8/23/21

RESPONDING TOGETHER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY, HIGH TRANSMISSION – ENCOURAGING COVID-19 VACCINATION COVERAGE WITH MODERATE RISK REDUCTION MEASURES (8/23/21)

On August 23, 2021, LA County Department of Public Health revised the Health Order. Modifications to the Health Order include:

• Aligns with the State Public Health Offer’s August 18, 2021 Order Beyond the Blueprint for Industry and Business Sectors regarding Indoor Mega Events.

  • Beginning September 20, 2021, all attendees at Indoor Mega Events involving 1,000 or more persons must, prior to entry, show verification of COVID-19 vaccination status or a negative COVID-19 (diagnostic) test result. This is a lower attendance threshold than the previous requirement of 5,000 participants.
  • Clarifies that for all Indoor Mega Events scheduled on or after Septemer 20, 2021, self-attestation is no longer permitted method for vaccination verification or verification of negative COVID-19 test.
• Requires specific infection control protocols for Youth Sports effective September 1, 2021, attached to the Order as Appendix S. 

Download Responding Together at Work and in the Community Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, High Transmission – Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage with Moderate Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 8/23/21: ENGLISH

8/16/21

RESPONDING TOGETHER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY, HIGH TRANSMISSION – ENCOURAGING COVID-19 VACCINATION COVERAGE WITH MODERATE RISK REDUCTION MEASURES (8/16/21)

On August 16, 2021, LA County Department of Public Health revised the Health Order, effective 11:59 pm on August 19, 2021. Modifications to the Health Order include:

• Requires all persons at an Outdoor Mega Event to wear a face mask, except when actively eating or drinking.
• Clairfies that “actively eating or drinking” is the limited time during which the mask can be removed briefly to eat or drink, and that it must be immediately put back on afterward. 

Download Responding Together at Work and in the Community Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, High Transmission – Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage with Moderate Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 8/16/21, Effective at 11:59 pm on 8/19/21: ENGLISH

7/30/21

RESPONDING TOGETHER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY, HIGH TRANSMISSION – ENCOURAGING COVID-19 VACCINATION COVERAGE WITH MODERATE RISK REDUCTION MEASURES (7/30/21)

On July 30, 2021, LA County Department of Public Health revised the Health Order. Modifications to the Health Order include:

• Incorporates by reference, the July 26, 2021 State Public Health Officer Order that mandates specific public health requirements regarding worker vaccine status, respirators or masks, and testing requirements for Acute Health Care and Long-Term Care settings, High-Risk Congregate settings and other Health Care settings.
• Reiterates that because the County is currently experiencing high rates of COVID-19 community transmission, all persons, in indoor public and business settings, must wear a face mask regardless of vaccination status.
• Clarifies that customers, guests, and patrons are not required to wear face mask indoors while actively eating or drinking in a stationary place, receiving a personal care services that requires the removal of their mask, or when alone in a room or office.
• Strongly recommends that all persons at Outdoor Mega-Events wear a face mask at all times when not seated in their ticketed seat. 

Download Responding Together at Work and in the Community Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, High Transmission – Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage with Moderate Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 7/30/21, Effective at 11:59 pm on 7/31/21: ENGLISH

7/22/21

RESPONDING TOGETHER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY, SUBSTANTIAL TRANSMISSION – ENCOURAGING COVID-19 VACCINATION COVERAGE WITH MODERATE RISK REDUCTION MEASURES (7/22/21)

On July 22, 2021, LA County Department of Public Health revised the Health Order. Modifications to the Health Order include:

• Clarifies that customers, guests, and patrons are not required to wear face mask indoors while actively eating or drinking in a stationary place, receiving a personal care services that requires the removal of thie rmask, or when alone in a room or office.
• Strongly recommends that all persons at Outdoor Mega-Events wear a face mask at all times when not seated in thier ticketd seat.
• Clarifies that persons in indoor private office settings need to wear a face mask. 

Download Responding Together at Work and in the Community Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Substantial Transmission – Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage with Moderate Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 7/22/21, Effective at 11:59 pm on 7/22/21: ENGLISH

7/16/21

FACE COVERINGS REQURIED INDOORS REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS 7/16/21, EFFECTIVE 11:59 PM ON 7/17/21

LA County’s daily test positivity rate is 3.75%, an increase from a rate of 1.2% on June 15th when physical distancing restrictions and capacity limits were lifted across all sectors.

According to the CDC, LA County’s daily increase in cases to the high level where we are now puts us in the category of “Substantial transmission”. Considering that LA County has reported over 1,000 new cases a day over the last 7 days, this daily average case rate is at a substantial community transmission level without the 7-day lag.

For this reason, LA County (including the City of San Fernando) will be implementing an order requiring masking indoors regardless of vaccination status that will go into effect at 11:59p on Saturday, July 17, 2021. Wearing a mask when indoors with others reduces the risk of both getting and transmitting the virus. Masking indoors must again become a normal practice by all, regardless of vaccination status, so that we can stop the trends and level of transmission we are currently seeing.

Some exceptions will apply, and these will be similar to masking requirements that were in place prior to June 15, 2021. This order is expected to remain in place until LA County begins to see improvements in community transmission of COVID-19. But waiting for LA County to be at high community transmission before making a change would be too late.

Modifications to the Health Order:

• Requires face masks to be worn by all persons, regardless of vaccination status, while in all indoor public settings and businesses.
• Continues to urge everyone, especially those who are not or cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19, to continue to exercise caution and good judgement as community transmission of COVID-19 is rapidly increased from low to substantial transmission in one month. 

Download Responding Together at Work and in the Community Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Substantial Transmission – Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage with Moderate Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 7/16/21, Effective at 11:59 pm on 7/17/21: ENGLISH

6/28/21

A SAFER RETURN TOGETHER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – ENCOURAGING COVID-19 VACCINATION COVERAGE WITH LIMITED RISK REDUCTION MEASURES 6/28/21, EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 6/15/21

The modifications to the Health Officer Order:

• Rescinds most Los Angeles County Department of Public Health sector-specific protocols and aligns with the State Beyond the Blueprint for Industry and Business Sectors and the accompanying memoranda and orders of the State Public Health Officer.
• Urges everyone, especially those who are not or cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19, to continue to exercise caution and good judgement as physical distancing requirements and capacity limitations are removed. 

Download A Safer Return Together at Work and in the Community Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage with Limited Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 6/28/21, Effective at 12:01 am on 6/15/21: ENGLISH

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6/14/21

A SAFER RETURN TOGETHER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – ENCOURAGING COVID-19 VACCINATION COVERAGE WITH LIMITED RISK REDUCTION MEASURES 6/14/21, EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 6/15/21

The modifications to the Health Officer Order:

• Rescinds most Los Angeles County Department of Public Health sector-specific protocols and aligns with the State Beyond the Blueprint for Industry and Business Sectors and the accompanying memoranda and orders of the State Public Health Officer.
• Urges everyone, especially those who are not or cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19, to continue to exercise caution and good judgement as physical distancing requirements and capacity limitations are removed. 

Download A Safer Return Together at Work and in the Community Beyond the Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Encouraging COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage with Limited Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 6/14/21, Effective at 12:01 am on 6/15/21: ENGLISH

6/2/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – YELLOW TIER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES – REVISED HEALTH OFFICER ORDER ISSUED 6/2/21, EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 6/2/21

The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated to reflect new protocols, effective June 2, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. 

The modifications to the Health Officer Order include revision to permit the operation of Overnight Organized/Childrens’ Camps in compliance with the requirements of Appendix K-1. Owners and operators must give prior notice of intended operation to County Environmental Health to allow sufficient time for an inspection of the premises before opening.

Download Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Yellow Tier Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 6/2/21, Effective at 12:01 am on 6/2/21: ENGLISH

5/14/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – YELLOW TIER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES – REVISED HEALTH OFFICER ORDER ISSUED 5/14/21, EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 5/14/21

The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated to reflect new protocols, effective May 14, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. 

The modifications to the Health Officer Order clarifies professional services businesses, including residential and commercial real estate, should operate in compliance with Appendix A: Social Distancing.

Download Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Yellow Tier Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 5/14/21, Effective at 12:01 am on 5/14/21: ENGLISH

5/5/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – YELLOW TIER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES – REVISED HEALTH OFFICER ORDER ISSUED 5/5/21, EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 5/6/21

The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated to reflect new protocols, effective May 6, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. 

The modifications to the Health Officer Order reflect newly permitted activities. Moving into the yellow tier allows for increases in capacity in many sectors and allows bars to begin providing indoor service at 25% capacity. All of these changes will still require safety modifications, including masking, distancing and infection control to reduce the risk of transmission.

Download Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Yellow Tier Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 5/5/21, Effective at 12:01 am on 5/6/21: ENGLISH

4/29/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – ORANGE TIER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES – REVISED HEALTH OFFICER ORDER ISSUED 4/29/21, EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 4/30/21

The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated to reflect new protocols, effective April 30, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. 

The modifications to the Health Officer Order include the following:

• Aligns with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s April 27, 2021 Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People.

  • Protocol for Private Events
• Indoor Playgrounds and arcades are permitted to reopen with modifications.

  • Protocol for Day Care for School Aged Children
  • Protocol for K-12 Schools

Download Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Orange Tier Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 4/29/21, Effective at 12:01 am on 4/30/21: ENGLISH

4/14/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – ORANGE TIER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES – REVISED HEALTH OFFICER ORDER ISSUED 4/14/21, EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 4/15/21

The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated to reflect new protocols, effective April 15, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. 

The modifications to the Health Officer Order include the following:

• Libraries
• Youth and Adult Recreational Sports Leagues
• Live Events and Performances (Outdoor)
• Live Events and Performances (Indoor Seated)
• Private Events (Meetings, Receptions, and Conferences)
• Movie Theaters
• Restaurants
• Breweries, Wineries, and Craft Distilleries
• Bars  

Download Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Orange Tier Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 4/14/21, Effective at 12:01 am on 4/15/21: ENGLISH

4/2/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – ORANGE TIER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES – REVISED HEALTH OFFICER ORDER ISSUED 4/2/21, EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 4/5/21

The Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated today to reflect newly permitted activities allowed in the State of California’s Orange Tier, beginning Monday, April 5 at 12:01 a.m. Additional safety modifications are required or recommended for many sectors.

The modifications to the Health Officer Order include the following:

• Bars that do not provide meals will be allowed to open outdoors with distancing, masking and infection control safety measures. Indoor operations are not permitted. Visits are limited to 90 minutes. Masks are required except when people are eating or drinking. There can be no counter seating and people can eat or drink only when they are seated. Tables must be 8 feet apart, with a maximum of 6 people from up to 3 different households. There can be no live entertainment, television is permitted outdoors only and hours of operations are from 11:30 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.
• Breweries, Wineries, Distilleries that do not serve meals can remain open outdoors and can also open indoors at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is fewer. These establishments will follow the same public health directives as bars for their outdoor areas, however, there are additional requirements for indoor spaces: reservations are required for indoor seating, there is a maximum of 6 people per indoor table and they must be from the same household, and there is no live entertainment or television viewing indoors.
• Restaurants can increase capacity for indoor dining to 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is less, with continued safety modifications.
• Cardrooms can operate indoors at 25% capacity. There must be 8-feet of distancing between tables and masks are always required. Food and beverages remain banned from card tables and gaming areas.
• Places of Worship can hold services indoors at 50% capacity.
• Fitness Centers can operate indoors at 25% capacity and indoor pools can now re-open. Masks are always required except when swimming.
• Movie Theatres can increase capacity to 50% or 200 people, whichever is less. Seats must be reserved, and each group must have 6 feet of distance from other groups in all directions. Eating and drinking is allowed in only designated dining areas or while in your reserved seat. Masks must be worn at all times, while not eating or drinking.
• Family Entertainment Centers can open indoors at 25% capacity for distanced activities, such as bowling or escape rooms. Masks remain required.
• Grocery and Retail Stores can increase capacity to 75%, although Public Health strongly recommends grocery stores remain at 50% capacity until April 15 to allow time for as many grocery store workers as possible get vaccinated.
• Hair Salons, Barbershops and Personal Care Services can increase capacity to 75%. Patrons and workers are required to be masked at all times. For services that require customers to remove their masks, such as facials or electrolysis, staff must wear a fitted N95 and goggles or a mask with a face shield.
• Museums, Zoos and Aquariums can be open indoors at 50% capacity.
• Youth and Adult Recreational Sports can play all outdoors sports between two teams with required modifications. For events or competitions that involve more than two teams or multiple individual or doubles competitors, event organizers must apply to Public Health for approval of the proposed athletic event, tournament or competition. 

It is critical that businesses follow Health Officer Order directives and infection protocols to protect workers and customers and minimize COVID-19 spread as much as possible. The County’s recovery and the safety of workers and customers depend on businesses fully implementing infection control and physical distancing requirements.

Also, effective yesterday, April 1, 2021, amusement parks, outdoor seated live events and outdoor professional sporting events are permitted with the safety measures in place, including occupancy limits, distancing, masking and eating and drinking requirements.

Download Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Orange Tier Risk Reduction Measures – Revised Order Issued 4/2/21, Effective at 12:01 am on 4/5/21: ENGLISH

3/30/21

STATEMENT FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON LOS ANGELES COUNTY ENTERING THE ORANGE TIER

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors offered the following statement in response to Los Angeles County entering the Orange Tier with key sectors reopening, resuming indoor operations and/or increasing capacity starting Monday, April 5, 2021:

“Reaching the Orange Tier is a welcome milestone for Los Angeles County and everyone who lives and works here. After a long, tough year, this is the clearest sign yet that we are moving into a new season of hope and renewal. Thanks to our collective vigilance, starting Monday more of us can now take part in more of the rituals and activities that we’ve missed—whether that means joining together, safely, in a place of worship, at the gym or visiting a museum or movie theater. We’ve come too far to let our guard down now, so please continue to follow the Public Health guidance on masking and distancing, and be sure to get vaccinated as soon as it’s your turn. We are still on a long road to recovery, and we don’t want to lose the momentum that has helped us reach the Orange Tier, and all it stands for in terms of enjoying a ‘new normal’ in our daily lives.”

As Los Angeles moves out of the Red Tier into the less restrictive Orange Tier, key sectors reopening, resuming indoor operations or increasing capacity include:

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has indicated that the Health Officer Order will be updated on Friday, April 2, 2021. Check back here for updates.

3/19/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – RED TIER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES ISSUED ON 3/19/21 – EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 3/20/21

On March 19, 2021, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated to include:

• Breweries, distilleries, and wineries may reopen for outdoor only if not serving a bona fide meal.
• Added specific protocol for Limited Services, Appendix W. for businesses that generally do not require close contact, such as laundromats, auto repair shops, residential and janitorial cleaning services, ;lumbers, general contractors, and other similar businesses. See section 9.5m of the order and specific protocol for additional examples.
• Increased the number of participants obtaining in-person behavioral health or substance use disorder support in therapeutic small group meetings, such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous, and obtaining in-person faith-based small group counseling services, where the service cannot reasonably be practiced remotely, to 12 or fewer.

People should continue to wear face coverings when in public, continue practicing physical distancing and avoiding crowds and large gatherings. Fully vaccinated people should also continue with these practices, with some exceptions, including the ability to visit with other fully vaccinated people, indoors, without masks, per new guidance. 

Download Reopening Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy -Red Tier Risk Reduction Measures (3/19/21): ENGLISH  

3/12/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – RED TIER RISK REDUCTION MEASURES ISSUED ON 3/12/21 – EFFECTIVE 12:01 AM ON 3/15/21

On March 12, 2021, the California Department of Public Health announced that Los Angeles County will be entering the “Red Tier” of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy effective March 13, 2021. The County of Los Angeles is also lifting some local activity-specific restrictions, effective 12:01 am, Monday, March 15, 2021. However, Los Angeles County continues to experience substantial rates of COVID-19 transmission, and the danger COVID-19 poses to our community has not subsided. Vaccinations are occurring as quickly as supplies allow, but most people in our community are still not vaccinated. New variants of the virus that may spread more easily or cause more severe illness are present in our county; however, their impact on our local pandemic is largely unknown. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urges businesses, entities, and residents to continue exercising caution even as certain restrictions are lifted. Just because certain activities are allowed or certain reopening protocols are revised, that does not mean that those activities are “safe.”

Businesses and customers should continue to regularly check the County Public Health website for updates to their sector-specific protocol(s) to ensure they are in compliance with the most current safety modifications. 

This update adds three protocols: Appendix S – Youth and Adult Recreational Sports; Appendix W – Limited Services; and Appendix X – Movie Theaters.

People should continue to wear face coverings when in public, continue practicing physical distancing and avoiding crowds and large gatherings. Fully vaccinated people should also continue with these practices, with some exceptions, including the ability to visit with other fully vaccinated people, indoors, without masks, per new guidance. 

Download Reopening Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy -Red Tier Risk Reduction Measures (3/12/21): ENGLISH  

3/10/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – TIER 1 SURGE RESPONSE REVISED ORDER ISSUED 3/10/21

On March 10, 2021, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated to include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Interim Public Health Guidance for fully vaccinated people and visits or small private gatherings.

Download Reopening Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Tier 1 Surge Response Revised Order Issued (3/10/21): ENGLISH  

Download Los Angeles County After Your are Fully Vaccinated Recommendations (3/10/21): ENGLISH

2/18/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – TIER 1 SURGE RESPONSE REVISED ORDER ISSUED 2/18/21

On February 18, 2021, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated to note that per the State Consolidated Framework and Guidance, when the Los Angeles County adjusted daily case rate has been less than 25 per 100,000 population for five consecutive days and the school has met all state and county requirements for opening, schools may open for in person instruction for students in grades TK-6. Schools in California may not reopen for in person instruction for grades 7-12 if the County is in tier 1 (Purple Widespread).

Download Reopening Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Tier 1 Surge Response Revised Order Issued (2/18/21): ENGLISH  

2/10/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – TIER 1 SURGE RESPONSE REVISED ORDER ISSUED 2/10/21

On February 10, 2021, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order was updated to clarify that in light of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision and the subsequent change made by the State related to Places of Worship in Tier 1, Places of Worship can open for indoor services limited to 25% of indoor capacity and must continue to comply with the required modifications provided by Appendix A: Social (Physical Distancing).

Download Reopening Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Tier 1 Surge Response Revised Order Issued (2/10/21): ENGLISH  

1/29/21

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19 BLUEPRINT FOR A SAFER ECONOMY – TIER 1 SURGE RESPONSE REVISED ORDER ISSUED 1/29/21

Revised to reopen some additional businesses with updated protocols and to remove the closure of Lower-Risk Retail Businesses between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am:

• Fitness Facilities: Outdoor occupancy at gyms and fitness facilities is limited to 50% of outdoor occupancy.
• Museums: Outdoor occupancy at museums is limited to 50% of outdoor occupancy.
• Schools (K-12) and School Districts: Schools may continue to offer day care for school-aged children so that essential members of the workforce continue to have available childcare. Schools offering day care for school-aged children must adhere to all provisions in the protocol for programs providing day care for school-aged children.
• Grocery Stores, Certified Farmers’ Markets: Stand-alone grocery stores where the principal business activity is the sale of food may operate at 35% of capacity (must be strictly metered to ensure compliance); the sale of food, beverages, and alcohol for in-store consumption is prohibited.
• Restaurants: Outdoor dining permitted. 

Residents are advised to stay home as much as possible and always wear a face covering over their nose and mouth when they are outside their household and around others.

Download Reopening Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Tier 1 Surge Response Revised Order Issued (1/29/21): ENGLISH  

1/25/21

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH LIFT REGIONAL STAY AT HOME ORDER FOR ALL REGIONS

Officials with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today ended the Regional Stay at Home Order, lifting the order for all regions statewide, including the three regions that had still been under the order – San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area and Southern California.

The Regional Stay Home Order was lifted January 25, 2021 as projected ICU availability over 4 weeks in all regions rose to over 15%. Once a region exits the Regional Stay Home Order, counties within that region return to the appropriate tier and rules under the Blueprint for a Safer Economy.

Counties return to their appropriate tier under the Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Other state orders are still in place.

Currently, the County of Los Angeles (including the City of San Fernando) is in the Purple Tier (widespread). 

View California Department of Public Health Press Release (1/25/21): ENGLISH  

LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO REVERT TO THE HEALH OFFICER ORDER DATED 11/25/20

With the lifting of the Regional Stay Home Order, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order that was issued on November 25, 2020, is now in effect until a new Health Officer Order is issued later this week to more fully align with the sector openings permitted in the purple tier.

The following is allowed with adherence to all of the sector specific directives to ensure distancing, wearing of face coverings, and infection control:

• Private gatherings outdoors up to 3 households and up to a total of 15 people
• Museums, zoos, aquariums outdoor operations at 50% occupancy
• Cardrooms outdoor operations at 50% occupancy
• Miniature golf, go karts, batting cages outdoor operations at 50% occupancy
• Outdoor recreational activities are open
• Hotels & motels for tourism and individual travel allowed
• Fitness facilities open for outdoor operations
• Personal care services open indoors at 25% capacity
• Indoor mall, shopping center, lower-risk retail open at 25% indoor capacity; food courts and common areas closed 

The following restrictions remain in effect until January 29, 2021: 

• Restaurants, wineries and breweries remain open for pick-up, delivery, and take-out only.
• Non-essential businesses closed from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. 

Residents are advised to stay home as much as possible and always wear a face covering over their nose and mouth when they are outside their household and around others.

Download Reopening Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19 Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Tier 1 Surge Response Revised Order Issued (1/25/21): ENGLISH  

12/30/20

REVISED TEMPORARY TARGETED SAFER AT HOME HEALTH OFFICER ORDER FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: TIER 1 SUBSTANITAL SURGE UPDATED RESPONSE

This Revised Temporary Targeted Safer At Home Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (Revised Temporary Order0 is issued to temporarily replace both the most recently issued Temporary Order and Reopening Safer at Work And In The Community for Control of COVID-19 Order (Order) issued by the County of Los Angeles Health Officer. This Revised Temporary Order will be effective from 11:59 pm on December 30, 2020 and will remain in effect for as long as the State Public Health Officer’s Regional Stay At Home remains in effect in the Southern California Region.

• Except as provided in Appendix W, persons arriving in the County of Los Angeles from anywhere outside of the Southern California Region (Region) on or from non-essential travel, including returning County of Los Angeles residents, must self-quarantine for 10 days after arrival. Such persons must stay at home or another place of temporary shelter and away from contact with others, including those in one’s household (unless they are also under quarantine), for a period of 10 days. Quarantine may end after Day 10 if the traveler(s) never had any symptoms and they continue to monitor themselves for COVID-19 symptoms for 14 dyas after arrival. If such quarantined person develops symptoms of or tests positive for COVID-19 during the quarantine period, they must isolate themselves as required by the Health Officer’s Order for Isolation. For purposes of this Revised Temporary Order, non-essential travel is defined as travel or transportation that is conducted mainly for tourism, recreation, or visitation purposes. 

Download Revised Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (12/30/20): ENGLISH

Download Protocol for Mandatory Directive on Travel Appendix W (12/30/20): ENGLISH

12/29/20

REVISED TEMPORARY TARGETED SAFER AT HOME HEALTH OFFICER ORDER FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: TIER 1 SUBSTANITAL SURGE UPDATED RESPONSE

This Revised Temporary Targeted Safer At Home Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (Revised Temporary Order0 is issued to temporarily replace both the most recently issued Temporary Order and Reopening Safer at Work And In The Community for Control of COVID-19 Order (Order) issued by the County of Los Angeles Health Officer. This Revised Temporary Order will be effective from 11:59 pm on December 29, 2020 and will remain in effect for as long as the State Public Health Officer’s Regional Stay At Home remains in effect in the Southern California Region.

• Persons arriving in the County of Los Angeles from other states or countries on non-essential travel, including returning County of Los Angeles or California residents, must practice self-quarantine for 10 days after arrival. Such persons must limit their interactions to those within their immediate household (unless they are also under quarantine). If such quarantined person develops symptoms of or tests positive for COVID-19 during the quarantine period, they must isolate themselves as required by the Health Officer’s Order for Isolation.
• Protocol for Social Distancing revised to include Places of Worship. 

Download Revised Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (12/27/20): ENGLISH

Download Protocol for Social Distancing Appendix A (12/29/20): ENGLISH

12/27/20

REVISED TEMPORARY TARGETED SAFER AT HOME HEALTH OFFICER ORDER FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: TIER 1 SUBSTANITAL SURGE UPDATED RESPONSE

This Revised Temporary Targeted Safer At Home Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (Revised Temporary Order0 is issued to temporarily replace both the most recently issued Temporary Order and Reopening Safer at Work And In The Community for Control of COVID-19 Order (Order) issued by the County of Los Angeles Health Officer. This Revised Temporary Order will be effective from 11:59 pm on December 27, 2020 and will remain in effect for as long as the State Public Health Officer’s Regional Stay At Home remains in effect in the Southern California Region.

Download Revised Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (12/27/20): ENGLISH

12/19/20

REVISED TEMPORARY TARGETED SAFER AT HOME HEALTH OFFICER ORDER FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: TIER 1 SUBSTANITAL SURGE UPDATED RESPONSE

This Revised Temporary Targeted Safer At Home Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (Revised Temporary Order0 is issued to temporarily replace both the most recently issued Temporary Order and Reopening Safer at Work And In The Community for Control of COVID-19 Order (Order) issued by the County of Los Angeles Health Officer. This Revised Temporary Order will be effective from 11:59 pm on December 27, 2020, and may be extended if the projections of the Southern California Region’s total available adult ICU bed capacity is less than 15%.

Download Revised Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (12/19/20): ENGLISH

Download Revised Protocol for Places of Worship (12/19/20): ENGLISH

12/18/20

SAFER AT HOME: SELF-ISOLATION INSTRUCTIONS

The L.A. County Department of Public Health issued an updated Health Officer Isolation Order. According to this updated order, you must stay home and isolate yourself from others until you are no longer at risk for spreading COVID-19. Until this time, you may not leave your place of isolation or enter any other public or private place, except to receive necessary medical care. You are required to self-isolate because you can easily spread COVID-19 to others including people who are at higher risk for serious illness, such as older adults and people with underlying medical conditions.

If you have a positive test, and have not done so already, consider contacting your healthcare provider, clinician advice-line or telemedicine provider for a medical assessment. While you are isolating, you are required to follow the Home Isolation Instructions for People with COVID-19 Infection outlined below:

• Stay away from household members.
•  Do not go to work, school, or public areas.
• If you must leave home to get essential medical care, drive yourself, if possible. If you cannot drive yourself, keep as much distance as possible between you and the driver and others (e.g. sit in the back seat), leave the windows down, and wear a mask, if possible. If you do not have a mask, wear a cloth face covering.
• If someone from outside your household is shopping for you, ask them to leave the food and other supplies at your door, if possible. Pick them up after the person has left. If you need help finding free delivery services, social services, essential items like food and medicines call 2-1-1 or visit the Public Health resource webpage.

Download Revised Self-Isolation Health Order (12/17/20): ENGLISH | SPANISH

Download Revised Self-Quarantine Health Order (12/17/20): ENGLISH | SPANISH

12/9/20

REVISED TEMPORARY TARGETED SAFER AT HOME HEALTH OFFICER ORDER FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: TIER 1 SUBSTANITAL SURGE UPDATED RESPONSE

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge and ICU capacity declines in Los Angeles County and across the Southern California Region, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order has been modified to align with the State Regional Stay Home Order to prevent crowding and mingling among non-household members and overwhelming our healthcare system.

The Order prohibits private gatherings of any size, closes sector operations, and requires 100% masking and physical distancing. The State Regional Stay at Home Order is similar to the existing County Safer at Home Health Offer with additional sector closings.

The following sectors are required to close or remain closed for all operations: 

• 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
• Limited services as defined by the state
• Live audience sports
• Amusement parks

The following sectors will have additional modifications in addition to 100% masking and physical distancing:

• Outdoor recreational facilities: Allow outdoor operation only without any food, drink or alcohol sales. Additionally, overnight stays for recreational visits at campgrounds will not be permitted.
• Retail: Allow indoor operation at 20% capacity with entrance metering and no eating or drinking in the stores. Additionally, special hours should be instituted for seniors and others with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems.
• Shopping centers: Allow indoor operation at 20% capacity with entrance metering and no eating or drinking in the stores and all common areas closed. Additionally, special hours should be instituted for seniors and others with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems.
• Hotels and lodging: Allow to open for critical infrastructure support only.
• Restaurants: Allow only for take-out, pick-up, or delivery.
• Offices: Allow remote only except for critical infrastructure sectors where remote working is not possible.
• Places of worship and political expression: Allow outdoor services only.
• Entertainment production including professional sports: Allow operation without live audiences. Additionally, testing protocol and “bubbles” are highly encouraged.

The Order does not modify existing school guidance. Schools that are open under County protocols can continue to provide in-person instruction as permitted.

The following sectors are allowed to remain open with appropriate infectious disease preventative measures including 100% masking and physical distancing:

• Critical infrastructure
• Non-urgent medical and dental care
• Childcare

Everyone in California must adhere to State Health Officer Orders. Counties may be more restrictive than State mandates, but not less restrictive.

The State announced a Regional Stay Home Order will go into effect and would remain in effect for at least three weeks in California regions where ICU capacity falls below 15%. The State advises the Order goes into effect Sunday, December 6 at 11:59 p.m. and remains in effect for at least 3 weeks.

Download Revised Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Updated Response (12/9/20): ENGLISH

12/6/20

SUPPLEMENT TO CALIFORNIA REGIONAL STAY AT HOME ORDER

12/3/20

CALIFORNIA REGIONAL STAY AT HOME ORDER

The Regional Stay Home Order (PDF), announced December 3, 2020, will go into effect at 11:59 PM the day after a region has been announced to have less than 15% ICU availability. It prohibits private gatherings of any size, closes sector operations except for critical infrastructure and retail, and requires 100% masking and physical distancing in all others.

Once triggered, the order will remain in effect for at least 3 weeks. After that period, it will be lifted when a region’s projected ICU capacity meets or exceeds 15%. This will be assessed on a weekly basis after the initial 3 week period.

The City of San Fernando is included in the Southern California (Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura).

As of December 6, 2020, Intensive Care Unit bed percentage available in the Southern California region is 10.3%. As such the Regional Stay at Home Order will go into effect at 11:59 pm on December 6, 2020.

Under the order, the following sectors are allowed to remain open with safety precautions: 

• Critical infrastructure (when remote option is not possible)
• Schools
• Non-urgent medical and dental care
• Child care and pre-K 

The following sectors will have additional modifications in addition to 100% masking and physical distancing:

• Outdoor recreational facilities: Allow outdoor operation only for the purpose of facilitating physically distanced personal health and wellness through outdoor exercise, without any food, drink or alcohol sales. Additionally, overnight stays at campgrounds will not be permitted.
• Retail: Allow indoor operation at 20% capacity with entrance metering and no eating or drinking in the stores. Additionally, special hours should be instituted for seniors and others with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems. 
• Shopping centers: Allow indoor access at 20% capacity with entrance metering and no eating or drinking in the stores. Additionally, special hours should be instituted for seniors and others with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems.
• Hotels and lodging: Allow for COVID-19 mitigation and containment measures, treatment measures, provide accommodation for essential workers, or providing housing solutions, including measures to protect homeless populations.
• Restaurants: Allow only for take out or delivery.
• Offices: Allow remote only except for critical infrastructure sectors where remote working is not possible. 
• Places of worship and political expression: Allow outdoor activities only.
• Entertainment production: Industries, studios, and other related establishments such as establishments that provide content for professional broadcast can operate without live audiences. 

In any region that triggers a Regional Stay Home Order because it drops below 15% ICU capacity all operations in the following sectors must be closed (except to the extent that their operations fall within critical infrastructure):

• Indoor and outdoor playgrounds
• Hair salons and barbershops
• Personal care services
• Museums, zoos, and aquariums
• Movie theaters (except drive-in)
• Wineries, bars, breweries, and distilleries
• Family entertainment centers
• Cardrooms and satellite wagering
• Limited services
• Live audience sports
• Amusement parks 

Visit the FAQ section for additional information.

11/28/20

TEMPORARY TARGETED SAFER AT HOME HEALTH OFFICER ORDER FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: TIER 1 SUBSTANIAL SURGE RESPONSE

This Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Response (Temporary Order) is issued to temporarily replace the most recently issued Reopening Safer At Work and In The Community For Control of COVID-19 Order issued by the County of Los Angeles Health Officer. This Temporary Order will be effective from 12:01 am on November 30, 2020 to 11:59 pm on December 20, 2020.

This Temporary Order is issued as a response to the recent substantial rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Over the last five calendar days, the County of Los Angeles is averaging over 4,500 newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases per day. Between November 13, 2020 and November 27, 2020, hospitalizations of confirmed COVID-19 patients have increased by 101% to 1,893. The Health Officer expects both the number of new cases and hospitalizations to continue to rapidly increase over the next 21 days. Without rapid public health interventions, continued and substantial increases in both cases and hospitalizations will stress the health care system. This stress will limit availability of Intensive Care Unit beds for non-COVID-19 hospitalizations.

This Temporary Order is issued to ensure that County of Los Angeles residents, including the City of San Fernando, remain in their residences as much as practicable, to limit close contact with others outside their household in both indoor and outdoor spaces and to further reduce the risk of community transmission of COVID-19 resulting from the unprecedented surge of daily cases. This Temporary Order is issued to reduce capacity at sites where non-household members interact. Limiting interactions among non-household members, especially in places where persons are in close proximity without a face covering or mask, is essential to slowing the spread of COVID-19. It is imperative that all persons and businesses within the County take personal responsibility and follow all restrictions and infection control precautions by this Temporary Order. This Temporary Order is effective November 30, 2020 and will continue for 21 days.

• GATHERINGS: All public and private gatherings with individuals not in your household are prohibited, except for church services and protests.
• OCCUPANCY LIMITS (all individuals at these sites are required to wear face coverings and keep at least 6 feet of distance):

  • Essential Retail – 35% maximum occupancy
  • Non-essential Retail (including indoor malls) – 25% maximum occupancy
  • Personal Care Services – 20% maximum occupancy
  • Libraries – 30% maximum occupancy
  • Fitness Centers Operating Outdoors – 50% maximum occupancy
  • Museums, Galleries, Zoos, Aquariums, Botanical Gardens Operating Outdoors – 50% maximum occupancy
  • Mini-golf, batting cages, go-kart racing operating outdoors – 50% maximum occupancy
• SCHOOLS: All schools and day camps remain open adhering to re-opening protocols.
• CLOSED NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS/ACTIVITIES: Playgrounds (with exception of playgrounds at childcare and schools) and cardrooms.
• OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES (all which require face coverings, except for swimming, and distancing):
• Beaches, trails and parks remain open; gatherings at these sites with members outside your household are prohibited.
• Golf courses, tennis courts, pickleball, archery ranges, skate parks, bike parks, and community gardens remain open for individuals or members of a single household. Pools that serve more than one household may open only for regulated lap swimming with one person per lane.
• Drive-in Movies/events/care parades are permitted provided occupants in each care are members of one household. 

Download Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19: Tier 1 Substantial Surge Response (11/28/20) : ENGLISH

Download Temporary Targeted Safer at Home Health Officer Order for Control of COVID-19: Summary of Safety Measures (11/28/20) : ENGLISH

11/23/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ORDER: REVISED HEALTH ORDER PROHIBITING IN-PERSON DINING

As new COVID-19 cases remain at alarming levels and the number of people hospitalized continue to increase, the LA County Health Officer Order will be modified to restrict dining at restaurants, breweries, wineries and bars, effective Wednesday, November 25 at 10:00 p.m.

• In-person dining is prohibited for a minimum 3 weeks.
• Take-out, drive-thru and deliver serves are allowed.
• Wineries and breweries can continue retail operations while adhering to current safety protocols.

Download Reopening Safer at Work and In The Community for Control of COVID-19: Blueprint for a Safer Economy – Tier 1 Surge Response (11/25/20): ENGLISH  

11/19/20

LIMITED STAY AT HOME ORDER

11/19/20

LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT TIGHTER SAFEGUARDS AND RESTRICTIONS TO CURB COVID-19 SPREAD

10/23/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: REVISED HEALTH ORDER AND OPENING PROTOCOLS FOR PERSONAL CARE ESTABLISHMENTS, SHOPPING CENTER (FOOD SERVICES), SCHOOLS, AND FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT OPERATIONS

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020, May 7, 2020, July 13, 2020, July 17, 2020, and August 28, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the State’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

This revised Health Order includes:

• Permit personal care establishments to offer services indoors with modifications.
• Clarify permitted food services at Indoor Malls and Shopping Centers.
• Permit batting cages, miniature golf and go cart racing to operate outside only. Arcades and other indoor family entertainment operations remain closed.
• Increase the percentage of students with IEPs and ELs, and other high need students allowed at any one time on a K-12 campus from 10% to 25%.
• Permit schools to reopen TK-2nd Grades for classroom instruction only with a waiver application approved by the LA County Department of Public Health.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (10/23/20): ENGLISH

10/14/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: ALLOWING PRIVATE GATHERINGS OF PERSONS FROM NO MORE THAN 3 HOUSEHOLDS

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020, May 7, 2020, July 13, 2020, July 17, 2020, and August 28, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the State’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

This revised Health Order includes allowing private gatherings of persons from no more than 3 households, but only in compliance with the following requirements:

• Outdoors Only
• Keep it Short
• Follow Physical Distancing and Hand Hygiene
• Singing, Chanting, and Shouting at Outdoor Gatherings are Strongly Discouraged
• Anyone who develops COVID-19 within 48 hours after attending a private gathering must notify the Department of Public Health and the other attendees as soon as possible. 

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (10/14/20): ENGLISH

10/6/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: CONDITIONAL OPENING OF WINERIES AND BREWERIES FOR OUTDOOR DINING OPERATIONS WITH MODIFICATIONS

This Order is directed solely by the Board of Supervisors. The County of Los Angeles is currently experiencing widespread transmission of COVID-19 and is in Tier 1 of the State of California Blueprint for a Safer Economy. The Order permits the conditional opening of wineries and breweries that do not serve food, for outdoor dining operations. This Order permits wineries and breweries that do not serve food, for outdoor dining operations. This Order permits wineries and breweries, on or after October 6, 2020, to serve wine or beer when served with a bona fide meal prepared or served onsite by the approved food provider upon implementing the required infection control protocols issued by the Department of Public Health, which include but are not limited to, outside dining operations, required reservations for service, implementation and adherence to appropriate social distancing and all required safety measures. Wineries and breweries may continue to remain open for retail sales in compliance with Protocols for Retail Establishments Opening for In-person Shopping (Appendix B).

For more information on LA County’s Reopening Protocols, the Road to Recovery, or things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community, click here.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (10/6/20):ENGLISH

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order – Conditional Opening of Wineries and Breweries for Outdoor Dining Operations with Modifications (10/6/20): ENGLISH

10/5/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: REVISED HEALTH ORDER AND REOPENING PROTOCOLS 

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020, May 7, 2020, July 13, 2020, July 17, 2020, and August 28, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the State’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

For more information on LA County’s Reopening Protocols, the Road to Recovery, or things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community, click click here.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (10/5/20): ENGLISH

10/2/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: REVISED HEALTH ORDER AND OPENING PROTOCOLS FOR NAIL SALONS, SHOPPING MALLS, CARDROOMS, PLAYGROUNDS AND SCHOOL WAIVER PROGRAM

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020, May 7, 2020, July 13, 2020, July 17, 2020, and August 28, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the State’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health), in consultation with the Board of Supervisors, will revise the Health Officer Order to allow for limited in-door operations at nail salons and shopping malls, outdoor operations for cardrooms, re-opening of outside playgrounds and the school waiver program for grades TK-2.

The following sectors and program will be allowed to reopen on the following dates under the following restrictions:

Sector – Date of Reopening – Restrictions

• Nail Salons – October 1, 2020: Indoor services may resume at 25% capacity. Outdoor services should continue as much as possible.  
• Schools (TK-2) Waiver Program – Applications can be submitted on October 5, 2020: Limited to 30 schools per week.
• Cardrooms – October 5, 2020: Outdoor operations only. Food and beverages may not be served at the tables.
• Indoor Shopping Malls – October 7, 2020: Occupancy limited to 25% capacity; all food courts and all common areas remain closed.
• Outside Playgrounds – At the discretion of cities and the County Parks and Recreation Department. All parents and children age 2 and older who use playgrounds in the County must always wear a cloth face covering, there is no eating or drinking allowed at the playground, and parents are encouraged to monitor their children to ensure that they maintain a 6-foot physical distance from other children not in their households and that they take infection control procedures. Indoor playgrounds do remain closed. Exceptions are playgrounds located at childcare facilities. 

Public Health is consulting with County Counsel to determine the process and date for re-opening outdoor operations at breweries and wineries serving a meal. We anticipate this process will be completed in a week.

Beginning Monday, October 5, school waiver applications for in-person instruction for students in grades TK-2 will be available online at www.publichealth.lacounty.gov. Applications will be received and reviewed by Public Health in consultation with the State. Schools must follow all required school re-opening protocols for infection control, distancing, and cohorting. Students will be in cohorts of no more than 12 children and two supervising adults in each classroom. This group of students and adults will need to stay together throughout the entire day for all activities. Every school that re-opens will receive a site visit from Public Health. Public Health has a dedicated team of specialists providing technical assistance and disease management control to all schools that are re-opened or re-opening.

Comprehensive protocols for all sectors that reopen will be posted online to ensure the continued health and safety of workers and the community. Businesses are required to implement the protocols for infection control and distancing prior to reopening to ensure they are in compliance, and to avoid citations, fines and possible closure. Businesses have a duty to protect employees, customers and residents from COVID-19 as much as possible and to follow Public Health protocols and directives. It is important for everyone to follow the directives and to do their part every day to keep everyone as safe as possible.

For more information on LA County’s Reopening Protocols, the Road to Recovery, or things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community, click click here.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (10/2/20): ENGLISH

9/4/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: REVISED HEALTH ORDER AND REOPENING PROTOCOLS 

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020, May 7, 2020, July 13, 2020, July 17, 2020, and August 28, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the State’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

For more information on LA County’s Reopening Protocols, the Road to Recovery, or things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community, click click here.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (9/4/20): ENGLISH

9/2/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: REVISED HEALTH ORDER AND REOPENING PROTOCOLS PERTAINING TO SMALL SCHOOL SERVICES AND HAIR SALONS AND BARBERSHOPS

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020, May 7, 2020, July 13, 2020, July 17, 2020, and August 28, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the State’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

SCHOOL SERVICES

Beginning Monday, September 14, 2020, K-12 schools may offer in-school services for small cohorts of (up to 12) students with:

• Individualized Education Plans (IEP);
• Requiring instruction for English as a Second Language;
• Or needing assessments or specialized in-school services

as long as the school is able to fully implement the Health Officer’s guidance and protocols and submits an operational plan. This change will get children who are in the most need of in-person learning back into their classrooms. Once available, Guidance and Protocols for K-12 can be found here. 

LA County will not be opening the waiver program for instruction of students in grades TK-6 as we monitor the implementation of this effort to safely get students needing specialized in-school services back at school.

HAIR SALONS AND BARBERSHOPS

In addition to limited in-school services, the HOO has been revised to allow increased access to hair salons & barbershops. LA County’s Department of Public Health issued the Reopening Protocol for Hair Salons & Barbershops. Once reviewed, hair salons & barbershops can re-open for indoor services at 25% occupancy, provided they are in full compliance with the County’s protocols – which includes physical distancing and face coverings for both employees and customers, among other requirements.

If your hair salon or barbershop has been operating outdoors, please continue to do so and use your 25% occupancy for those services you are not able to provide outdoors.

All other current restrictions remain unchanged at this time. As LA County slowly reopens sectors, reopenings and how they impact community transmission will be watched closely. LA County does not want to experience the significant spikes in cases, hospitalizations and deaths seen in July after re-openings and holidays.

Read the full announcement on the reopening of in-school services and increased access to hair salons. 

For more information on LA County’s Reopening Protocols, the Road to Recovery, or things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community, click click here.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (9/2/20): ENGLISH

8/31/20

LA COUNTY & THE STATE’S NEW COVID-19 FRAMEWORK

NEW STATE COVID-19 FRAMEWORK

Last Friday, the State of California released a new tiered framework to more easily communicate the extent of community transmission in counties across the state. The above graphic is a summary of: 1) the state’s tiers, 2) the indicators they are tracking, and 3) how counties are being classified (as having either widespread, substantial, moderate or minimal spread of the COVID-19 virus in their communities). Moving forward, California will use this new tier system to guide possible sector re-openings for counties to consider.

WHAT DOES THE NEW FRAMEWORK MEAN FOR LA COUNTY (INCLUDING THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO)?

In LA County, the ultimate decisions about sector re-openings will remain under the purview of the County Health Officer Orders, which are developed in consultation with LA County’s Board of Supervisors.

As demonstrated by the below graphic, LA County is currently in Tier 1 – meaning that there continues to be widespread transmission of the virus in the county.

Per the State, LA County’s current number of 7-day average of new cases (per day per 100,000 people) is 13 – nearly double the threshold for moving up to Tier 2 (which requires that LA County have less than 7 new cases per day per 100,000 population).

LA County’s current test positivity rate is 5%. And even though this places us in Tier 2 (Red) for this metric, when the two metrics fall in different tiers, the State places counties in the most restrictive tier; hence, LA County (like most counties in California) has been placed in Tier 1.

Our path forward for reopening depends on LA County being able to reduce community transmission significantly, so children and teachers can get back to their classrooms and more people can get back to their jobs with as much safety as possible.

For more information on the State’s new framework, visit the CA Department of Public Health (CDPH) website here. For guidance, reopening protocols or a list of what is open or remains closed in LA County, visit LA County’s Department of Public Health.

8/12/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: REVISED HEALTH ORDER AND REOPENING PROTOCOLS PERTAINING TO EDUCATION

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020, May 7, 2020, July 13, 2020, and July 17, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the State’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (8/12/20): ENGLISH

8/3/20

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO PUBLIC ORDER: SWAP MEET – ADDED OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Issue Date: August 3, 2020

On March 16, 2020, the City Council of the City of San Fernando (“City”) declared a Local Emergency pursuant to San Fernando Municipal Code Chapter 26 Section 2 in response to the public threat caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Such declaration grants specific duties to the officers and employees of the City as set forth in Chapter 26 Section 63. Since that time several additional measures have been taken by the State of California and the City of San Fernando to protect the public from an undue risk of contracting COVID-19.

On March 21, 2020, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health (the “Health Department”) first issued the “Safer at Home Order for the Control of COVID-19” (the “Safer at Home Order”) and has issued a succession of updated iterations to the same since with the most recent iteration of the Safe at Home Order being issued on July 18, 2020.  The term “Safer at Home Order” means the most current iteration of the aforementioned order of the Health Department, inclusive of any related guidance material relating to the same.

By virtue of authority vested in me as the Director of Emergency Services, pursuant to the provisions of the San Fernando Municipal Code Chapter 26 Section 63(a)(6)(a) to “make and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such emergency”, I hereby declare the following orders to be necessary for the protection of life and property and hereby order:

• The swap meet located at 585 Glenoaks Boulevard in the City of San Fernando and commonly referred to as San Fernando Swap Meet (the “Swap Meet”) is subject to the County of Los Angeles Protocols for Shopping Centers: Appendix E of the Safer at Home Order.  

• In addition to the Protocols for Shopping Centers, the Swap Meet is hereby required to adhere to the following added operational conditions above and beyond those set forth in the Safe at Home Order as of the date of this order of the City:

  • In addition to the informational signage called for under the Safer at Home Order, Swap Meet operations shall post additional informational signage notifying Swap Meet patrons and vendors of applicable social distancing protocols, proper way to wear a mask, and location of handwashing/ sanitation stations. The additional signage shall be posted conspicuously at the entrance and exit of each row of booths that are being used by vendors for the purpose of selling goods on any given day.
  • Swap Meet operators shall provide additional handwashing stations at each entrance to the Swap Meet, at the exterior of each restroom facility, and another 4 (1 per 100,000 square feet of retail space) handwashing stations distributed throughout the grounds of the Swap Meet during business hours.
  • Swap Meet operators will limit people capacity to a maximum of 50% of the persons capacity authorized by the Fire Marshall at any given time during business hours (“persons” includes customers, vendors, and staff). The Swap Meet operators shall also limit the number of vendors allowed to operate at the Swap Meet at any given time to 50% of the total number of vendor stalls available to vendors.
• Although the Safer at Home Order permitted the resumption of swap meet operations in the County of Los Angeles effective as of May 26, 2020 subject to conditions and guidance stated in the Safer at Home Order, I hereby find that circumstances and factors specific to the Swap Meet’s operations in San Fernando warrant more stringent regulation than what is called for under the Safer at Home Order. It is also observed that the Safer at Home Order by its own terms authorizes cities to implement more stringent regulations than those called for under the Safer at Home Order. The specific circumstances and factors that warrant the closure of the Swap Meet are as follows:

  • The Swap Meet is not considered an “Essential Business” under the State and County of Los Angeles Health Orders.
  • The Swap Meet provides the potential for a large gathering of people that may further community spread of COVID-19.
  • As of July 29, 2020, the City of San Fernando has a high concentration of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths.

    • 594 confirmed cases; equal to 2,413 per 100,000 residents (65^th of 88 incorporated cities and unincorporated areas in Los Angeles County).
    • 14 confirmed deaths; equal to 57 per 100,000 residents (69^th of 88 incorporated cities and unincorporated areas in Los Angeles County).

Any violation of this order shall be enforced by Section 1-10 of the San Fernando Municipal Code which allows a maximum fine of $1,000 or a maximum of six months imprisonment. Each infidel officer should use their discretion in enforcing this order and always keep the intent of the order in mind.

This order shall be effective at 11:59 p.m. on August 3, 2020 and shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on August 20, 2020.

This order may be extended or rescinded by the Director of Emergency Services, in writing, prior to August 20, 2020.

Download City of San Fernando Public Order: Swap Meet – Added Operational Requirements (8/3/20): ENGLISH

7/18/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: REVISED HEALTH ORDER AND REOPENING PROTOCOLS

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020, May 7, 2020, July 13, 2020, and July 17, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the State’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (7/18/20): ENGLISH

7/14/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: REVISED HEALTH ORDER AND REOPENING PROTOCOLS

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020, May 7, 2020, and July 13, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the State’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (7/14/20): ENGLISH

7/13/20

GOVERNOR NEWSOM ORDERS ADDITIONAL ACTION TO SLOW COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION

California is monitoring COVID-19 closely in each local community and keeping the public informed and is teaming up with counties to fight it with every tool available: current local data, testing, contact tracing, infection control, emergency supplies, containment measures, and more.

Counties should be ready to restore limitations if outbreaks increase. The State Public Health Officer may take action if needed.

Effective July 13, 2020, ALL counties must close indoor operations in these sectors:

• Dine-in restaurants
• Wineries and tasting rooms
• Movie theaters 
• Family entertainment centers (for example: bowling alleys, miniature golf, batting cages and arcades)
• Zoos and museums
• Cardrooms 

Additionally, bars, brewpubs, breweries, and pubs must close all operations both indoor and outdoor statewide.

Counties that have remained on the County Monitoring List for 3 consecutive days will be required to shut down the following industries or activities unless they can be modified to operate outside or by pick-up.

• Fitness centers
• Worship services
• Protests
• Offices for non-essential sectors
• Personal care services, like nail salons, body waxing and tattoo parlors
• Hair salons and barbershops
• Malls 

The following counties have remained on the County Monitoring List for 3 consecutive days:

• Colusa
• Contra Costa
• Fresno
• Glenn
• Imperial
• Kings
• Los Angeles
• Madera
• Marin
• Merced
• Monterey
• Napa
• Orange
• Placer
• Riverside
• Sacramento
• San Benito
• San Bernardino
• San Diego
• San Joaquin
• Santa Barbara
• Solano
• Sonoma
• Stanislaus
• Sutter
• Tulare
• Yolo
• Yuba
• Ventura 

More information about the state’s COVID-19 guidance is on the California Department of Public Health’s Guidance web page.

More information about reopening California and what individuals can do to prevent the spread of COVID-19, visit Coronavirus (COVID-19) in California.

7/4/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: REVISED HEALTH ORDER AND REOPENING PROTOCOLS

This revised Health Order is issued to comply with State Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-60-20 issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, and the accompanying orders of the State Public Health Officer issued on March 19, 2020 and May 7, 2020. The State Public Health Offers has articulated a 4 Stage framework – California Pandemic Resilience Roadmap to inform the Stat’s actions that reintroduce activities and sectors in a phased manner and with necessary modifications to protect health and safety, and to lower the risk of COVID-19 transmission and outbreaks in a community.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (7/4/20): ENGLISH

7/1/20

GOVERNOR NEWSOM ORDERS ADDITIONAL ACTION TO SLOW COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION

Number: NR20-143

Contact: CDPHpress@cdph.ca.gov

Counties on Monitoring List for 3 Days or More Must Prohibit Indoor Operations in Certain Sectors for a Minimum of 3 Weeks

Businesses May Modify Operations to Provide Outdoor Services or Pick-up

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health today released guidance directing counties that have been on the County Monitoring List for three consecutive days or more to close indoor operations for certain sectors which promote the mixing of populations beyond households and make adherence to physical distancing and wearing face coverings difficult. The guidance applies for a minimum of three weeks and is subject to an extension based on epidemiologic indicators. These sectors may modify operations to provide services outside or by pick-up. In addition, all brewpubs, breweries, bars, and pubs in these counties must close immediately, both indoor and outdoor.

Today’s guidance applies to the following sectors:

• Indoor Dine-in restaurants
• Indoor Wineries and Tasting Rooms
• Indoor Family Entertainment Centers
• Indoor Movie Theaters
• Indoor Zoos and Museums
• Indoor Cardrooms

“California is seeing the virus spreading at alarming rates in many parts of the state, and we are taking immediate action to slow the spread of the virus in those areas,” said Governor Newsom. “We bent the curve in the state of California once, and we will bend the curve again. But we’re going to have to be tougher, and that’s why we are taking this action today.”

Community spread of COVID-19 continues to be a concern across the state, and in particular for counties on the County Monitoring List. This puts vulnerable populations, including older Californians and those who have chronic conditions or compromised immune systems, at higher risk of becoming seriously ill due to the virus.

“Today’s action is necessary to help slow the spread of this virus,” said Dr. Sonia Angell, State Public Health Officer and Director of the California Department of Public Health. “We put ourselves and our community at greatest risk for COVID 19 when we mix with people who don’t live with us. And if you go out, wear a face covering, keep your distance, wash your hands frequently and limit unnecessary indoor activities that increase the risk of exposure.”

Today’s order applies to counties that have been on the County Monitoring List for three or more consecutive days. Combined these 19 counties represent approximately 72% of California’s population.

Sectors included in today’s guidance are all high risk of transmission due to a number of features of the businesses and the behaviors that occur within them. These sectors, foundationally, are settings where groups convene and may mix with others for prolonged periods of time often without a face covering. Additionally, physical movement within the establishment, duration of time spent in the establishment, and the degree of social mixing among individuals and groups outside one’s household are all significant in these sectors, which substantially elevates the risk of transmission even where face coverings can be worn. Furthermore, in some of these sectors centered on eating and drinking, compliance with face coverings is not possible for the full duration of time someone spends in these establishments.

California will continue to update and issue guidance based on the best available public health data and the best practices currently employed. All industry or sector guidance documents that have been issued to date, including all infectious control measures outlined in those guidance documents, apply in outdoor settings, and thus must be adhered to.

Finally, as we approach the 4th of July holiday weekend, California is recommending that counties with mandatory closures cancel firework shows, and is reminding all Californians that they should not gather with people they do not live with and avoid crowds. Additionally, all parking facilities at state beaches in Southern California and the Bay Area will be closed for the upcoming weekend. In counties that close local beaches, the State will follow suit and close state beaches. Other state parks will remain open, with measures in place to reduce visitation and limit overcrowding.

More information about the state’s COVID-19 guidance is on the California Department of Public Health’s Guidance web page.

More information about reopening California and what individuals can do to prevent the spread of COVID-19, visit Coronavirus (COVID-19) in California.

6/29/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PUBLIC BEACHES, PIERS, BEACH BIKE PATHS AND ACCESS POINTS, AND TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF FIREWORK SHOWS AND EVENTS

The County Health Officer Order has ordered the temporary closure of public beaches, piers, beach bike paths and access points, and the temporary prohibition of firework shows and events between July 3, 2020 and July 6, 2020.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (6/28/20): ENGLISH

6/28/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: BARS AND BREWERY TASTING ROOMS CLOSED UNLESS THEY ARE OFFERING SIT-DOWN DINE-IN MEALS

Los Angeles County, including the City of San Fernando, will heed Governor Gavin Newsom’s directive issued on June 28, 2020 and bars in Los Angeles County must close today.

The County Health Officer Order has been amended to require that all bars, breweries, brew pubs, pubs, wineries and tasting rooms in Los Angeles County close unless they are offering sit-down dine-in meals. This includes closing bar areas in restaurants.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (6/28/20): ENGLISH

6/18/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: NAIL SALONS, SPAS, TATTOO SHOPS, CASINOS, BARS AND WINERIES REOPEN WITH SAFEGUARDS

Los Angeles County is moving forward in its Roadmap to Recovery by reopening additional personal and recreational services to residents including nail salons, bars and casinos.

Although overall case counts are increasing as testing becomes more widespread and there is more community transmission, the County continues to see steady decreases in the rate of COVID-19 infections and virus-related hospitalizations and deaths.

Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) announced that the Health Officer Order will be modified to include infection control and distancing requirements for re-opening the following sectors on Friday, June 19:

• Nail salons
• Cosmetology services
• Spas offering aesthetic and massage services
• Tattoo and piercing shops
• Tanning salons
• Casinos, card rooms and satellite wagering sites
• Bar and wineries not anchored to food services 

These businesses will be able to open, in some cases at limited capacity, once they have the appropriate infection control and distancing requirements in place.

In addition, protests and faith-based services held outdoors will no longer have limits on how many people can participate, starting Friday.

Public health guidance documents will be posted here as soon as they are available: publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus.

The County continues to actively monitor the spread of the virus and the capacity of the healthcare system to provide residents with essential services. COVID-19 is still present in Los Angeles County, and the threat of this deadly virus remains.

However, the County is in line with State of California guidelines, and our key metrics reflect that compliance. Los Angeles County’s seven-day death average has not increased, the three-day hospitalization average is down five percent and the seven-day testing average is well above the State’s requirement at 17,000 tests conducted per day.

In addition, the positivity rate is eight percent, which is in line with the State’s requirements.

Detailed data and metrics on the reopening guidelines can be found here.

Los Angeles County remains in Phase 3 of the State’s Resilience Roadmap.

Residents must continue to practice physical distancing, wear cloth face coverings and follow Public Health directives.

If at any time the County’s rate of infection and other key metrics demonstrate a rapid acceleration of new cases that threatens to overwhelm the healthcare system, the Public Health and the Board of Supervisors may need to limit future re-openings or close reopened sectors.

Getting a manicure, a massage or a tattoo, or going to a card room will be a different experience than it was before the pandemic. Each sector reopening will have strict infection control directives in place.  Please see below for highlights from each sector.

Just as is required for all out-of-home activities, visitors and staff will have to practice physical distancing and wear cloth face coverings. There will be limited capacity and enhanced cleaning and disinfecting procedures. People feeling sick should stay home.

These additional re-openings follow other significant elements of the economy and community that have begun reopening and operating with limits and safeguards, including gyms, day camps, museums, spectator-free sports, hair salons, barber shops, religious services, retail, restaurants, beaches and trails.

Still closed are movie theaters, live performance theaters, entertainment centers, concert halls and venues, stadiums, arenas, gaming facilities, theme parks, lounges and nightclubs, hot tubs, steam rooms and saunas not located on a residential property and festivals. Click here for a detailed list of what is currently open and closed in L.A. County.

Click here for frequently asked questions by residents about resuming the use of previously closed sectors.

The plans for reopening are part of a phased progression that provides residents, employees and customers with safety protections to slow the spread of COVID-19.

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AT A GLANCE: HIGHLIGHTS OF GUIDELINES REOPENING

• All employees and customers will be screened for symptoms, including cough and fever. Anyone feeling unwell should stay home.
• Customers must wear a face covering at all times, unless exempted for a particular service.
• Physical distancing must be maintained and capacity will be limited.
• Waiting rooms will be limited or closed and amenities, such as magazines, will be removed.
• Reservations are required for personal services.
• Contactless forms of payments are encouraged. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUAL SECTORS:

NAIL SERVICES

• Staff must wear a cloth face covering at all times. Staff may be required to wear a respirator, which is necessary when ventilation is insufficient to reduce exposure below permissible exposure limits established in state code.
• For certain procedures workers may need to wear, in addition to their face covering, a face shield and gloves.
• You may not receive multiple services, for example a manicure and a pedicure, at the same time.
• Reservations are required
• Download Reopening Protocols: ENGLISH. 

ESTHETICIAN, SKIN CARE, ELECTROLYSIS AND COSMETOLOGY SERVICES

• Customers must wear face coverings at all times while in the facility, except when the face covering must be removed for the performance of services involving that part of the face.
• In addition to face coverings, staff are required to wear a face shield when they are providing services that do not enable the client to wear a face covering. Staff should also wear disposable gloves throughout the entire esthetic service.
• Download Reopening Protocols: ENGLISH. 

MASSAGE SERVICES

• Staff must wash their hands before any services are provided.
• Customers must wear face coverings during the entirety of the massage service.
• Hand treatments will be provided as the last part of the service. 
• Download Reopening Protocols: ENGLISH.

TATTOO AND PIERCING SERVICES

• Gloves are required throughout the tattoo and piercing sessions.
• Mouth/nose area piercings and tattooing are suspended. 
• Download Reopening Protocols: ENGLISH.

CARD ROOMS

• Occupancy is limited to 50%, and food and beverages are only allowed at restaurants and bars. 
• Download Reopening Protocols: ENGLISH  

BARS AND WINERIES

• Bars and wineries may serve only alcohol and the establishment does not need to be affiliated with food services, as the previous order required.
• Customers will not be able to order drinks at the bar or counter.
• Capacity is limited to 50% and customers will need to be seated to order and consume beverages.
• Download Reopening Protocols: ENGLISH. 

No entertainment is allowed.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (6/18/20): ENGLISH

6/12/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: ADDITIONAL REOPENINGS

REOPENING

A modified Health Order, to be issued by LA County’s DPH, will highlight infection control and distancing requirements for each sector. The following locations are allowed to reopen as soon as June 12, 2020:

• Gyms and fitness facilities; Download Reopening Protocol  
• Professional sports without live audiences; Download Reopening Protocol  
• Day camps; Download Reopening Protocol  
• Museums, galleries, zoos and aquariums; Download Reopening Protocol  
• Campgrounds, RV parks and outdoor recreation; Download Reopening Protocol  
• Music, film and television production; Download Reopening Protocol  
• Hotels, lodging and short-term rentals for tourism and individual travel; Download Reopening Protocol  

With these reopenings, LA County will be in Phase 3 of the State’s Resilience Roadmap.

REQUIREMENTS

While the latest reopenings are a major step forward, they do not mean the threat of COVID-19 is gone. Read the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s press release to see a list of Reopening Requirements and Guidelines employers, employees and the public will need to follow. Additionally, all County residents are reminded they must continue to:

• Practice physical distancing.
• Wear cloth face coverings.
• Follow public health directives. 

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will continue to monitor the spread of COVID-19 and the capacity of the healthcare system to provide county residents with essential services. Should the rate of infection (and other key indicators) warrant, LA County may adjust orders to limit future reopenings or close reopened sectors.

STILL CLOSED

Nail salons, tattoo shops, bars and wineries, movie theaters, live performance theaters, entertainment centers, concert halls and venues, stadiums, arenas, gaming facilities, theme parks and festivals are still closed. Click here for a detailed list of what is open and closed in L.A. County.

To keep up with LA County’s recovery process, visit covid19.lacounty.gov/recovery.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (6/11/20): ENGLISH

5/29/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: RE-OPENING OF HAIR SALONS, BARBERSHOPS AND RESTAURANTS FOR IN-PERSON DINING

Since LA County, including the City of San Fernando, is now in the advanced stages of Phase 2 of the State’s Resilience Roadmap, you will now begin to see the re-opening of more small and locally-owned businesses across the County. It means those sectors are now able to return to work and you may be able to further support your favorite local shop or restaurant in-person.

These businesses have now been allowed to re-open in LA County, including the City of San Fernando, with the appropriate safeguards in place:

• HAIR SALONS & BARBERSHOPS

  • Physical distancing measures will be in place.
  • Employees and customers will be screened for symptoms, including cough and fever. Clients feeling unwell should reschedule their appointment.
  • Everyone, including clients, must wear cloth face coverings while in the salon or barber shop and clients are encouraged to wear face coverings with earloops to ensure the face covering does not interfere with the hair service.
  • Magazines, coffee and other amenities will not be available.
  • Clients are encouraged to use credit cards and contactless payment systems. If electronic or card payment is not possible, customers should come with exact cash payment or check, if available.
  • Stylists may only serve one client at a time.
  • Download Reopening Protocol: ENGLISH
  • Still closed: nail salons, spa services (including massage, facials and waxing  

     

• IN-PERSON DINING

  • Physical distancing measures will be in place.
  • Employees and customers will be screened for symptoms, including cough and fever. Patrons feeling unwell should not eat at a restaurant.
  • Employees are required to wear cloth face coverings and face shields.
  • Outdoor seating and curbside pickup are prioritized.
  • Reservations will be encouraged.
  • Customers will be asked to wait for their table in their cars or outside the restaurant to prevent crowds from gathering.
  • Diners must wear cloth face coverings when not eating.
  • Bar areas will be closed.
  • Occupancy capacity will be limited to 60% for the next three weeks. 
  • Download Reopening Protocol: ENGLISH   

Public and private gatherings of people outside of a single household unit are not permitted, except for public protests and faith-based services, which are permitted to operate with limits on the number of participants.

Everyone must continue to follow physical distancing and infection control protocols and wear a cloth face covering when in contact with others not in your household. If at any time, the County’s rate of infection and other key metrics return to unsafe numbers, the Department of Public Health can limit or close reopened sectors.

Read today’s press release on this new re-opening milestone.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order (5/29/20): ENGLISH

5/26/20

REOPENING SAFER AT WORK AND IN THE COMMUNITY FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19: MOVING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES THROUGH STAGE 2 OF CALIFORNIA’S PANDEMIC RESILIENCE ROADMAP

The new, revised Health Order (dated May 26, 2020) and reopening protocols allows for in-store shopping at low-risk retail stores, drive-in movies and other recreational activities. The Order also allows for faith-based services to resume.

• All indoor and outdoor retail shopping centers may now open for business at 50% capacity. Flea Markets, swap meets and drive-in theaters may also reopen.
• Faith-based organizations may resume services, with the number of congregants limited to less than 25% of the building’s capacity, or a maximum of 100 people, whichever is lower.
• Pools, hot tubs and saunas that are in a multi-unit residence or part of a homeowners association may reopen. 
• Individuals may participate in an in-person protest as long as attendance is limited to 25% of the area’s maximum occupancy, or a maximum of 100 attendees, whichever is lower. 

County residents may take part in all-permitted activities while continuing to practice physical distancing and wearing a cloth face covering when in contact with others. You are still encouraged to remain in your residences, as much as practical, and limit close contact with others outside your household (both indoor and outdoor).

Gatherings of people not from the same household are still prohibited, except for faith-based services and in-person protests.

Download Safer at Work and in the Community Health Order: ENGLISH

5/22/20

CONTINUATION OF SAFER AT HOME ORDER THAT MOVES THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES INTO STAGE 2 OF THE COUNTY’S ROADMAP TO RECOVERY

The new, revised Health Order (dated May 22, 2020) and reopening protocols allow the reopening of lower-risk retail businesses for curbside, doorside, or other outdoor or outside pick-up or delivery. This Order also reopens public beaches for certain types of active recreation and conditionally reopens additional recreational opportunities.

Download Safer at Home Health Order (5/22/20): ENGLISH

5/13/20

CONTINUATION OF SAFER AT HOME ORDER THAT BEGINS TO MOVE THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES INTO STAGE 2 OF THE COUNTY’S ROADMAP TO RECOVERY

The new, revised Health Order (dated May 13, 2020) and reopening protocols allows for the opening of additional retail businesses for curbside pick-up or delivery. 

Download Safer At Home Health Order (5/13/20): ENGLISH

5/7/20

RECOVERY BEGINS: SOME NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES TO RE-OPEN MAY 8, 2020

LA County residents are doing their part to follow the County’s “Safer at Home” Health Officer Order which has slowed the spread of COVID-19.  LA County is now taking its first steps towards reopening businesses and getting people back to work.

Starting Friday, May 8, 2020, the following businesses, facilities or locations will re-open across LA County:

NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES: ONLY FOR CURBSIDE PICK-UP WITH ADHERENCE TO DISTANCING AND INFECTION CONTROL PROTOCOLS. 

This includes:

• Bookstores 
• Clothing stores 
• Florists
• Music stores
• Sporting goods stores
• Toy stores
• Car dealership showrooms (open for sales with adherence to distancing and infection control protocols) 

OUTDOOR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES: WILL OPEN PROVIDED ALL ACTIVITIES ADHERE TO DISTANCING AND INFECTION PROTOCOLS.

This includes: 

• Golf courses, not including pro-shops or dine-in restaurants
• Trails
• Trailheads
• Parks (group gatherings prohibited)

The re-opening of businesses will occur in stages and require physical distancing and infection control practices. For more information on the stages to re-open, click here. 

The curve has flattened, however  the COVID-19 pandemic is still in LA County. The coronavirus is still deadly and capable of quickly taking many lives. As L.A. County moves into its first stage of recovery,  all residents, business owners and employees must continue to observe and practice all COVID-19 physical distancing requirements. 

We remind  all LA County residents – continue to do your part to slow the spread of COVID-19:

• Wear a face covering whenever you leave home
• Wash hands throughout the day 
• Stay six feet away from people who don’t live with you 

And don’t forget – you can get a free COVID-19 test if you have symptoms. All tests are confidential, and will tell you if you’re COVID-19 positive or negative. Click here for more information about COVID-19 testing in LA County.

Important Notice: LA County may modify at any time the recovery guidelines displayed on this page based on the California Governor’s executive orders, State Health Officer orders and/or emerging science. More sector specific guidance will be provided and posted as it becomes available.

For up-to-date information on the various stages of re-opening LA County, visit our COVID-19 website at covid19.lacounty.gov/recovery.

Download Safer at Home Health Order (5/8/20): ENGLISH  

(4/10/20)

NEW PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER

LA County’s Public Health Officer has issued a new order to LA County residents and businesses. Today’s Order extends stipulations from previous Health Officer Orders through May 15, 2020, and highlights:

• Essential businesses are required to provide cloth face coverings to all employees, to wear while performing duties which involve contact w/other employees and/or the public;
• Essential businesses are required to post their physical distancing plans; and
• The public is required to wear a face covering to enter essential businesses. 

Today’s Order allows essential businesses to implement these new measures by April 15, 2020.

Download Los Angeles County Public Health Order (4/10/20): ENGLISH 

(4/10/20)

PUBLIC ORDER UNDER CITY OF SAN FERNANDO EMERGENCY AUTHORITY: LOCAL MASK COVERING PROTOCOL FOR THE CONTROL OF COVID-19

Issue Date:  April 10, 2020

Subject:  New City Measure to Address COVID-19 Working Protection

On March 16, 2020, the City Council of the City of San Fernando (“City”) declared a Local Emergency pursuant to San Fernando Municipal Code Chapter 26 Section 2 in response to the public threat caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Such declaration grants specific duties to the officers and employees of the City as set forth in Chapter 26 Section 63. Since that time several additional measures have been taken by the State of California and the City of San Fernando to protect the public from an undue risk of contracting COVID-19.

On March 21, 2020, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health (the “Health Department”) issued the “Safer at Home Order for the Control of COVID-19” (the “Safer at Home Order”), which identifies so-called Essential Businesses that are permitted to remain open subject to certain restrictions, including adherence to variance infection control precautions.  For purposes of this Order, the term “Essential Business” shall have the same meaning as set forth under Section 13 of the Safer at Home Order as the same may be amended or otherwise interpreted by the Health Department.

The Safer at Home Order at page 1 provides that it “does not supersede any stricter limitation imposed by a local public entity”

On April 7, 2020, Mayor Garcetti for the City of Los Angeles issued a Worker Protection Order, ordering furthering protections for non-medical essential works, including, but not limited to, mandatory face covering for workers and patrons.

As the City is completely encircled within the City of Los Angeles and contracts with the City of Los Angeles for fire protection services coordination and consistency with the City of Los Angeles on protocols for protecting the public is both reasonable and efficient and will avoid confusion and inconsistency.

By virtue of authority vested in me as the Director of Emergency Services, pursuant to the provisions of the San Fernando Municipal Code Chapter 26 Section 63(a)(6)(a) to “make and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such emergency”, I hereby declare the following orders to be necessary for the protection of life and property and hereby order:

1. This Order shall apply to the following Essential Businesses operating in the City of San Fernando, all workers working at such Essential Business and all customers patronizing such Essential Businesses in person:

• Grocery stores, certified farmers’ markets, farm and produce stands, supermarkets, food banks, convenience stores, warehouse stores, and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of canned food, dry goods, fresh fruit and vegetables, pet supply, water, fresh meats, fish, and poultry, and any other household consumer products (such as cleaning or personal care products). This includes stores that sell groceries and sell other non-grocery products, and products necessary to maintaining the safety, sanitation and essential operation of residences;
• Food processors, confectioners, food packagers, food testing labs that are not open to the public, and food cultivation, including farming, livestock, and fishing;
• 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 service agencies);
• Newspapers, television, radio, magazine, podcast, and journalism activities;
• Gas stations, auto-supply, mobile auto repair operations, auto repair shops (including without limitation, auto repair shops adjacent to or otherwise in connection with a retail or used auto dealership), and bicycle repair shops and related facilities;
• Banks, credit unions, financial institutions and insurance companies;
• Hardware stores, nurseries; building supply stores;
• Plumbers, electricians, exterminators, custodial/janitorial workers, handyman services, funeral home workers and morticians, moving services, HVAC installers, carpenters, vegetation services, tree maintenance, landscapers, gardeners, property managers, private security personnel and other service providers who provide services to maintain the safety, sanitation, and essential operation to properties and other Essential Businesses;
• Businesses providing mailing and shipping services, including post office boxes;
• Laundromats, dry cleaners, laundry service providers;
• Restaurants and other food facilities that prepare and serve food, but only for delivery, drive thru or carry out. Indoor and outdoor table dining is not permitted. Cafeterias, commissaries, and restaurants located within hospitals, nursing homes, or other licensed health care facilities may provide dine-in service, as long as social distancing is practiced pursuant to Section 2(a)-(d) of the Safer at Home Order;
• Businesses that supply office or computer products needed by people who work from home;
• Businesses that ship, truck, provide logistical support or deliver groceries, food, goods, or services directly to residences, Essential Businesses, Healthcare Operations, and Essential Infrastructure;
• Airline, taxis, ride sharing services and other private transportation providers providing transportation services necessary for activities of daily living and other purposes expressly authorized in the Safer at Home Order for Control of COVID-19 dated March 21, 2020;
• Home-based care for seniors, adults, disabled persons, seniors, adults, children and animals;
• Residential facilities and shelters for homeless residents, disabled persons, seniors, adults, children, and animals;
• Childcare facilities providing services that enable employees exempted under the Safer at Home Order to work as permitted;
• Hotels, motels, shared rental units and similar facilities;
• Construction Workers who support the construction, operation, inspection, and maintenance of construction sites and construction projects (including housing construction). 

2. All such employers for the Essential Businesses described in Paragraph 1 of this Order must adhere to all applicable infection control precautions ordered under the Safer at Home Order and all other operational restrictions specific to the business as specified in the Safer at Home Order or any other order issued by the Health Department.
3. All customers and visitors of the Essential Businesses described in Paragraph 1 of this Order must wear face coverings over their noses and mouths to provide additional protection for employees and other customers. At this time, the face coverings need not be medical-grade masks or N95 respirators, but can be fabric coverings, such as scarves and bandana coverings. All Essential Business employers covered by this Order must provide, at their expense, non-medical grade face coverings for their employees.
4. An Essential Business referenced Paragraph 1 of this Order may refuse admission or service to any individual who fails to wear face coverings as required by this Order.
5. This Order is intended to supplement the any orders of the Health Department to the extent this Order is not in conflict with the orders of the Health Department.

Any business owner or operator described in Paragraph 1 of this Order may sell face coverings and emergency supplies. All sellers of emergency supplies referenced in this Order shall abide by all price gouging laws.

Any violation of this order shall be enforced by Section 1-10 of the San Fernando Municipal Code which allows a maximum fine of $1,000 or a maximum of six months imprisonment. Each individual officer should use their discretion in enforcing this order and always keep the intent of the order in mind.

This order shall be effective at 11:59 p.m. on April 12, 2020 and shall remain in effect until April 19, 2020.

This order may be extended prior to April 19, 2020.

Download Public Order Under City of San Fernando Emergency Authority: Local Mask Covering Protocol for the Control of COVID-19 (4/12/20): ENGLISH  

(4/1/20)

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO URGES THE COMMUNITY TO WEAR CLOTH FACE COVERINGS

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS RELEASE GUIDANCE ON USE OF CLOTH FACE COVERINGS 

Social distancing and hand washing are still best actions Californians can take to fight COVID-19

California’s public health officials today released guidance on the use of cloth face coverings to protect against COVID-19 for Californians who must leave their homes to conduct essential activities. The guidance does not require people to wear face coverings – and is not a substitute for the state’s current guidance regarding social distancing and hand washing. The state also does not recommend Californians use N-95 or surgical masks, which are needed for our health care workers and first responders who will be there for when our lives at risk.

“Face coverings are not a substitute for physical distancing or frequent hand washing, which we know are amongst the most effective ways to reduce the spread of COVID-19,” said Dr. Sonia Angell, Director of the California Department of Public Health and State Health Officer. “Wearing a cloth face covering could provide some additional benefit by acting as a reminder for other people to keep their distance, and it could help reduce the spread of infectious particles from those who could be infected but don’t have symptoms.”

“Face coverings could provide some additional protection against COVID-19, but Californians should not have a false sense of security if they choose to wear them. Make sure you’re also staying 6 feet away from other people if you have to leave your home to get groceries or prescriptions,” said California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly.

The new guidance reminds Californians that the best defense against COVID-19 continues to be: 

• Staying at home and physical distancing 
• Washing hands frequently
• Avoiding touching eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands
• Avoiding being around sick people 

The use of cloth face coverings could reduce the transmission of COVID-19 by individuals who do not have symptoms and may reinforce physical distancing. Public health officials also caution that face coverings may increase risk if users reduce their use of strong defenses such as physical distancing and frequent hand washing.

For more information, please see the Face Coverings Guidance.

Download County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Guidance for Cloth Face Coverings: ENGLISH

Download CDC Use of Cloth Face Coverings & DIY Cloth Face Covering Instructions: ENGLISH  

(4/1/20)

NEW GUIDELINES FOR LA COUNTY’S DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Emerging evidence suggests that there may be a significant number of people infected with COVID-19 who lack symptoms and, yet, are capable of spreading the virus to others.

New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests that we need to think about using universal precautions all the time – assuming that each of us can infect others even when we aren’t sick.

As a result, the Department of Public Health has updated its FAQ with answers to a number of questions, including:

• What should I do if I think I may have been exposed to COVID-19?
• What should I do if I have symptoms and think I may have been exposed to COVID-19?
• Can I get tested for COVID-19?
• How is COVID-19 treated?
• How can I protect myself and others from COVID-19? 

For more information on how to stay safe visit LA County’s covid19.lacounty.gov.

(3/27/20)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER ISSUES NEW ORDERS DIRECTING SELF-QUARANTINE AND SELF ISOLATION

On March 25, 2020, in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, protect vulnerable individuals, and prevent the Los Angeles County healthcare system from being overwhelmed, the LA County Health Officer has issued two new separate orders:

• Self-quarantine of anyone exposed to an individual diagnosed with or likely to have COVID-19.
• Self-isolation of anyone diagnosed with or showing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 within 14 days of being in close contact with a person who had or was believed to have COVID-19. 

These new Orders ensure that individuals who test positive for COVID-19, and those who are told by a clinician they are presumed to be positive for COVID-19 are required to self-isolate for a period of at least 3 days without symptoms, including being fever free without taking medicine, and 7 days since symptoms started, whichever is longer.  Additionally, those who have been in close contact with someone who is positive or presumed positive must quarantine themselves for 14 days from the last time they had contact with the ill person.

“It is critically important that everyone adheres to all the social distancing measures and practice good public health hygiene, including washing hands as frequently as possible,” said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health. “Individuals covered by these Orders should still contact their providers to get advice if they feel their symptoms are worsening.”

There are key differences between self-quarantine and self-isolation. Here’s what the new orders mean for you:  

SELF-QUARANTINE ORDER

(EXPOSED)

• Required for anyone exposed to a person diagnosed with or likely to have COVID-19.
• You must stay in quarantine for 14 days from the last time you had contact with the ill person.
• You cannot leave your place of quarantine for all 14 days.
• Only exception to leave quarantine is to receive medical care.
• If you develop even mild COVID-19 symptoms, you must self-isolate at home and away from others. 

SELF-ISOLATION ORDER

(DIAGNOSED)

• Required for anyone diagnosed with or showing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 within 14 days of being in close contact with a person who had or was believed to have COVID-19.
• Self-isolation period must last at least 3 days without symptoms, including being fever free without taking medicine, and 7 days since symptoms started, whichever is longer.
• Notify anyone you’ve had close contact with while symptomatic to self-quarantine themselves.    

   

(3/21/20)

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES REVISED SAFER AT HOME ORDER FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19

Download County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Safer at Home Order (3/21/20): ENGLISH

Download County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Safer At Home FAQ: ENGLISH  

The public and private sectors must help to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by practicing social distancing and taking common-sense infection control precautions. Due to the continued rapid spread of COVID-19 and the need to protect the most vulnerable members of our community, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health has called upon everyone to stay at home or in their place of residence, except when they need to work at an Essential Business or Healthcare Operation, provide Essential Infrastructure, shop at an Essential Business, or engage in an Essential Activity.

FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THEY SHOULD:

• Stay home (stay unexposed and do not expose others)
• Only go out for essential services or if they are an essential worker
• Stay six feet or more away from others
• Not gather in groups 

THE ORDER, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL APRIL 19, 2020, SPECIFICALLY:

• Prohibits all indoor and outdoor public and private gatherings and events among persons not in the same household in Los Angeles County.
• Requires all businesses to stop in-person operations and close to the public, unless the business is defined as an Essential Business. It specifically requires all indoor malls and shopping centers, all swap meets and flea markets, all indoor and outdoor playgrounds, and all non-essential businesses to close.
• Requires Essential Businesses that are not required to close to the public to practice social distancing to the extent possible and infection control precautions listed in the Order.
• Requires all restaurants to only prepare and offer food that is provided to customers via delivery service, via pick-up for takeout dining, and via drive-thru. Restaurants may not provide indoor or outdoor table service.

This Order doesn’t prevent any individual or family from engaging in passive recreational or outdoor activities, such as hiking, walking, jogging, or biking, so long as all persons practice social distancing to the extent possible.

Because the Order may be updated or extended, all residents should consult the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health’s website  daily until the Order is ended, and follow any updated requirements.

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(3/19/20)

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES SAFER AT HOME ORDER FOR CONTROL OF COVID-19

Download County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health Safer at Home Order: ENGLISH

To further combat the spread of COVID-19, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health has issued a “Safer at Home” Order – ordering all residents in the County of Los Angeles, including the City of San Fernando, to stay inside their residences, and immediately limit all movement outside of their homes beyond what is absolutely necessary to take care of essential needs.

THE BOTTOM LINE

Residents of the City of San Fernando are required to stay inside their homes unless they are engaged in certain “essential activities.” On those occasions when you are out of your home for necessary tasks, stay at least six feet away from others

YOU CAN

• Go to the grocery, convenience or warehouse store
• Go to the pharmacy to pick up medications and other healthcare necessities
• Go to medical appointments (check with your doctor or provider first)
• Go to a restaurant for take-out, delivery or drive-thru
• Care or support a friend or family member
• Take a walk, ride your bike, hike, jog and be in nature for exercise — just keep at least six feet between you and others in the community. 
• Walk your pets and take them to the veterinarian if necessary
• Help someone to get necessary supplies 

YOU SHOULD NOT

• Go to work unless you are providing essential services as defined by this Order
• Visit friends and family if there is no urgent need
• Maintain less than 6 feet of distance from others when you go out
• Visit loved ones in the hospital, nursing home, skilled nursing facility, or other residential care facility 

IS THIS ORDER MANDATORY? WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON’T COMPLY?

Yes. This is a legally enforceable order. It is against the law to violate this Order, and you may be punished by a fine or imprisonment for doing so. 

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