Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a state-wide stay at home order. Here's what is and is not allowed during the shut in:

Businesses To Stay Open:

Pharmacies
Food: Grocery stores, farmers markets, food banks, convenience stores, takeout + delivery restaurants
Banks
Gas stations
Laundromats/laundry services
Essential state and local government functions (law enforcement & offices that provide government programs and services)

Business To Close:

Bars and nightclubs
Entertainment venues
Gyms and fitness studios
Public events and gatherings
Convention Centers
Dine-in restaurants

Residents Are Allowed To:

Go to the grocery store
Go to the pharmacy to pick up medications & other healthcare necessities
Go to medical appointments (ask your doctor first)
Get gas
Take a walk, ride your bike and be in nature for exercise — maintain social distancing (6 feet) & groups of less than 10
Walk your pets and take them to the vet, if needed
Help someone to get necessary supplies

Residents Are Not Allowed To:

Go to work unless providing essential services as defined by the order (see below)
Visit friends and family if there is no urgent need
Maintain less than six feet of distance from others when you go out
Travel to or from a job outside the city, unless to perform essential activities
Travel to or from a vacation home outside the city
Visit loved ones in a hospital, nursing home, skilled nursing facility or other residential care facility

Essential Services:

City/county government services
Healthcare providers
Food and grocery service
Hardware stores and nurseries
Plumbers, electricians, exterminators, custodial/janitorial workers, handyman services, funeral home workers and morticians, moving services, HVAC installers, carpenters, landscapers, gardeners, property managers, private security personnel and others who provide services to maintain the safety, sanitation and essential operation of properties and other essential activities
Banks
Organizations and businesses that provide food, shelter, social services and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals
Laundromats/laundry service
Newspapers, magazines, television, radio, podcasts and other media services
Educational institutions, including public and private K-12 schools, colleges, and universities — for purposes of facilitating distance learning or performing essential functions provided that social distancing of six feet per person is maintained to the greatest extent possible

Exemptions:

Per Newsom: “all individuals living in the state of California to stay home or at their place of residence, except as needed to maintain continuity of operation of the federal critical infrastructure sectors.” The following sectors are critical to infrastructure:

Chemical Sector
Commercial Facilities Sector
Communications Sector
Critical Manufacturing Sector
Dams Sector
Defense Industrial Base Sector
Emergency Services Sector
Energy Sector
Financial Services Sector
Food and Agriculture Sector
Government Facilities Sector
Healthcare and Public Health Sector
Information Technology Sector
Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste Sector
Transportation Systems Sector
Water and Wastewater Systems Sector

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