Governor Orders Statewide Shelter in Place
By edhat staff
California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a statewide shelter in place order for all residents during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Nearly 40 million people are ordered to stay home until further notice unless it's absolutely necessary to leave starting at midnight on Thursday. An end date was not given as this is expected to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
The order states the following businesses are allowed to remain open: gas stations, pharmacies, food stores (grocery, foodbanks, convenience stores, take out, delivery), banks, laundry services. Essential state and local government functions will also remain open, including law enforcement and offices that provide government programs and services.
The same closure guidelines are in place for dine-in restaurants, bars and nightclubs, entertainment venues, gyms and fitness studios, public events and gatherings, and convention centers.
Individuals working in "Critical Infrastructure Sectors" as defined by the federal government may continue work. This includes healthcare, energy, transportation, water and waste management, and more.
State law dictates that violations of the order are punishable of a fine up to $1,000, however, officials state they do not plan to direct police to enforce this.
"This is a moment we need to make tough decisions," said Newsom. "This is a moment where we need some straight talk and we need to tell people the truth: We need to bend the curve in the state of California."
Newsom also requested the immediate deployment of the USNS Mercy Hospital Ship to the Port of Los Angeles through September 1, 2020, to help decompress the state’s health care delivery system in Los Angeles.
California health officials predict 56% of the state's population, approximately 25.5 million people, will be infected with COVID-19 within the next eight weeks, according to a letter Newsom sent to President Donald Trump on Thursday morning.
The governor's announcement comes after Los Angeles and Bay Area counties issued "shelter-in-place" mandates to their residents.
As of Thursday evening, there are 9 cases of positive COVID-19 with at least 100 pending test results in Santa Barbara County. California currently has 1,040 confirmed cases with 19 deaths. These numbers are expected to grow as more testing results are released.
Santa Barbara County health officials previously stated they were planning to issue a shelter in place mandate for those over 75 years of age and those 70 years of age and over with underlying health issues.
There are currently 17 confirmed cases in Ventura County, 13 in San Luis Obispo, and 230 in Los Angeles County.
The full announcement can be viewed below:
Governor Gavin Newsom makes a major announcement on California’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. https://t.co/VlQM38OkYK
— Office of the Governor of California (@CAgovernor) March 20, 2020
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Mar 19, 2020 08:20 PMDoes this mean I cannot go to a friends house, even with social distancing?
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Mar 19, 2020 08:24 PMGoing to your friends house is not essential. So no, stay at home and don't risk infecting or getting infected.
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Mar 19, 2020 08:25 PMNobody is going to arrest you, but why take the risk and put others at risk?
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Mar 20, 2020 09:55 AMYes, of course you can
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Mar 20, 2020 10:10 AMYou can go to a friends house. But DONT go in and put them at risk. Stay outdoors and a distance away from each other. My friend and I go on walks, but keep our distance. It is very comforting for us to be able to do this.
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Mar 20, 2020 12:53 PM@ 8:20pm You can do whatever you want on private property. The government can’t tell people who they can invite to their home.
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Mar 20, 2020 07:24 PMYou COULD pick up the virus at someone else’s home... or take it to their home if you don’t realize you or they have been exposed to it.
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Mar 19, 2020 08:26 PMWhat about going for a walk or run outside while keeping distance from other people?
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Mar 19, 2020 08:31 PMThis should be fine. I was advised by my physician to continue to be active. I usually get in my runs early in the morning when nobody is around.
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Mar 19, 2020 09:03 PMOutdoor exercise is exempted.
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Mar 20, 2020 12:48 PMJQB, have you seen an official source that says that? I can’t find anything on either the state or SB county covid websites.
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Mar 20, 2020 01:02 PMNewsom said so in the video linked above.
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Mar 20, 2020 05:59 PMThat is perfectly ok, Jimbo. I've been beach walking and getting fresh air and exercise. It's been lovely. Just keep the 6 ft. required distance. I've noticed a lot of younger people (mostly male) on trails NOT moving over. People, PLEASE, move over and give each other space!!!
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Mar 19, 2020 08:30 PMThe order will not be enforced by law enforcement (yet), instead they are counting on social pressure. If you go out unnecessarily you’ll get a glare and and finger wagging.
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Mar 20, 2020 06:11 PMThe idea of enforcing this is not really on the table. It is not realistic and cannot be done. Either the patriotic citizens co-operate, or they don't. I'm betting on the former.
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Mar 19, 2020 08:46 PMI’m a bit bummed about this. I have autism and being with friends during crisis is one of the few calming methods for me
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Mar 19, 2020 08:52 PMDont worry Pug, you can talk with your friends online or on the phone. We are with you in spirit. And know you are loved.
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Mar 19, 2020 08:57 PMThank you. I’m in tears right now, but I will get through it
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Mar 19, 2020 08:58 PMWe’ve got four students here, two college + two high schoolers, all using Zoom to maintain their classes. You can try FaceTime, Skype, or Zoom to be in touch with friends. It’s going to be rough. My sister-in-law is walled off by plastic in her own house because she just evacuated out of Madrid, and she really is missing her friends. She Zooms with her family.
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Mar 19, 2020 09:01 PMHang in there Pug! You can always go to a friends house and chat outside with proper distancing. My mom sent me this and it made me laugh: https://www.instagram.com/p/B922T-_HY3T/?igshid=h80gbr4eb4ik
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Mar 20, 2020 09:10 AMPUG - I know we disagreed about the beach, but you really can safely go out in public in open spaces and converse with friends. You just need to be safe about it. We went and met some friends at the beach and stood in our family groups with at least 10 feet between us. We had to yell, but we still felt somewhat normal watching the waves, feeling the sand, and interacting. You can do it, but please be safe!
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Mar 20, 2020 10:06 AMSacjon. Great idea!!!
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Mar 20, 2020 09:00 PMPugluv, can you skype or FaceTime your friends ? and there's Zoom, not sure how that works, it can handle several people at once I think. I worry about the folks in nursing homes being made so isolated, but I'm hoping they arrange for them to Skype with their family members/ friends & erstwhile dining companions.
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Mar 19, 2020 09:01 PMAsk not what staying home on the couch can do for you, ask what staying home on the couch can do for your country!
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Mar 19, 2020 09:09 PMIf you do go out, behave as if you are infected and keep your distance from others.
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Mar 19, 2020 09:12 PMOr behave as if everyone else is infected and keep your distance from them.
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Mar 19, 2020 09:15 PMI guess I can send my missed work billing to the State to cover everything I miss.
Work continues for me, virus or not. No income, then I become homeless.... the State's problem.
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Mar 19, 2020 09:25 PM... Let me clarify a little bit. I work on computer networks. With all the "work at home" happening, I need to be sure everything is up and running for that to happen. That requires me to visit locations to program and backup data.
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Mar 19, 2020 09:55 PMCan’t you do that remotely?
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Mar 19, 2020 10:05 PMOr you can eat the bill for coronavirus treatment, quarantine and loss wages beyond your accrued sick time.
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Mar 20, 2020 01:22 AMIf you work for, or contract for, one of the ISP's (e.g. Cox, Frontier, Comcast) you may fall into the critical infrastructure category (employees are required to keep working). If you're visiting companies and supporting their intranet, then you're more of an IT person and exemption may depend on what your customer does. An IT person supporting a retail store may not qualify, but someone supporting one of the critical infrastructure companies might. Click on the link in the article for more info.
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Mar 19, 2020 09:17 PMWhat's he doing for the ever growing homeless population ?
Does he want them to "stay at home" too ???
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Mar 20, 2020 09:57 AMFond of SB. He will play robin hood and take from all of us for the sake of his beloved vagrants.
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Mar 19, 2020 10:01 PMHere’s a link for enduring a lock down: *** https://www.zerohedge.com/health/home-lockdown-survival-guide-staying-healthy-sane-solvent-during-covid-19-crisis *** Being Zerohedge, the comments will make sailors blush since there appears to be no moderator.
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Mar 20, 2020 01:08 AMPainful but the right thing to do. If you need more convincing, look at this hospital beds analysis from Harvard Global Health Institute (enter "Santa Barbara" in the Hospital Region box because the graphs depend on where you live) ...... https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/covid-hospitals
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Mar 20, 2020 01:13 AMFull disclosure of the researchers involved in the modelling plus the underlying datasets are here ...... https://globalepidemics.org/2020/03/17/caring-for-covid-19-patients/
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Mar 20, 2020 01:53 AMThe reality is that all persons over 57 years old is now my problem and my son’s problem, and his son’s problem. Thanks LSD. Thanks HepC, thanks PTSD, thanks agent O, thanks free love and smoking pot! You guys were awesome! GREAT!!!!! Good job, mom! Thanks for going to work and leaving me home!
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Mar 20, 2020 09:28 AMdid you just blame drug addiction on your mother having a job? What about your father?
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Mar 20, 2020 09:54 AMJence. Thank China.
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Mar 20, 2020 12:07 PMYou can thank Vietnam for all of the above. Just be glad you don't have to face a draft to certain hell like our brothers, sons, husbands, boyfriends, and schoolmates did back then. You'd probably want to escape by smoking pot, eating acid and having as much sex as you could too . And if you survived it, Agent O and PTSD would be your new normal.
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Mar 20, 2020 12:14 PMYou bring up a good point; however, I can not and do not blame my parents. This is not the proper venue for such a discussion.
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Mar 20, 2020 02:18 AMno walking, no hiking, no biking ?
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Mar 20, 2020 12:57 PM"no walking, no hiking, no biking ?" -- outdoor exercise is allowed, as long as you are practicing social distancing.
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Mar 20, 2020 05:59 AMSilver linings: no street sweeping for two weeks! Free money from the Feds April 6 and May 18 (I hope it includes me?). Now I can lie in bed all day and not feel guilty about it. Except, old man wants me to shop for him and I don't want to get him sick...so that kinda sucks. Anyway, YEAH, LET'S SUE CHINA!
https://local12.com/news/coronavirus/americans-may-see-first-round-of-checks-from-us-government-by-april-6-03-18-2020
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Mar 20, 2020 06:25 AMHere comes martial law! Oh the arrogance .
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Mar 20, 2020 10:12 AMYeti, here's what is really arrogant.
Hanging out with your pals creating additional nexus points for viral transmission without giving a crap that you are putting other people's lives in danger and extending the overall timeline of this pandemic and further blowing up the economy.
I have no problem at all with house arrests for people that damage others in this fashion.
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