[Farm93]

Workers in certain "critical infrastructure" areas are exempt from the stay-at-home order. That includes some workers in information technology, critical manufacturing, and the defense industry, one of which might be relevant to the storage device company mentioned in this thread.

There's also an exemption for food and agriculture, so Newsom's order shouldn't affect food production, which someone raised earlier.

https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-...ial-needs/

Newsom order -- https://covid19.ca.gov/img/Executive-Order-N-33-20.pdf

Memo referenced in Newsom order -- https://www.cisa.gov/publication/guidanc...-workforce

Essential services is just too vague for the USA.

My quick OC neighborhood walk of my dog implies that something close to 50% of the vehicles that normally leave the local streets on workdays have left today too.  Sure, in theory, some are medical professionals but most are in support services roles (consulting, accounting, marketing, etc.).  My guess is compliance is not where it needs to be for this to work.   Sigh....

I think NY did a better job.   Telling companies to go from 100% to 50% forced them to really figure out which employees were not required to be at the facility to maintain the business in the short-term (marketing, HR, finance, supply chain mgmt, etc.).  The baby step got most companies to realize they should comply.   Hard to argue that marketing, sales training types would really need to come to the facility.   Then when the Governor told them to stop completely two days later the companies had already identified themselves by taking steps in the first step down.

As I was walking back I saw a lawn maintenance crew driving to their next house.   Again, essential is in the eye of the beholder if not well defined.

[Farm93]

Workers in certain "critical infrastructure" areas are exempt from the stay-at-home order. That includes some workers in information technology, critical manufacturing, and the defense industry, one of which might be relevant to the storage device company mentioned in this thread.

There's also an exemption for food and agriculture, so Newsom's order shouldn't affect food production, which someone raised earlier.

https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-...ial-needs/

Newsom order -- https://covid19.ca.gov/img/Executive-Order-N-33-20.pdf

Memo referenced in Newsom order -- https://www.cisa.gov/publication/guidanc...-workforce

Essential services is just too vague for the USA.

My quick OC neighborhood walk of my dog implies that something close to 50% of the vehicles that normally leave the local streets on workdays have left today too.  Sure, in theory, some are medical professionals but most are in support services roles (consulting, accounting, marketing, etc.).  My guess is compliance is not where it needs to be for this to work.   Sigh....

I think NY did a better job.   Telling companies to go from 100% to 50% forced them to really figure out which employees were not required to be at the facility to maintain the business in the short-term (marketing, HR, finance, supply chain mgmt, etc.).  The baby step got most companies to realize they should comply.   Hard to argue that marketing, sales training types would really need to come to the facility.   Then when the Governor told them to stop completely two days later the companies had already identified themselves by taking steps in the first step down.

As I was walking back I saw a lawn maintenance crew driving to their next house.   Again, essential is in the eye of the beholder if not well defined.