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I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that SFGate had it wrong. The state order is not at all like the county orders. Although the state order allows leaving the home to work on critical infrastructure, it doesn't provide for leaving the home to use any of that infrastructure. If the plumbing breaks in your bunker, your SOL. On the other hand, if you are incritical infrastructure, no need to social distance. Look for a revised order soon.

Newsom's order is not as well drafted as the orders issued by the Bay Area counties. It would benefit from some clarification. But it at least mention the need to leave home to obtain essential services and it does provide for social distancing. Specifically, the order says: 

"The supply chain must continue, and Californians must have access to such necessities as food, prescriptions, and health care. When people need to leave their homes or places of residence, whether to obtain or perform the functions above, or to otherwise facilitate authorized necessary activities, they should at all times practice social distancing."

OK. I read too fast. But the order is still a mess. The only examples of leaving the home are for food, prescriptions and healthcare. It leaves one wondering whether other necessities are close enough. Can you go to the hardware store to fix your own plumbing? Getting a part for the computer you use to work from home isn't very close to the examples. Sure, I could construct an argument for all sorts of things. Your computer is part of the network infrastructure if you want to look at it that way and the CIS site doesn't say the plumber has to be licensed so I'm a plumber now. I could also argue that when the order refers to accessing the above services it includes the entire list of critical infrastructure, not just what is above in the same paragraph. However, I cannot believe that, with an example of better writing readily available, the Governor put out such a sloppy order.

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I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that SFGate had it wrong. The state order is not at all like the county orders. Although the state order allows leaving the home to work on critical infrastructure, it doesn't provide for leaving the home to use any of that infrastructure. If the plumbing breaks in your bunker, your SOL. On the other hand, if you are incritical infrastructure, no need to social distance. Look for a revised order soon.

Newsom's order is not as well drafted as the orders issued by the Bay Area counties. It would benefit from some clarification. But it at least mention the need to leave home to obtain essential services and it does provide for social distancing. Specifically, the order says: 

"The supply chain must continue, and Californians must have access to such necessities as food, prescriptions, and health care. When people need to leave their homes or places of residence, whether to obtain or perform the functions above, or to otherwise facilitate authorized necessary activities, they should at all times practice social distancing."

OK. I read too fast. But the order is still a mess. The only examples of leaving the home are for food, prescriptions and healthcare. It leaves one wondering whether other necessities are close enough. Can you go to the hardware store to fix your own plumbing? Getting a part for the computer you use to work from home isn't very close to the examples. Sure, I could construct an argument for all sorts of things. Your computer is part of the network infrastructure if you want to look at it that way and the CIS site doesn't say the plumber has to be licensed so I'm a plumber now. I could also argue that when the order refers to accessing the above services it includes the entire list of critical infrastructure, not just what is above in the same paragraph. However, I cannot believe that, with an example of better writing readily available, the Governor put out such a sloppy order.