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ORDER OF THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER
March 19, 2020
To protect public health, I as State Public Health Officer and Director of the
California Department of Public Health order all individuals living in the State of
California to stay home or at their place of residence except as needed to
maintain continuity of operations of the federal critical infrastructure sectors, as
outlined at httos://www.cisa.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors. In addition, and in
consultation with the Director of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, I
may designate 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, 120140,
131080, 120130(c), 120135, 120145, 120175 and 120150, this order is to go into
effect immediately and shall stay in effect until further notice.
The federal government has identified 16 critical infrastructure sectors whose
assets, systems, 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. I order that Californians working in these 16 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 COVID-19. 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.
SONIA Y. ANGELL, MD, MPH
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