Governor Newsom Rescinds COVID-19 Executive Orders As Pandemic Wanes – Coronavirus (COVID-19) – United States – Mondaq News Alerts

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02 March 2022

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With new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations falling topre-surge levels, on February 25, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom actedto lift almost all of the remaining provisions of his COVID-19executive orders (EOs).

The Governor's Executive Order N-04-22 provides for thetermination of about 95% of the remaining EO provisions by June 30,2022. The policies will be lifted in three tranches, withroughly a third terminated immediately, another third terminated onMarch 31 and the remaining third terminated on June 30. TheGovernor is delaying the termination of some provisions "toensure that impacted individuals and entities have time to preparefor the changes."

The few provisions left in place by Governor Newsom are in linewith the key elements of his SMARTER Plan for managing COVID-19 as along-term public health issue. These provisions fall into fivegeneral categories:

Governor Newsom explained:

As we move the state's recoveryforward, we'll continue to focus on scaling back provisionswhile maintaining essential testing, vaccination and health caresystem supports that ensure California has the needed tools andflexibility to strategically adapt our response for what liesahead.

The Governor's announcement coincides with continued easingof mask requirements in the remaining parts of California that haveenforced them. This includes Los Angeles County, whichrelaxed its indoor masking requirement onFebruary 25, 2022.

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