Thursday, March 26, 2020

On March 4, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency to exist in California as a result of the threat of COVID-19. On March 19, he issued Executive Order N-33-20 that directed - with specific exceptions - "all individuals living in the State of California to stay home or at their place of residence."

The order excepted activities "needed to maintain continuity of operations of the federal critical infrastructure sectors." These 16 critical infrastructure sectors are:

• 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