Health Officer Orders

• Mandatory face coverings (June 5, 2020)
• Shelter in place update (June 5, 2020)
• Shelter in place update (May 18, 2020)
• Shelter in place update (April 29, 2020)
• Mandatory face coverings (April 17, 2020)
• Screening and masks for licensed facilities (April 16, 2020)
• Shelter in place update (March 31, 2020)
• Laboratory test reporting (March 24, 2020)
• Shelter in place order (March 16, 2020)

Mandatory face coverings
June 5, 2020 | Active

Requires everyone to visibly carry face coverings when outside their home, and wear it over their nose and mouth when within 30 feet of others.

Order

• Order requiring members of the public and workers to wear face coverings
• Exhibit A: Sample face covering sign

Resources

• Downloadable signs

• Face coverings required:

• English 8.5x11 | 11x17
• Spanish 8.5x11 | 11x17

• Everyone must wear a face covering

• English 8.5x11 | 11x17
• Spanish 8.5x11 | 11x17

• Everyone must wear a face covering (English/Spanish)

• 8.5x11 | 11x17

• Everyone must wear a face covering (English/Spanish/Chinese)

• 8.5x11 | 11x17

News

• New health orders allow increased socialization, activities - and requires having face coverings when out, June 5, 2020

Shelter in Place Update
June 5, 2020 | Active

Allows childcare and camps to provide services to all children, permits public libraries to offer curbside pickup services, and allows residential housecleaners, dog walkers, pet grooming, and clothing alteration businesses to resume operations. Allows outdoor gatherings between people who have collectively agreed to limit their in-person social activities to only each other for at least three weeks - a "social bubble."

Order

• Order to shelter in place
• Appendix A: Site-specific protection plan guidance
• Appendix B-1: Small construction project safety protocol
• Appendix B-2: Large construction project safety protocol
• Appendix C: Additional businesses permitted to operate

Resources

• Businesses permitted to operate as of June 8, 2020  
• Indicators for assessing progress
• Indicators status updates:

• Friday, May 29, 2020
• Friday, May 22, 2020

Industry resources

Checklists and guidance from California Department of Public Health and California Department of Industrial Relations.

• Retailers: guidance | checklist
• Logistics and warehousing facilities: guidance | checklist
• Manufacturing: guidance | checklist
• Limited services: guidance | checklist

News

• New health orders allow increased socialization, activities - and requires having face coverings when out, June 5, 2020

Shelter in Place Update
May 18, 2020 | Superseded

Extends shelter in place order indefinitely and allows for certain businesses to resume operations: curbside pickup for retail stores as well as manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing which are currently permitted under state of California guidelines. Also allows for pickleball and tennis to resume as singles games only.

Order

• Order to shelter in place
• Appendix A
• Appendix B-1
• Appendix B-2
• Appendix C

Resources

• Frequently asked questions
• Indicators for assessing progress
• Businesses permitted to operate

• Fillable social distancing protocol
• Social distancing sign: 8.5x11 | 11x17
• Small construction project safety protocol: English | Spanish
• Large construction project safety protocol: English | Spanish

News

• Childcare, camps available to more workers under new shelter in place order, May 27, 2020
• Tennis and pickleball courts reopen for singles play only, May 22, 2020
• As COVID-19 cases stabilize, curbside retail and manufacturing can re-open, May 18, 2020
• Joint statement from Bay Area Health Officers regarding significant progress on COVID-19 indicators and next steps for reopening, May 18, 2020

Shelter in Place Update
April 29, 2020 | Superseded

Extended shelter in place order through May 31 and relaxed rules on a limited number of activities. Allowed all construction and created new permissible category of 'outdoor businesses.'

Order

• Shelter in place through May 31
• Appendix A
• Appendix B-1
• Appendix B-2

Resources

• Summary of changes
• Indicators for assessing progress

• Fillable social distancing protocol
• Social distancing sign: 8.5x11 | 11x17
• Small construction project safety protocol: English | Spanish
• Large construction project safety protocol: English | Spanish

News

• Seven Bay Area Health Officers will extended shelter-in-place orders April 27, 2020
• Regional shelter-in-place orders extended as some rules ease April 29, 2020
• Skate park reopens; athletic courts remain closed May 4, 2020
• As construction resumes, new protections in place May 5, 2020

Mandatory face coverings
April 17, 2020 | Superseded

Requires everyone to wear face coverings over their nose and mouth at businesses, when seeking health care, and when using or waiting in line for shared transportation.

Order

• Text of order
• Exhibit A

Resources

• Frequently asked questions

News

• Face coverings now required for customers and workers in essential businesses April 17, 2020
• Face covering and social distancing requirements for businesses April 20, 2020
• Face covering requirements start Wednesday April 21, 2020

Screening and masks for licensed facilities
April 16, 2020 | Active

Requires symptom checks, temperature screenings, face coverings, and other measures on all workers, visitors, and residents at licensed facilities.

Order

• Text of order
• Attachment A
• Attachment B

News

• Masks, symptom checks, and temperature screenings now required at skilled nursing and residential care facilities April 16, 2020

Shelter in place expansion
March 31, 2020 | Superseded

Extended shelter in place to May 3 and further restricted allowed activities.

Order

• Text of order
• Appendix A

Resources

• Fillable social distancing protocol
• COVID-19 precautions sign:

• English: 8.5x11 | 11x17
• Spanish: 8.5x11 | 11x17

News

• Shelter-in-place to be extended to May 1 March 30, 2020
• Health Officers extended, update stay-at-home order with new restrictions through May 3 March 31, 2020
• New restrictions on allowed construction April 3, 2020
• Access land use and building permit services remotely during shelter in place April 10, 2020

Laboratory test reporting
March 24, 2020 | Active

Required labs to report all COVID-19 test results to state and local public health authorities.

Order

• Text of order
• Exhibit A
• Exhibit B

News

• Seven Bay Area jurisdictions order laboratories testing for COVID-19 to report testing data to state and local authorities March 24, 2020

Shelter in place order
March 16, 2020 | Superseded

Required everyone to stay home except for essential activities.

Order

• Order to shelter in place

News

• Seven Bay Area jurisdictions order residents to stay home March 16, 2020
• Stay home to protect our community, especially the vulnerable March 19, 2020
• Some parking enforcement suspended through April 7 March 22, 2020
• Play structures, athletic courts and fields closed to enforce social distancing March 24, 2020
• Construction and development during shelter in place March 26, 2020

Questions? Contact covid19@cityofberkeley.info.

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