“Safer at Home” Updated, Statewide Coronavirus Response

We are in our fifth week following Governor Newson’s March 18 order  requiring all California residents until further notice to stay at home or place of residence except for those in businesses and functions deemed essential to 16 federally-designated “critical infrastructure” sectors.

The state last updated yesterday its “COVID Response – Stay Home Except for Essential Needs FAQs” offering further guidance.

Since our initial April 3 listing, we count four more California counties joining those which have implemented similar – and in many instances progressively stricter — “Safer at Home” or “Shelter in Place” orders. To our knowledge, and as of April 17:

Thanks to our legal assistant Daniska Coronado for this compilation. There appears to be no other attempted comprehensive statewide listing readily available online.

Perhaps there is good reason for this. We cannot confirm this collection is complete or will even still be current by nightfall. As applies to your locale, please use the above links and other online resources for updates. Requirements of varying strictness continue to change frequently, municipality-by-municipality.

See also:

• Keep It to Yourself; Essential Workers Must Cover Up and Stay Six Feet Apart (April 16, 2020)
• COVID-19 Safety Nets; Overview of CARES Act Small Business Loans (April 14, 2020)
• Port in a Storm; Our Webinar on Workplace COVID-19 Realities (April 10, 2020)
• It’s a Wash; COVID-19 Paid Leave and Tax Credits (April 9, 2020)
• When the Show Must Go On; Key Protection for an Employee’s COVID-19 Diagnosis/ Symptoms (April 8, 2020)
• Safer at Home; California’s Coronavirus Response, Statewide and Local April 3, 2020 Current Status (April 3, 2020)
• COVID-19 Gets Noticed (April 2, 2020)
• Unemployment Goes Viral; Furlough or Layoff, Distinction without a Difference? (March 28, 2020)
• Workplace Safety Nets; The Coronavirus Outbreak and California Unemployment Benefits  (March 27, 2020)
• Federal Coronavirus Workplace Relief (March 23, 2020)
• Telecommuting in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak (March 18, 2020)

For more information about these laws or other employment issues related to coronavirus, contact Tim Bowles, Cindy Bamforth or Helena Kobrin.

Tim Bowles

Daniska Coronado

April 17, 2020