of EO 2020-08): landlords and agents entering the interior of residential rental property must wear a non-medical face mask, gloves and shoe coverings and observe CDC and Clark County Public Health distancing (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-020)
Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (unanimous vote), Board extension of the COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency by 90 days, adding a civil-fine enforcement provision (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-005)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-10 (daily deposit requirement suspended through May 31, 2020) and Emergency Order 2020-11 (extending EO 2020-02 through 2020-09: events of 250 or more cancelled through July 31; City Hall and police lobbies closed to May 4; fire stations, community centers and non-essential public meetings closed through May 31; foreclosure and small-business eviction protections and landlord PPE rule through May 31; parks playgrounds, community gardens and water features closed and picnic-shelter rentals suspended through July 31; farmers-market operating-plan condition through July 31), Apr. 17, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-021)
Washington County Board of Commissioners, Emergency ordinance amending the County Code to allow 30-day emergency declarations, and 28-day extension of the emergency declaration to June 2, 2020 (May 5, 2020), with EOC objectives including enforcement of the Stay Home, Save Lives order and preparation of a County reopening plan (Ex. MET-PDX-030)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-13 (May 8, 2020): City Hall, Water Resources Education Center, all fire stations and all police lobbies closed to public access through June 22, 2020; Council remote-attendance provisions through June 22; staff telecommuting policy through May 31; deposit suspension through June 22 (Ex. MET-PDX-022)
TriMet (mass transit district under ORS ch. 267), implementing OHA face-covering direction, TriMet COVID-19 rider rules (page as updated July 18, 2020): face coverings required of all riders and employees (riders from May 15, staff from May 8, 2020); buses limited to 10-15 riders (moving to 19-24); seating restrictions; cash not accepted on buses; reduced service; essential trips only (Ex. MET-PDX-045)
Governor Kate Brown (Phase 1 approval under EO 20-25); Clackamas County Board (application of May 19, 2020), Approval of Clackamas County to enter Phase 1 of reopening effective May 23, 2020 (restaurants and bars, personal care, gyms, gatherings of 25 or fewer, malls, under State guidance) (May 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-035)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-14 (May 29, 2020): parklets authorized for restaurant seating in Phase 2 and 3 (Street Eats Program; permit fee and minimum parking waived; expires July 31, 2020); picnic-shelter restrictions lifted to the extent the State's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order allows; community centers closed to July 5; parking enforcement suspended to June 30; landlord PPE and distancing rule to July 31; City infection-control and telecommuting policies until the emergency is lifted (Ex. MET-PDX-023)
Washington State Secretary of Health John Wiesman (Phase 2 approval); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), Approval of Clark County to move to Phase 2 of the Safe Start Washington plan, effective June 5, 2020 (small gatherings of five outside the household per week; in-store retail; dine-in with limits; salons, barbers, real estate, pet grooming, new construction under State guidance) (Ex. MET-PDX-039)
Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present, Board decision of June 11, 2020 to hold off applying for Phase II reopening; extension of the local state of emergency to July 31, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-036)
Governor Kate Brown (statewide one-week pause on county reopening); Multnomah County (Phase 1 application of June 5, 2020), Statewide one-week pause on further county reopening (June 11, 2020), holding Multnomah County in the EO 20-25 baseline (stay-home directives) pending Phase 1 approval (Ex. MET-PDX-007)
Governor Kate Brown (Phase 1 approval); Multnomah County Board (reopening framework submitted June 5, 2020), Approval of Multnomah County to enter Phase 1 of reopening effective June 19, 2020 (update of June 17, 2020 to the County's June 3, 2020 reopening briefing) (Ex. MET-PDX-008)
Mayor Ted Wheeler, Extension of Emergency Declaration Through July 16, 2020 (In the Matter of the Local Emergency Within the City of Portland Declared on March 12, 2020) (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-001)
Governor Jay Inslee (statewide pause and business face-covering requirement); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick), Clark County held in Phase 2 by the statewide two-week pause of July 2, 2020 (Phase 3 application of June 26 not acted on); statewide requirement from July 7, 2020 that all businesses refuse service to customers not wearing face coverings (Ex. MET-PDX-040)
Chair Deborah Kafoury, Statement declining to apply for Phase II; Multnomah County remains in Phase 1 (with the statewide indoor face-covering requirement recited) (July 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-009)
Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (4-0), Board extension of the COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency by 90 days to September 30, 2020 (July 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-006)
Washington County Board of Commissioners (Chair Kathryn Harrington), 28-day extension of the emergency declaration to August 18, 2020, with the County's status in the Governor's reopening framework (Phase 1 since June 1, 2020; Phase 2 progress linked to Clackamas and Multnomah Counties) (July 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-031)
Port of Portland (owner and operator of PDX), PDX 'Travel Safe' rules (page as of July 31, 2020): face coverings required at PDX except children under two and persons with medical conditions; persons meeting arriving passengers to wait outside the terminal; B/C checkpoint hours reduced; numerous shops and restaurants closed; CBP Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center suspended to at least Sept. 8, 2020; MAX airport station closed Mar. 29-Aug. 1, 2020 (Ex. MET-PDX-049)
TriMet, at the direction of the Oregon Health Authority, Public-service campaign release confirming that TriMet has required riders, operators and other employees to wear face coverings on board since mid-May 2020 at OHA direction; passenger limits and 3-foot seat spacing continuing (Aug. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-047)
Chair Deborah Kafoury, Statement of September 15, 2020 that Multnomah County has not met the requirements for applying for Phase 2 and will not seek it; County remains in Phase 1 (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-010)
Washington County Board of Commissioners, Eleventh emergency declaration: 28-day extension to October 27, 2020 (adopted the week of Sept. 29, 2020), with the County's Phase 1 status and school-reopening metrics (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-032)
Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Chair Deborah Kafoury and Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines (County call to comply), Two-Week Pause on social activities, Nov. 11-25, 2020, applied to Multnomah County (restaurant indoor capacity 50 including staff, party size six; indoor activities capped at 50; telework directed; long-term care indoor visits halted; social gatherings six) (Nov. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-011)
Governor Kate Brown (Two-Week Pause); Clackamas County (Chair Jim Bernard; Public Health Officer Dr. Sarah Present), Two-Week Pause applied to Clackamas County, Nov. 11-25, 2020 (long-term care visitation halted; restaurant and bar patrons reduced; indoor groups capped at six; work from home) (Nov. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-037)
Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), Modification of the County's COVID-19 case-investigation response (Nov. 17, 2020): every positive case instructed to isolate at home until no longer contagious (10 days; fever-free 24 hours); close contacts to quarantine 14 days and not go to work, school, child care or church; priority-location exposure management (schools, long-term care, jail, food processing) (Ex. MET-PDX-041)
Multnomah County (announcing compliance); Governor Kate Brown and OHA (EO 20-66 County Risk framework), Multnomah County's move from the Two-Week Freeze to the Extreme Risk category under the County Risk framework effective Dec. 3, 2020 (page as captured also carries the Aug. 26, 2021 statewide indoor and outdoor mask status message) (Nov. 27, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-012)
Clackamas County (County Administrator Gary Schmidt; Public Health Director Philip Mason-Joyner); Governor Kate Brown and OHA (Risk framework), Clackamas County's compliance with the Risk framework effective Dec. 3, 2020 (Extreme Risk on the latest data); County buildings open to the public 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays only, with appointments encouraged (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-038)
Clark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), adopting Washington DOH and CDC options, Adoption of shortened quarantine options for close contacts outside high-priority settings (10 days without symptoms; 7 days with a negative test on or after day 5), Dec. 9, 2020; full 14 days retained for long-term care, health care, food processing, jail, school and child-care workers (Ex. MET-PDX-042)
Governor Jay Inslee and Washington DOH (Healthy Washington regional phases); Clark County Public Health (Dr. Steven Krager, deputy health officer), Southwest Region's move to Phase 2 of Healthy Washington effective Feb. 15, 2021 (indoor social gatherings five from two households; outdoor 15; indoor dining 25 percent; gyms and indoor pools 25 percent; indoor entertainment 25 percent or 200; outdoor sports and entertainment 200; face coverings and distancing everywhere) (Feb. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-PDX-043)
Multnomah County Public Health (Public Health Director Jessica Guernsey), Universal indoor mask recommendation of July 26, 2021 (recommendation only; not an order), with the June 30, 2021 status message on the end of State restrictions (Ex. MET-PDX-013)
Multnomah County (facility mandate); Multnomah County Public Health (Director Jessica Guernsey), Mandate requiring masks for all staff and guests in all Multnomah County buildings (libraries, clinics and other facilities), in force by Aug. 2, 2021, following the July 26, 2021 universal recommendation (Ex. MET-PDX-057)
Chair Deborah Kafoury (executive order under the County emergency declaration), Executive order mandating masks in all indoor public spaces in Multnomah County for all persons 5 and older regardless of vaccination status, effective Aug. 13, 2021 (announced Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-PDX-014)
Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (briefing); Chair Deborah Kafoury; Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines, Board briefing of Aug. 10-11, 2021 confirming the countywide indoor mask mandate effective Aug. 13, 2021, its complaint-based enforcement and fines up to $1,000 (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MET-PDX-015)
Metro (Council President Lynn Peterson) and Portland'5 Centers for the Arts, Requirement of proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test within 48 hours for admission to all Portland'5 Centers for the Arts shows and performances, with masks required indoors for all employees and guests (announced Aug. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-PDX-017)
Multnomah County (Chair Deborah Kafoury; Health Officer Dr. Jennifer Vines), Announcement that the County's local mask requirement will be lifted March 12, 2022, with the County's own chronology of mask requirements from April 2020 (post-period exhibit establishing the duration of the August 2021 county mandate) (Mar. 1, 2022) (Ex. MET-PDX-016)