The Pasadena Public Health Department and the County of Los Angeles have revised their Safer at Home orders.
The Pasadena Public Health Department revised its Safer at Home order. Now excluded as essential businesses are personal grooming services. Hair and nail salons, barbers and others in that industry are ordered closed. Golf courses are also ordered closed throughout Los Angeles County.
Here is the revised list of essential businesses:
https://covid19.ca.gov/img/EssentialCriticalInfrastructureWorkers.pdf
As of March 19, 2020, all non-essential businesses are ordered closed. This includes indoor shopping malls and indoor shopping centers as well as indoor children's playgrounds, except those located in child care centers (which can remain open if they are serving families of workers in essential businesses).
Essential business include, but are not limited to, grocery stores, farmers markets, drug stores, convenience stores and other food suppliers. Hardware stores, heating and air conditioning companies, plumbers, electricians, handymen, pet suppliers and those providing non-grocery items that are necessary for safety, sanitation and necessary operations of households are also allowed to remain open. Any employee who can, is ordered to remain at home.
Restaurants and food service providers remain open for take-
out, delivery and pick-up services. You can find a complete list of our member restaurants here: www.pasadena-chamber.org/directory/restaurants-catering.
Dry cleaners and laundries remain open. You can find Chamber members who provide those services here: www.pasadena-chamber.org/directory/laundry-linen-cleaning-services
Residents are told to remain at home and maintain social distancing. Outside activities restricted to no more than 10 people who maintain 6 feet of space between themselves.
You can read the LA County Stay at Home order here: http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/lac/1070029_COVID-19_SaferAtHome_HealthOfficerOrder_20200319_Signed.pdf
This is a link to the compete text of the City of Pasadena Safer at home order (Which mirrors that of the County of Los Angeles and State of California): https://www.cityofpasadena.net/city-manager/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/SAFER-AT-HOME-ORDER-FOR-CONTROL-OF-COVID.pdf?v=1584731797540
Both links include complete information on essential businesses and other regulations from the LA County Health Department.
Here is a link to announcements from the Pasadena Public Health Department: https://www.cityofpasadena.net/public-health/news-announcements/information-on-covid-19/
Comprehensive health information on COVID-19 is available form the Centers for Disease Control here: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fspecific-groups%2Fguidance-business-response.html
ALERTS AND WARNINGS:
Our antivirus software provider WEBROOT issued this warning about phishing scams and more that are popping up related to Coronavirus:
How to stay cyber-safe:
- Find information about COVID-19 at the official sites of the World Health Organization (WHO) or the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC).
- To protect yourself against viruses, malware, and other threats that can come from a phishing attack, ensure your antivirus protection is up to date on all your devices.
Be very suspicious of requests for personal information that occur via email, phone, text message, or social media message.
What NOT to do:
- Don’t open emails about COVID-19 from unknown senders, don’t click on links in emails regarding COVID-19, and be wary of email attachments, especially from unknown senders. These can all be used in phishing scams to steal your personal data or spread computer viruses and malware.
- Do not click on ads or social media posts regarding COVID-19. They may be fake and contain malicious content.
To learn more about how to stay safe from phishing, read Webroot's blog post.
LEGISLATIVE UPDATES:
The Federal Government has taken steps to mitigate the health risks and economic impact of the Coronavirus outbreak.
Here is text of the bills passed (so far):
Here is a graphic representation (from the US Chamber of Commerce):
A more comprehensive list of Federal Government responses and information can be found here: https://www.usa.gov/coronavirus
The State of California has appropriated up to $1billion to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak.
Here is text of the legislation passed (so far):
More complete State of California information can be found here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/ncov2019.aspx
The state legislature is working on a package of bills to provide economic relief to California businesses and employees. The sponsor of the legislation is Senator Henry Stern. You can email him your ideas at Senator.Stern@senate.ca.gov.
Ok. I thought this was funny (in a dreadful situation):
Please be safe and be well.
Paul