Last night, December 30th, RPCC received a communication from the Mayor’s Office asking that it be shared with the community. You can find the complete Executive Order here.

As the New Year’s Eve holiday is approaching, Mayor Gloria urges residents and businesses to comply with current public health guidance from the State of California and San Diego County public health officials. 

To aid neighborhoods that have limited parking for residents, the City of San Diego will no longer enforce parking meter violations, time limited parking, yellow commercial zones, and short-term green zones. Red, white, and blue parking areas will continue to be enforced to maintain public safety. 

The executive order will be effective at 11:59 p.m. tonight. 

Mayor Gloria’s executive order also reinforces current State and County public health orders, which include:  

• The prohibition of private gatherings of any size 

• All retailers operating indoors must do so at no more than 20% capacity 

• No on-site consumption of food or drinks, including a ban on outdoor dining 

• Face coverings must be worn outside of the home, with specific exceptions as outlined by the California Department of Public Health      

• Non-essential work, movement and gatherings must stop between 10 p.m. and 5 p.m. 

• All businesses not meeting the definition of essential business or State authorized sectors are considered “nonessential businesses” and must remain closed 

Mayor Gloria has also directed the San Diego Police Department to coordinate enforcement actions with the City Attorney, as well as county and state partner agencies. 

Over 2,500 new cases were reported yesterday in San Diego County with the 14-day positivity rate at 10.8%. San Diego County is included in the Southern Region which, currently has an intensive care unit capacity of 0%. 

Per public health guidelines, Mayor Gloria urges San Diegans to avoid gatherings and non-essential activities, practice social distancing, thoroughly wash their hands with soap and use hand sanitizer. 

For more information on the California “Stay At Home” order, including what’s closed, what’s open and which industries are exempted by the state, please visit COVID19.ca.gov. 

For information regarding COVID-19 cases and directives from County of San Diego public health officials, please visit coronavirus-sd.com. Text “COSD COVID19” to 468-311 for text alert updates. 

For the updates on City of San Diego services, programs, links to helpful information and steps the public can take to help reduce the spread of the disease, please visit sandiego.gov/coronavirus.