https://www.americancityandcounty.com/wp-content/themes/acc_child/assets/images/logo/footer-logo.png
  • Home
  • Co-op Solutions
  • Commentaries
  • News
  • In-Depth
  • Multimedia
    • Back
    • Podcast
  • Resources
    • Back
    • Resources
    • Webinars
    • White Papers
    • Events
    • How to Contribute
    • Municipal Cost Index – Archive
    • Equipment Watch Page
    • American City & County Awards
  • Magazine
    • Back
    • Digital Editions
    • Reprints & Reuse
    • Advertise
  • About Us
    • Back
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Statement
    • Terms of Service
American City and County
  • NEWSLETTER
  • Home
  • Co-op Solutions
  • Commentaries
  • News
  • In-Depth
  • Multimedia
    • Back
    • Podcasts
  • Resources
    • Back
    • Webinars
    • White Papers
    • Events
    • How to Contribute
    • American City & County Awards
    • Municipal Cost Index
    • Equipment Watch Page
  • Magazine
    • Back
    • Digital Editions
    • Reprints & Reuse
    • Subscribe to GovPro
    • Manage GovPro Subscription
    • Advertise
  • About Us
    • Back
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Cookie Policy
    • Privacy Stament
    • Terms of Service
  • newsletter
  • Administration
  • Economy & Finance
  • Procurement
  • Public Safety
  • Public Works & Utilities
  • Smart Cities & Technology
acc.com

Public Safety


Photo by Jon Eric Marababol on Unsplash

Article

Shelter-in-place orders keep people inside, close non-essential businesses

Shelter-in-place orders keep people inside, close non-essential businesses

  • Written by Jason Axelrod
  • 23rd March 2020

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz called “shelter in place” orders — in which residents remain in their homes except to do essential tasks like exercise or get food — a “tool in the toolbox” on March 18, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Walz did not issue such a proclamation that day, but multiple state governments and several local governments have issued such orders in the days since.

California Governor Gavin Newsom took a different approach on March 19, when he issued a statewide shelter-in-place order for California, the San Francisco Examiner reports. Three days earlier, six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area — Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties — had announced shelter-in-place orders for their collective 6.7 million residents, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Newsom however, decided to expand the order to cover the entire Golden State, according to the Examiner. ““There’s a social contract here, people I think recognize the need to do more … They will begin to adjust and adapt as they have been quite significantly. We will have social pressure and that will encourage people to do the right thing,” Newsom said, according to CNBC.

As part of Newsom’s order, only essential services like takeout and delivery restaurants, banks, grocery stores and pharmacies — all other establishments will close, CNBC reports. Public gatherings and events are also banned. Californians in 16 critical sectors are to continue working. People are to stay at home otherwise. The order has no expiration date.

Over the weekend, other state governments enacted similar rules. On Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York announced rules for all New Yorkers to stay at home as much as possible, according to USA Today. Cuomo’s “New York State on PAUSE” plan bans all nonessential gatherings of people of any size for any reason. Mass transit, food takeout and delivery businesses and other essential businesses will remain open.

Other states that have issued stay-at-home orders since Sunday include Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, Ohio and Oregon, per USA Today.

Local governments across the country — including Athens, Ga., San Miguel County, Colo. and Blaine County, Idaho — have also issued shelter-in-place orders, various outlets report. Portland, Ore. has drafted an emergency shelter-in-place ordinance, but they have not yet enacted it.

Officials at other local governments, such as St. Louis County, Mo., Kansas City, Mo., New Orleans and Philadelphia have also ordered residents to stay home, USA Today reports.

Tags: Coronavirus COVID-19 Local Government Shelter-in-place state government News Public Safety News Public Safety Article

Related


  • Data privacy challenges for California COVID-19 contact tracing technology
    Developers, governments, and regulators must work with the cybersecurity industry to apply rigorous standards to contact-tracing apps to make sure that the societal impact of COVID-19 doesn’t extend into personal privacy. As opt-in contact-tracing applications across the US are being built for state-specific usage, attention inevitably turns to the privacy risks they present, and how […]
  • Special report: Disinfecting local government facilities to combat COVID-19
    What’s important to include in your agency's disinfecting plan?
  • Survey results: local government leaders express coronavirus concerns
    American City & County recently polled its readership to understand their worries during the continued pandemic. A second wave of COVID-19 infections topped the list of concerns. Economic and social pressures are causing communities to consider relaxing their shutdowns, despite warnings from the medical community that doing so prematurely might set off a second wave of […]
  • Leveraging Cooperative Procurement during COVID-19 Crisis
    Cooperative procurement is proving to be a vital resource during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the growing adoption of this contracting methodology over the past decade, the National Cooperative Procurement Partners (NCPP) Association was formed to offer educational content to support procurement teams in creating a cooperative procurement strategy for their agency. Recently, NCPP sponsored a […]

Leave a comment Cancel reply

-or-

Log in with your American City and County account

Alternatively, post a comment by completing the form below:

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related Content

  • The thinking machine
  • CostTrax offers services free of cost for cities and counties during coronavirus outbreak
  • Federal funding for coronavirus testing ends, closing some test sites
  • Local Louisiana police department apologizes for signaling COVID curfew with 'Purge' siren

White papers


Discover How Public Sector Officials are Monitoring and Managing Overtime in This New White Paper

22nd February 2021

How to Assemble a Successful Government Grant Proposal

5th February 2021

The Rise of Procurement’s Next Normal

5th February 2021
view all

Events


PODCAST


Young Leaders Episode 4 – Cyril Jefferson – City Councilman, High Point, North Carolina

13th October 2020

Young Leaders Episode 3 – Shannon Hardin – City Council President, Columbus, Ohio

27th July 2020

Young Leaders Episode 2 – Christian Williams – Development Services Planner, Goodyear, Ariz.

1st July 2020
view all

Twitter


AmerCityCounty

Using data to improve emergency response resources dlvr.it/RtVSc0

25th February 2021
AmerCityCounty

How small cities are tackling lead service line replacement dlvr.it/RtV9G8

25th February 2021
AmerCityCounty

COVID-19 and pivoting into a new year: It may be 2021, but did we really leave 2020? dlvr.it/RtQRcr

24th February 2021
AmerCityCounty

Six tips for making sure your dispatch is doing all the right moves dlvr.it/RtQBvl

24th February 2021
AmerCityCounty

New pandemic recovery tools for public transit dlvr.it/RtLJ61

23rd February 2021
AmerCityCounty

Artificial cities could pave the way to driverless adoption dlvr.it/RtJGZZ

23rd February 2021
AmerCityCounty

How city leaders can develop, manage and maintain strategic partnerships dlvr.it/RtGGYy

22nd February 2021
AmerCityCounty

Baltimore will distribute recycling carts to residents to encourage recycling dlvr.it/RtGB6n

22nd February 2021

Newsletters

Sign up for American City & County’s newsletters to receive regular news and information updates about local governments.

Resale Insights Dashboard

The Resale Insights Dashboard provides model-level data for the entire used equipment market to help you save time and money.

Municipal Cost Index

Updated monthly since 1978, our exclusive Municipal Cost Index shows the effects of inflation on the cost of providing municipal services

Media Kit and Advertising

Want to reach our digital audience? Learn more here.

DISCOVER MORE FROM INFORMA TECH

  • IWCE’s Urgent Communications
  • IWCE Expo

WORKING WITH US

  • About Us
  • Contact Us

FOLLOW American City and County ON SOCIAL

  • Privacy
  • CCPA: “Do Not Sell My Data”
  • Cookies Policy
  • Terms
Copyright © 2021 Informa PLC. Informa PLC is registered in England and Wales with company number 8860726 whose registered and Head office is 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG.
This website uses cookies, including third party ones, to allow for analysis of how people use our website in order to improve your experience and our services. By continuing to use our website, you agree to the use of such cookies. Click here for more information on our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.
X