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Entertainment Industry Workers Exempt From California Governor Gavin Newsom’s New Stay-At-Home Order
The Industry Nov 20, 2020
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Adobe In light of an unprecedented, rapid rise in COVID-19 cases across California , Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced a limited Stay-at-Home Order. The order requires “generally that non-essential work, movement and gatherings stop between 10 PM and 5 AM in counties in the purple tier.”
That means basically every county in Southern California and 94% of the state’s population. But Governor Newsom’s office told Deadline on Thursday that the order did not apply to entertainment industry workers, who are on the list of essential workers and thus an exception to the rule.
The governor’s original Stay-at-Home order from March includes the following passage, which still applies: In accordance with this order, the State Public Health Officer has designated the following list of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers to help state, local, tribal, and industry partners as they work to protect communities, while ensuring continuity of functions critical to public health and safety, as well as economic and national security.
On that list of exemptions, under “Industrial, Commercial, Residential, and Sheltering Facilities and Services,” there is essential worker designation 15 which reads, “Workers supporting the entertainment industries, studios, and other related establishments, provided they follow covid-19 public health guidance […]
