EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE OF CALIFORNIA

EXECUTIVE ORDER N-33-20

WHEREAS on March 4, 2020, proclaimed a of Emergency To exisT in
California as a resulT of The ThreaT of and

WHEREAS in a shorT period of Time, 9 has rapidly spread
Throughouf California, necessiTaTing updaTed and more sTringenT guidance from
federal, sTaTe, and local public healTh officials; and

WHEREAS for The preservaTion of public healTh and safeTy ThroughouT The
enTire of California, I find if necessary for all Californians To heed The 
public healTh direcTives from The DeparTmenT of Public HealTh.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of The of California,
in accordance wiTh The auThoriTy vesTed in me by The ConsTiTuTion and
sTaTuTes of The of California, and in parTicular, GovernmenT Code secfions
8567, 8627, and 8665 do hereby issue The following Order To become effecTive
immediaTely:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

1) To preserve The public healTh and safeTy, and To ensure The healThcare
delivery sysTem is capable of serving all, and prioriTizing Those of The
highesT risk and vulnerabiliTy, all residenTs are direcTed To immediaTely
heed The currenT public healTh direcTives, which I ordered The
Deparfmenf of Public HealTh To develop for The currenT sTaTewide
sTaTus of Those direcTives are consisTenT wiTh The March 19,
2020, Memorandum on ldenTificaTion of EssenTial CriTical InfrasTrucTure
Workers During Response, found of: 
Those direcTives follow:

ORDER OF THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH 
March 19, 2020

To proTecT public healTh, as Public HealTh Officer and DirecTor
of The California DeparTmenT of Public HealTh order all individuals living
in The of California To sTay home or aT Their place of residence
excepT as needed To mainTain confinuiTy of operafions of The federal
criTical infrasTrucTure secTors, as ouTlined aT
ln addiTion, and in
consulTaTion wiTh The DirecTor of The Governor?s Office of Emergency
Services, I may designafe addiTional secTors as criTical in order To
proTecT The healTh and well?being of all Californians.

PursuanT To The auThoriTy under The HealTh and SafeTy Code 120125,
and 120150, This
order is To go inTo effecT immediafely and shall sTay in effecT unTil
furTher noTice.

The federal governmenT has idenTified 16 criTical infrasTrucTure secTors
whose asseTs, sysfems, and neTworks, wheTher physical or virTual, are
considered so viTal To The UniTed STaTes ThaT Their incapaciTaTion or

 

 

 

 

destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, economic
security, public health or safety, or any combination thereof. order
that Californians working in these i6 critical infrastructure sectors may
continue their work because of the importance of these sectors to
Californians? health and well?being.

This Order is being issued to protect the public health of Californians.
The California Department of Public Health looks to establish
consistency across the state in order to ensure that we mitigate the
impact of 9. Our goal is simple, we want to bend the curve,
and disrupt the spread of the virus.

The supply chain must continue, and Californians must have access to
such necessities as food, prescriptions, and health care. When people
need to leave their homes or places of residence, whether to obtain
or perform the functions above, or to otherwise facilitate authorized
necessary activities, they should at all times practice social distancing.

2) The healthcare delivery system shall prioritize services to serving those
who are the sickest and shall prioritize resources, including personal
protective equipment, for the providers providing direct care to them.

3) The Office of Emergency Services is directed to take necessary steps to
ensure compliance with this Order.

4) This Order shall be enforceable pursuant to California law, including.
but not limited to, Government Code section 8665.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that as soon as hereafter possible, this Order be
filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and that widespread publicity and
notice be given of this Order.

This Order is not intended to, and does not, create any rights or benefits,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, against the State of
California, its agencies, departments, entities, officers, employees, or any other
pemon.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Gre tSeal of the fate of

to be affix his l9th day

 

 

GAV NEwsorC/l 
nor of California

ATTEST:

 

ALEX PADILLA
Secretary of State