Gov. Newsom Issues Executive Order Directing Multiple State Agencies To Focus Their Resources And Attention On PRotecting Seniors (65+) And OThers Most Vulnerable To COVID-19

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(March 16, 2020, 8:25 p.m.) -- At early evening March 16, CA Governor Gavcin Newsom issued an Executive Order directing a number of state agencies to focus their resources and attention on protecting seniors (65+) and others most vulnerable to COVID-19.

Citing his constitutional authority and CA Government Code section 8567, Governor Newsom's action orders:

[Paraphrase summary] Several state agencies to focus on individuals "who are most vulnerable and most serious health and safety issues at licensed facilities..."
Several state agencies to leverage their programs and services to "support the home isolation of vulnerable Californians, including seniors and those with serious chronic undelrying health conditions"; and
Directs several state gencies to authorize "that first responders, health and human care services providers and workers who are asymptomatic to continue working...subject to [those responders, workers and providers] taking precautions to prevent transmission."

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