City of Dublin Extends 'Shelter In Place' Order Until May 3

Press release from the City of Dublin:

March 31, 2020

Due to the increased number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the Bay Area, putting a strain on healthcare resources, Alameda County, and six other jurisdictions, have extended the "shelter in place" order for all residents through Sunday, May 3. The previous order was set to expire on April 7. The new order includes additional restrictions on businesses and recreation. Some of the changes include:

• Use of areas that encourage social gathering including playgrounds, dog parks, public picnic areas, outdoor gym equipment, and barbecue areas is now prohibited.
• Use of shared recreational facilities such as golf courses, tennis and basketball courts, pools, and rock walls is prohibited. Sports that require people to share the same ball or other equipment must be limited to people in the same household.
• Essential businesses are directed to prepare, post, and implement a Social Distancing Protocol at each of their facilities by April 3.
• Most construction - residential and commercial - is prohibited.
• Funerals are limited to no more than 10 attendees.
• The list of essential businesses now includes service providers that enable residential transactions (notaries; title companies; Realtors; etc.); funeral homes and cemeteries; moving companies; rental car companies and rideshare services that specifically enable essential activities.
• Essential businesses must scale down their operations to include essential services only.

Updated Alameda County Shelter-in-Place Order

This press release was produced by the Town of Dublin. The views expressed here are the author’s own.