Garcetti's order is here,
https://www.lamayor.org/sites/g/files/wph446/f/page/file/20201202%20Mayor%20Public%20Order%20Targeted%20SAH%20Order%20Updated.pdf . From the "Exceptions" section:
V. Exceptions. People may lawfully leave their residences while this Order is in effect
only to engage in the activities set forth in this section. In addition, certain
business operations and activities are exempt from the provisions of this Order, on
the grounds that they provide services that are recognized to be critical to the
health and well-being of the City. All businesses operating under any of the
following exemptions must comply with all applicable protocols set forth by the
State of California and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. ...
A. Essential Activities Exempt.
1. Passive outdoor activity and recreation, provided that individuals comply with
social distancing mandates, including, without limitation, walking, running,
cycling; use of scooters, roller skates, skateboards, or other personal mobility
devices.
2. Providing care for minors, the elderly, dependents, persons with disabilities, or
other vulnerable persons.
3. Returning to one’s place of residence from outside the City.
4. Travelling to one’s place of residence located outside the City.
5. Compliance with an order of law enforcement or court.
6. Legally mandated government purposes.
7. All healthcare operations, including hospitals, clinics, dentists, pharmacies,
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, medical and scientific research,
laboratories, healthcare suppliers, home healthcare services providers,
veterinary care and pet day care providers, mental and behavioral health
providers and support groups, substance use providers and support groups,
physical therapists and chiropractors, cannabis dispensaries, blood and blood
product donation organizations, or any related and/or ancillary healthcare
services, manufacturers and suppliers. Behavioral health or substance use
disorder support group meetings must implement the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health’s Reopening Protocol for Substance Use Disorder
and Mental Health Support Groups. Healthcare operations does not include
fitness and exercise gyms and similar facilities.
8. Grocery stores, water retailers, farm and produce stands, supermarkets,
convenience stores, warehouse stores, food banks, and other establishments
engaged in the retail sale of canned food, dry goods, fresh fruits and
vegetables, pet food and medication supply, fresh or frozen meats, fish, and
poultry, and other household consumer products necessary to maintain the
safety, sanitation and essential operation of residences. This includes stores
that sell beer, wine, and liquor. Retail food markets, including but not limited to
grocery stores, convenience stores, liquor stores and other retail locations that
sell food or beverage products and that are required to have a health permit
issued by the Los Angeles County of Public Health as a Food Market Retail,
must comply with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Protocols for Grocery Stores and Retail Food Markets. Certified farmers
markets may operate only if they are able to obtain written approval from the
Bureau of Street Services (BSS) and only according to the guidelines and set
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forth by BSS.
9. Agricultural and horticultural cultivation, including farming, livestock, and
fishing.
10.Organizations and businesses that provide food, shelter, and social services,
and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy
individuals (including gang prevention and intervention, domestic violence, and
homeless services agencies).
11.Newspapers, television news, radio, magazine, podcast and journalism; and
music, film and television production, after adopting the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health’s Reopening Protocol for Music, Film and
Television Production.
12.Gas service stations, auto/motorcycle part supply, mobile auto/motorcycle
repair operations, auto/motorcycle repair shops (including, without limitation,
auto repair shops that operate adjacent to or otherwise in connection with an
used or retail auto dealership), bicycle repair shops and related facilities. Auto
dealerships and motorcycle dealerships may open to the public, under the
conditions required by and upon implementation of the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health Reopening Protocol for Car Dealerships. Car
washes are permitted to operate upon implementing the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health Reopening Protocol for Car Washes.
13.Banks, credit unions, financial institutions and insurance companies, and pawn
shops.
14.Hardware and building supply stores, day labor centers, nurseries and
horticulture wholesale distributors.
15.Plumbers, electricians, custodial/janitorial workers, handyman services, funeral
home workers and morticians, moving services, HVAC installers, carpenters,
day laborers, landscapers, gardeners, exterminators, property managers and
leasing agents, private security personnel and other service providers who
provide services to maintain the safety, sanitation, and essential operation to
properties and other essential activities discussed in this subsection.
16.Businesses providing mailing and shipping services, boxes and packaging, and
post office boxes.
17.Educational institutions -- including public and private K-12 schools, colleges,
and universities -- for purposes of facilitating distance learning, planning for the
upcoming school year or performing essential functions provided that social
distancing of six-feet per person is maintained.
a) K-12 Schools. The County Public Health Officer requires all public and
private schools (K-12) and school districts within the County of Los
Angeles to conduct distance learning only. Since September 14, 2020,
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K-12 schools may offer in-school services for a small, stable cohort of
students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or English
Learners (ELs) needing assessments and/or specialized in-school
services, with priority given to students with disabilities. Other
prioritized groups for in person support and services include English
learners, students not participating in distance learning, students at risk
of abuse or neglect, foster youth, and students experiencing
homelessness. Permissible in-person specialized services that require
cohorting of students, must limit the maximum stable cohort size to
twelve (12) students and two (2) staff (not including aides assigned to
children with special needs), and adhere to all provisions for safe
opening of schools, as outlined in the Los Angeles County Department
of Public Health Reopening Protocols for K-12 Schools. Schools must
limit the number of students with IEPs and ELs, and other prioritized
students allowed at any one time on campus for essential
assessments and/or specialized in-school services to 25% or less of
the total student body. In addition, Schools may reopen TK-2nd Grade
for classroom instruction with a waiver application approved by the
County Department of Public Health. Schools and School Districts that
are permitted to reopen for prioritized individual and cohorted students
(K-12) or upon an approved waiver application (TK-12) must follow the
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Reopening Protocols
for K-12 Schools and the Protocol for COVID-19 Exposure
Management Plan in K-12 Schools.
b) Colleges and Universities. Colleges and universities in Los Angeles
County will not be able to resume all in-person academic instruction at
this time. Institutions may continue to offer in-person training and
instruction for essential workforce for required activities that cannot be
accomplished through virtual learning. All other academic instruction
must continue to be done via distance-learning as specified in the
County’s Protocols for Institutes of Higher Education. Faculty and other
staff may come to campus for the purpose of providing distance
learning, and other activities related to the purposes described above,
as well as maintaining minimum basic operations. The institution must
comply with all relevant portions of the County’s Protocols for Institutes
of Higher Education to maximize safety for all employees.
18.Laundromats, dry cleaners, and laundry service providers.
19.Restaurants and retail food facilities that prepare and offer food to customers
via delivery service, to be picked up, via drive thru service. For those
establishments offering food pick-up options, proprietors are directed to
establish social distancing practices for those patrons in the queue for pick-up.
This includes maintaining a distance of at least six-feet away from others.
Schools and other entities that typically provide free food services to students
or members of the public may continue to do so under this Order on the
condition that the food is provided to students or members of the public on a
pick-up and carry out basis only. Cafeterias, commissaries, and restaurants
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located within hospitals, nursing homes, or other licensed health care facilities
may provide dine-in service, as long as Social (Physical) Distancing is
practiced.
20.Businesses that supply or provide storage for retail goods and products needed
for people to work from home.
21.Businesses that supply other essential businesses with the support, services,
or supplies necessary to operate, provided that strict social distancing is
maintained. This section includes, without limitation, utility companies.
22.Individuals and businesses that ship, truck, transport, or provide logistical
support to deliver groceries, food, goods, or services directly to residences, or
businesses engaged in essential activities or essential infrastructure.
23.Airlines, taxis, ride sharing services, car rental companies, and other private
transportation services providing transportation services necessary for essential
activities and other purposes expressly authorized in this Order. Small water
vessel charters may operate after implementing the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health Protocols for Small Water Vessel Charters.
24.Home-based care for disabled persons, seniors, adults, or children.
25.Residential facilities and shelters for homeless residents, disabled persons,
seniors, adults, children and animals.
26.Office-based businesses included on the State of California listing of critical
sectors, when teleworking is not possible. Aside from healthcare operations,
essential infrastructure, and essential government functions, essential officebased businesses that are open for indoor operations must limit indoor capacity
to 25% of maximum occupancy. Professional services, such as legal, leasing
and real estate transactions, payroll or accounting services, when necessary to
assist in the permitting, inspection, construction, transfer and recording of
ownership of housing, and when necessary to achieve compliance with legally
mandated activities are permitted. Housing units and real property may be
shown, provided that appointments and other residential viewings occur
virtually or, if a virtual viewing is not feasible, by appointment with no more than
two visitors at a time residing within the same household or living unit and one
individual showing the unit. However, such in-person visits are not permitted
when a tenant occupant is still residing in the residence, unless the owner first
obtains the tenant’s written consent.
27.Childcare Facilities. All childcare facilities, including those operating at schools,
must operate under the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Childcare Guidance and the following conditions:
a) Childcare must be carried out in stable groups of 12 or fewer (“stableâ€
means that the same 12 or fewer children are in the same group each
day).
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b) Children shall not change from one group to another
c) If more than one group of children is cared for at one facility, each
group shall be in a separate room. Groups shall not mix with each
other.
d) Childcare providers shall remain solely with one group of children.
28.Hotels, motels, shared rental units and similar facilities, and must implement
the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Reopening Protocol for
Hotels, Lodging and Short-Term Rentals. Campgrounds, RV parks and cabin
rental units may open after adopting the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health Reopening Protocol for Campgrounds, RV parks and Cabin
Rental Units.
29.Military/Defense Contractors/FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and
Development Centers). For purposes of this Order, essential personnel may
leave their residence to provide any service or perform any work deemed
essential for national security including, without limitation, defense, intelligence,
and aerospace development and manufacturing for the Department of Defense,
the Intelligence Community, and NASA and other federal government, and or
United States Government departments and agencies. Essential personnel
include prime, sub-prime, and supplier contractor employees, at both the prime
contract level and any supplier level at any tier, working on federal United
States Government contracts, such as contracts for national intelligence and
national security requirements.
30.Businesses that manufacture retail goods. These businesses must also
implement the County of Los Angeles Reopening Protocol for Warehousing,
Manufacturing and Logistic Establishments.
31.Retail stores may operate, after implementing the County of Los Angeles
Department of Public Health Protocols for Retail Establishments Opening for Inperson Shopping. Retail stores that are open for indoor operations must limit
indoor capacity to 20% of maximum occupancy and must not allow customers
indoors between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Pacific, but may remain
open for delivery and curbside pickup. Indoor Malls or Shopping Centers,
defined as a building with seven or more sales or retail establishments with
adjoining indoor space, including indoor swap meets, may reopen at up to 20%
of overall mall or shopping center capacity. Closed businesses as described in
Section II must remain closed. Restaurants and food facilities located entirely
within an Indoor Mall or Shopping Center must close all in-person dining and
may not take in-person orders for food or beverages inside the Indoor Mall or
Shopping Center until further notice. Members of the public may not consume
food or beverages inside the Indoor Mall or Shopping Center. Indoor malls and
shopping centers must adopt the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health Protocols for Shopping Center Operators. Outdoor malls, shopping
centers, and swap meets may remain open at up to 20% of overall mall or
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shopping center capacity. Food court dining areas and common areas located
within an outdoor mall, shopping center or swap meet must remain closed to
the public until further notice. Members of the public may not consume food or
beverages on the premises. Restaurants may only offer food and beverages for
takeup, drive thru or delivery. Indoor retail operations at outdoor malls,
shopping centers and swap meets must close between the house of 10:00 p.m.
and 5:00 a.m. Pacific, but retailers may remain open for delivery and curbside
pick-up. Outdoor malls, shopping centers, and swap meets must adopt the Los
Angeles Department of Public Health Protocols for Shopping Center
Operations. Indoor businesses that are part of the outdoor mall or shopping
center may be open at the following capacities:
a) Essential indoor businesses at 35% of maximum occupancy.
b) Non-essential indoor business at 20% maximum occupancy.
32.Places of worship, provided that the gathering of congregants is held outdoors,
and after implementing the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Places of Worship Protocol.
B. Permitted Activities and Business Sectors.
1. Outdoor Protests. Outdoor in-person protest as long as persons participating in
a protest observe the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Protocol for Public Demonstrations.
2. Outdoor Recreation Activity. Outdoor recreation activity at parks, trails, piers,
and beaches, and other open spaces must comply with any access or use
restrictions separately established by the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health, City of Los Angeles, or other entity that manages the area to
reduce crowding and the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Individuals can
engage in active recreation at beaches, parks, and trails by themselves or with
members of their household; team sports and any gatherings are prohibited
unless with members of only one household.
3. City Parks & Trails. Parks (except for playgrounds) shall remain open under
normal operating hours, unless otherwise restricted, for passive recreational
activities and for permissible active recreational activities defined herein while
adhering to social distancing and shall follow the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health Reopening Protocol for Use of Public Trails.
4. Recreational and Cultural Programming. The City of Los Angeles, following the
recommendations and directives of the County Department of Public Health,
shall cancel its recreational and cultural programming and close all park
facilities (buildings, sites and centers) but will permit outdoor youth sports
leagues that adhere to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Reopening Guidelines for Youth Sports. “Recreation and cultural programmingâ€
refers to non-permitted recreational and cultural activities, indoor and outdoor
sports leagues, aquatics classes, instructional courses, and group sessions on
City-owned and operated park land. “Park facilities,†which shall be closed to
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the public, except those permitted for youth sports leagues, refers to the City’s
Department of Recreation and Parks facilities, including: basketball courts,
volleyball courts, baseball fields, Venice Boardwalk (except as necessary to
travel to an essential business), Griffith Observatory, Greek Theatre, Travel
Town, Griffith Park train rides and pony rides, the Cabrillo Marine Museum,
Sherman Oaks Castle, EXPO Center, and aquatics facilities.
5. Golf & Tennis (Pickleball). Golf, Tennis and Pickleball are permitted at public
and private courses operating under the Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health’s Reopening Protocol for Golf Courses.
6. Day Camps. Day camp owners and operators must implement and post the
required County Public Health Protocol for Day Camps. Day camps with a
COVID-19 outbreak (3 or more cases within a 14-day period) must close for 14
days.
7. Beaches and Piers. All City of Los Angeles piers are closed. Beaches are open
for active recreation, including swimming, surfing, running and walking;
however, sunbathing, sitting, gatherings in violation of Paragraph 3 of this
Order, youth camps, group sports, large gatherings and athletic competitions
are not allowed. Visitors to beaches shall follow the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health Reopening Protocol for use of Public Beaches.
8. Pools. Outdoor and indoor pools that serve members from more than one
household are closed, except that outdoor pools that offer regulated lap
swimming (one swimmer per lane) may remain open. All gatherings at pool
areas are prohibited.
9. Other Recreational Uses. Courts, shooting and archery ranges, equestrian
centers, model airplane areas, community gardens, and bike parks may
operate upon implementing the required Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health protocols found in paragraph 6. Census Centers located at
Recreation and Parks facilities may remain open, provided strict adherence to
social distancing practices. Outdoor Museums, Open Air Galleries, Botanical
Gardens and other Outdoor Exhibition Spaces may open upon implementing
the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Protocols for Opening for
Outdoor Museums and Galleries. For hire fishing, guided fishing or small-group
chartered boat trips may operate upon implementing the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health Protocol for Small Water Vessel Charters.
Businesses may offer outdoor equipment rentals for transportation and/or
physical activities only, such as kayaks, stand up paddle boats, kitesurfing,
electric boat rentals, and bikes, after implementing the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health Protocols for Outdoor Equipment Rental Services.
Participants in outdoor professional sports must adhere to the requirements of
the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Protocol for Professional
Sports Leagues and Facilities Opening for Training Sessions and SpectatorFree Events.
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10.Outdoor Funeral adhering to the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health Conducting Funerals Protocol.
11.Music and Video Production. Operations for music and video production must
prepare, implement, and post the required Los Angeles County Public Health
protocol for Music, Film and Television Production, as well as abide by
applicable industry-generated protocols.
12.Personal care establishments may reopen for indoor operations with required
modifications. Personal Care Establishments also include hair salons, nail
salons, barbershops, esthetic, skin care, electrology, body art professional,
tattoo parlors, and piercing shops, tanning salons and massage therapy (in
non-healthcare settings). Indoor capacity at personal care establishments is
limited to 20% of maximum capacity. Personal care establishments must not
operate between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Services at personal
care establishments may only be provided by appointment. Customers and
staff must keep face coverings on, over both their nose and mouth, at all times;
services that require a customer/client or a personal care attendant to remove
their face covering, e.g., facials and shaves, are prohibited. The owner,
manager or operator of a personal care establishment must, prior to reopening,
prepare, implement and post the required Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health Reopening Protocol for Personal Care Establishments.
13.Fitness facilities, including private gymnasiums, may open for outdoor
operations only at 50% maximum outdoor capacity. The indoor portions of
Fitness facilities are closed to the public until further notice. Fitness facilities
must not operate between the hours of 10 PM and 5 AM.
14.Libraries that are not on campuses of institutes of higher education may remain
open at 20% of maximum indoor capacity. Libraries may elect to continue
curbside pick-up operations.
15.Outdoor areas of museums, galleries, aquariums and zoos, after implementing
the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Reopening Protocol for
Museums, Galleries, Zoos, and Aquariums.
16.Businesses renting outdoor equipment for transportation and/or physical
activities after implementing the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health Protocols for Outdoor Equipment Rental Services.
17.Professional sports leagues, teams and facilities may operate for training and
competition, without spectators, after implementing the Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health Protocol for Professional Sports Leagues and
Facilities Opening for Training Sessions and Spectator-Free Events.
18.Breweries and Wineries. Breweries and wineries are closed for in-person
onsite food and beverage service. Breweries and wineries may remain open
for indoor retail operations at 20% of maximum indoor occupancy following Los
Angeles County Department of Public Health protocols.
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19.Campgrounds, RV Parks and associated outdoor activities. Campgrounds and
recreational vehicle parks may remain open and the owner, manager, or
operator of campgrounds and RV Parks must prepare, implement and post the
required Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Protocol for
Campgrounds, RV parks and Cabin Rental Units.
20.Vehicle-based Parades / Drive-In Movie Theaters / Drive-In Events. Vehiclebased parade, drive-thru events (hosts and participants of such activities must
observe and comply with the Vehicle-Based Parade Protocol published by the
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the State of California’s
Order prohibiting gatherings of more than one household from 10 PM to 5 AM)
or drive-in movie theaters (hosts and participants of such activities must
observe and comply with the Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health’s Reopening Protocol for Drive-In Movie Theaters and the State of
California’s Order prohibiting gatherings of more than one household from 10
p.m. to 5 a.m.).
C. Work in Support of Essential Activities. To perform work providing essential
products and services or to otherwise carry out activities specifically permitted in
this Order.
D. Care for Others. To care for or support a friend, family member, or pet in another
household.
E. Emergency Personnel. All first responders, gang and crisis intervention workers,
public health workers, emergency management personnel, emergency
dispatchers, law enforcement personnel, and related contractors and others
working for emergency services providers are categorically exempt from this
Order.
F. Government Employees. This Order does not apply to employees of government
agencies working within the course and scope of their public service employment.
Employees of the City of Los Angeles shall follow any current or future directives
issued by the Mayor.
G. Essential Infrastructure. Individuals may leave their residences to provide any
services or goods or perform any work necessary to to build, operate, maintain or
manufacture essential infrastructure, including without limitation construction of
public health operations, commercial, office and institutional buildings, residential
buildings and housing; airport operations, food supply, concessions, and
construction; port operations and construction; water, sewer, gas, electrical, oil
extraction and refining; roads and highways, public transportation and rail; solid
waste collection, removal, and recycling; flood control and watershed protection;
internet and telecommunications systems (including the provision of essential
global, national, and local infrastructure for computing services, business
infrastructure, communications, phone retail sales and servicing, and web-based
services); and manufacturing and distribution companies deemed essential to the
supply chains of the industries referenced in this Paragraph, provided that they
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carry out those services and that work in compliance with social distancing
practices as prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, to the extent possible.
H. Non-Essential Businesses. Businesses regarded under this Order as “nonessential†may be permitted to conduct minimum basic operations including
inventory, security, custodial services, payroll and employee benefits processing,
and any reasonable activity designed to maximize the ability for its employees to
work remotely from their homes. Any Non-Essential Businesses conducting
minimum basic operations, as allowed for in the paragraph, shall keep its doors
closed and locked to the public at all times and shall post a sign on its main
entrances stating that the business is closed to the public.
I can't speak for what was done in the
Land of LA in March, but this is less restrictive than what Goobernor Nuisance imposed in March. As best I understand it, neither I nor Mrs. PeteS nor our daughter who is a preschool teacher would be affected by this order were it implemented here (our daughter's preschool had to shut down in March).
Looking at the Hospitalizations and Daily Deaths graphs here,
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/data/index.htm , LA County is getting hit pretty hard. What is missing from among the several graphs is the % of ICU and hospital beds occupied. Also not shown are data before September, which would give historical perspective on how bad the situation is.
