Updated December 3, 2020
On November 19, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued a limited Stay at Home Order. Below is an outline with the relevant details of the order as it relates to the construction industry.
- 罢丑别听聽requires that non-essential work, movement, and gatherings stop between聽10 PM and 5 AM聽in counties under Tier One (Purple) of聽.
- The order will take effect at 10 PM Saturday, November 21.聽This is the same as the March stay at home order, but applied only between 10 PM and 5 AM and only in purple tier counties that are seeing the highest rates of positive cases and hospitalizations.
- The Order does not alter the existing definitions of an聽.聽 Our industry is covered under 鈥淪ector Index鈥� number 13 of those definitions. Construction businesses employing essential workers are allowed to continue to operate during the stay at home order.
- This order remains in effect until 5:00 am PST on December 21, 2020, and may be extended or revised as needed.
Governor Newsom Announces Regional Stay-at-Home Order
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On December 3, 2020, Governor Newsom announced a 鈥淩egional Stay-at-Home Order鈥� that will be triggered if the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacity drops below 15 percent in a given region. Regions will have 48 hours to implement the order when it is triggered; once the order is implemented, residents will be required to stay at home as much as possible and minimize mixing to reduce exposure.
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The order does not alter the existing, construction relevant, definitions of an 鈥�.鈥�聽 Construction firms continue to be authorized to operate during a stay-at-home order. Our industry is covered under 鈥淪ector Index 13鈥� of the essential workforce definitions.
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While this is a statewide order, counties are authorized to have more restrictive criteria and different closures.聽.
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Regions are as follows:
Regions will remain in the Regional Stay-at-Home Order status for at least three weeks once triggered. Regions may come out of the stay-at-home order after three weeks if hospital ICU capacity projected four weeks outreaches 15 percent. Then, counties will return to their Blueprint for a Safer Economy tier determined by their case rate and test positivity. If the ICU capacity for a region is less than 15 percent after the three-week period, the ICU capacity will be assessed weekly to determine when the order can be lifted. -
While this new order is similar to the March order, there are some variations as noted below.
- Californians may access critical services and outdoor activities.
- The following sectors must close: indoor and outdoor playgrounds; indoor recreational facilities; hair salons and barbershops; personal care services; museums, zoos, and aquariums; movie theaters; wineries; bars, breweries, and distilleries; family entertainment centers; cardrooms and satellite wagering; casinos; limited services; live audience sports; amusement parks.