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2 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Alabama | Mobile | Mobile, Alabama, Order of the Mayor: Guidelines for Retail and Grocery Stores (Apr. 1, 2020) | https://www.cityofmobile.org/uploads/200401024020RetailandGrocerOrder040220.pdf | This order directs retail and grocery stores in the City of Mobile to institute certain guidelines, including reserving "exclusive hours for those in high-risk populations, including seniors, where stores will limit their capacity to 40% of fire capacity at any time," along with other social distancing and sanitation measures. | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Alaska | Anchorage | Municipality of Anchorage Proclamation of Emergency "Hunker Down" Order EO-03 § 5(g) (Mar. 20, 2020) | https://www.muni.org/departments/mayor/pressreleases/documents/eo-03.pdf | Section 5(g) of this Hunker Down Order classifies businesses that provide food, shelter, and social services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged, unsheltered, or otherwise vulnerable individuals as "critical business," which are exempt from ordered business closures and are encouraged to remain open. | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Alaska | Anchorage | Anchorage, Alaska, Municipality Proclamation of Emergency "Hunker Down" Order EO-03 § 5(f) (Mar. 20, 2020) | https://www.muni.org/departments/mayor/pressreleases/documents/eo-03.pdf | This section designates food cultivation, including fishing, hunting, farming, and livestock as "critical business" that are exempt from ordered business closures and are encouraged to remain open. | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Arizona | Cottonwood | Cottonwood, Arizona, Proclaimation of Emergency, § 5 (March 20, 2020) | https://cottonwoodaz.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3253/3-20-20-COVID-19-Proclamation | Section 5 of this proclamation of emergency imposes closures of many businesses, but provides exemptions for convenience stores, food banks, food pantries, and cafeterias located within healthcare facilities, nursing homes, shelters or similar facilities. | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Arizona | Tolleson | Tolleson, Arizona, Proclamation of the Mayor of the City of Tolleson Declaring a Local Emergency to Address Covid-19, § 4 (Mar. 17, 2020) | https://www.tollesonaz.org/DocumentCenter/View/5015/City-of-Tolleson-COVID-19-Emergency-Proclamation-March-17-2020?bidId= | This section exempts food banks and food pantries from mandatory closures and operating restrictions imposed by the proclamation. | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Arizona | Maricopa | Maricopa, Arizona, Res. No. 20-30 (July 15, 2020). | https://perma.cc/LX4C-3NGL | This resolution allocates CARES funding and approves a related reimbursement agreement form for purposes of reimbursing certain businesses and nonprofits for rent or purchase of personal protective equipment. The resolution specifically references nonprofit entities that have supported the citizens and promoted community health and safety of the City of Maricopa during this emergency through the City's Food & Aid Distribution Non-Profit Assistance. | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | California | Berkeley | Berkeley, California, Order of City Health Officer, §§ 10(f)(ii); (iv); (xiii) (Mar. 16, 2020) | https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Health_Human_Services/Level_3_-_Public_Health/city-of-berkeley-health-officer-order-to-shelter-in-place.pdf | These provisions carve out exemptions to the City's cessation of business order for certain “essential businesses” including e.g., food banks; businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals;" and schools that typically offer food service (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only). | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | California | Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California, Public Order Under City of Los Angeles Emergency Authority (Mar. 15, 2020) | https://www.lamayor.org/sites/g/files/wph446/f/article/files/Mayor%20Garcetti%20Emergency%20Order%20-%20March%2015%202020.pdf | Item 4 of the order exempts specific establishment types including cafeterias; commissaries; and restaurants located within hospitals, nursing homes, or similar facilities; and food banks from general order prohibiting restaurants and retail food facilities from serving food for consumption on premise. | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | California | Sacramento | County of Sacramento, California, Order of the Health Officers of the County of Sacramento, §§ 4, 10(g) (Mar. 19, 2020) | https://www.saccounty.net/COVID-19/Documents/HOStayatHome%28Accessible%29.pdf | Section 10(g) of this stay at home or place of residence order defines “essential business” that may occur during the period covered by the order to include food banks((g)(ii)); "businesses that provide food, shelter, and social services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals" ((g)(iv)); and schools and other entities that typically provide free food services to students or members of the public" provided that the food is provided to students or members of the public on a pick-up and take-away basis only ((g)(xiii)). Section 4 of the order further provides that "essential businesses are strongly encouraged to remain open," and sets social distancing requirements. | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Food Pricing, Supply Chain, and Rationing Laws | California | Fremont | Fremont, California, Executive Order No. 2020-07 (July 23, 2020). | https://www.fremont.gov/DocumentCenter/View/45427/Final-Executive-Order-EO-2020-07---Delivery-Service?bidId= | Section 1 of this Executive Order declares that no third-party delivery service may charge a covered establishment (restaurant) a fee for use of its service that is more than 15% during the COVID-19 pandemic. Section 1(5) states that this restriction on fee will end with the local COVID-19 emergency termination date. | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Food Pricing, Supply Chain, and Rationing Laws | California | Los Angeles County | Los Angeles County, California, Ordinance 2020-0035U, § 3 (July 7, 2020) (codified at Los Angeles County Code § 8.09 et seq.) | Ordinance: https://library.municode.com/ca/los_angeles_county/ordinances/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=1028581 | In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Section 3 of this ordinance amends the county code section prohibiting food retailer price gouging during a state of emergency to also prohibit unconscionable pricing by new retailers and prohibiting hoarding of food for resale for 30 days after the emergency declaration. | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Food Pricing, Supply Chain, and Rationing Laws | California | San Francisco | San Francisco, Cal., Ninth Supplement to Mayoral Proclamation Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency, § 1 (April 10, 2020). | https://sfmayor.org/sites/default/files/NinthMayoralSupplement.pdf | Section 1 of this order prohibits third-party food delivery services to charge "covered establishments" a delivery fee greater than 15% of the purchase price of the online order. "Covered establishments" includes restaurants that offer delivery of food to customers. This order is in effect until dine-in services are allowed. | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Food Pricing, Supply Chain, and Rationing Laws | California | Thousand Oaks | Thousand Oaks, California, Resolution No. 2020-10, item 6 (Mar. 17, 2020) | http://healthyfoodpolicyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Thousand-Oaks-Policy.pdf | Item 6 proclaims, orders, and resolves that the excessive price gouging and increase prohibitions of section 5-19.01 et seq. of the Thousand Oaks Municipal Code, are activated and shall be vigorously enforced. The activated provisions bar increased prices, sales of, and offers to sell any emergency items, including "food" or "drink," or "emergency services" for a price which is more than ten (10%) percent greater than the price charged by such person or business for said emergency items or services immediately prior to the proclamation of the local emergency, unless said person can prove that the excess was directly attributable to additional costs imposed by the supplier of the emergency items, or resulting from increased cost of labor and/or cost of materials used to provide the emergency service." | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Food Provision Laws | California | Fresno | Fresno, California, Ordinance No. 2020-010 (Mar. 19, 2020) | https://www.fresno.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ord-2020-012-Emergency-ordinance-amending-section-2-514-of-the-municipal-code-regarding-the-covid-19-pandemic-emergency.pdf | Amends section 2-514 of the city's municipal code to add COVID-19 emergency response provisions, including language requiring the Senior Hot Meals programs to continue with appropriate health and safety precautions put in place. Also requires that the ordinance be immediately translated into Spanish, Hmong and Punjabi. | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Funding for Food Assistance | California | San Francisco | San Francisco, Cal., Ninth Supplement to Mayoral Proclamation Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency, § 2 (April 10, 2020). | https://sfmayor.org/sites/default/files/NinthMayoralSupplement.pdf | Section 2 of this order authorizes the City Controller to accept and expend private donations from individuals and entities to support the City's COVID-19 emergency response, including providing food and other assistance to impacted individuals and families. It further suspends provisions of agreements and local laws to the extent they would "impede the disbursement of funds or the distribution or use of goods to outside entities" for such purposes. | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Funding for Food Assistance | California | Thousand Oaks | Thousand Oaks, California, Code § 5-19.05 (current through Sept. 30, 2019) | https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/thousandoaks/latest/thousandoaks_ca/0-0-0-6295#rid-0-0-0-6301 | This provision bars persons and businesses from selling or offering to sell any emergency items, including "food" or "drink, " or "emergency services" for a price which is more than ten (10%) percent greater than the price charged by the seller for said emergency items or services immediately prior to the proclamation of the local emergency, unless said person can prove that the excess was directly attributable to additional costs imposed by the supplier of the emergency items, or resulting from increased cost of labor and/or cost of materials used to provide the emergency service." | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | California | Berkeley | Berkeley, California, Order of City Health Officer, §§ 10(f) (Mar. 16, 2020) | https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Health_Human_Services/Level_3_-_Public_Health/city-of-berkeley-health-officer-order-to-shelter-in-place.pdf | Section 10(f) defines “essential businesses” that are exempt from the City's cessation of business order to include e.g., certified farmers’ markets; farm and produce stands; stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry; and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing. | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | California | County of Sacramento | County of Sacramento, California, Order of the Health Officers of the County of Sacramento, §§ 4, 10(g) (Mar. 19, 2020) | https://www.saccounty.net/COVID-19/Documents/HOStayatHome%28Accessible%29.pdf | Section 10(g) of this stay at home or place of residence order defines “essential business” that may occur during the period covered by the order to include farmers' markets, farm and produce stands and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry ((g)(ii)); and agriculture and food cultivation, including farming, ranching, fishing, dairies (g)(iii)). Section 4 of the order further provides that "essential businesses are strongly encouraged to remain open," and sets social distancing requirements. | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | California | Los Angeles | Los Angeles, California, Ordinance No. 186587 (Mar. 31, 2020) | http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2020/20-0147-S51_ORD_186587_04-06-2020.pdf | This ordinance adds Article 2-72TT to Chapter XX of the Los Angeles Municipal Code to require retail food stores to dedicate the first hour, or in the case of a store that is open 24-hours, at least one hour in the morning, exclusively to customers who are elderly or disabled (and operators of congregate living homes that serve the elderly and disabled). This text language notes that this requirement will allow the elderly and disabled "to shop for their daily necessities without waiting in long lines and before the general public depletes a retail food store daily inventory of basic household goods." | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Special Allowances and Flexibilities for Food Service Establishments | California | Moorpark | Moorpark, California, Executive Order No. 2020-03, § 1 (Mar. 24, 2020) | https://www.moorparkca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10458/Executive-Order-2020-03-Food-Establishment-Noise?bidId= | This section suspends various noise restrictions for food establishments engaged in receiving, preparing, processing, selling, or delivering food, produce, and other groceries, including restrictions related to loading and unloading of boxes, containers and materials between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Special Allowances and Flexibilities for Food Service Establishments | California | Oxnard | Oxnard, California, Director Order No. 20-02, § (B)(C) (Mar. 19, 2020) | https://www.oxnard.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020.03.19-Director-Order-20-02.pdf | Suspends restrictions on hours of delivery otherwise imposed on establishments that provide food and other essential products. | |||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Special Allowances and Flexibilities for Food Service Establishments | California | Thousand Oaks | Thousand Oaks, California, Executive Order of the Director of Emergency Services No. 2020-01 (Mar. 19, 2020) | https://www.toaks.org/home/showdocument?id=25984 | Item 2 of this order exempts trucks that deliver food from any and all city regulations that limit hours of delivery. Item 4 clarifies that this exemption shall remain in effect during the public health emergency period covered by the order. | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Food Pricing, Supply Chain, and Rationing Laws | Colorado | Severance | Severance, Colorado Municipal Code, Ordinance No. 2020-05, § 6(d) (Mar. 24, 2020) | https://perma.cc/P5D7-HSLY | Section 6(d) of this ordinance gives the Town Administrator in conjunction with the Mayor, full power and authority to issue orders controlling, restricting, allocating or regulating the use, sale, production or distribution of food, water and other commodities, materials, goods, services and resources during the Covid-19 related emergency period described in the ordinance. | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Florida | Jacksonville | Emergency Executive Order 2020-5, § (m) (April 1, 2020) | https://www.coj.net/getattachment/Welcome/Welcome-News/COVID-19-Updates-And-Recovery-Resources/Executive-Order-2020-5_Emergency-Non-Essential-Business-Closure.pdf.aspx?lang=en-US | Section (m) allows schools to continue to provide free food to students or members of the public on condition that it is for pick-up or takeaway only. | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Florida | Jacksonville | Jacksonville, Florida, Executive Order 2020-5, §§ b, d (Apr. 1, 2020) | https://www.coj.net/getattachment/Welcome/Welcome-News/COVID-19-Updates-And-Recovery-Resources/Executive-Order-2020-5_Emergency-Non-Essential-Business-Closure.pdf.aspx | This executive order requiring nonessential business closure exempts food banks and other establishments selling food (Section b) and businesses that provide food for economically disadvantaged or individuals otherwise in need (Section d). | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Florida | Miami-Dade County | Miami-Dade County Emergency Order 07-20, items 2(b), (d), (m) (Mar. 19, 2020) | https://www.miamidade.gov/information/library/coronavirus-emergency-order-07-20-businesses.pdf | Item 2 of this emergency order defines “Essential Retail and Commercial Businesses” that may remain open amid other ordered closures to include food banks (b); "businesses that provide food, shelter, social services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals "(d); and schools and other entities that provide free food services to students and the public for pickup and takeaway only (m). | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Florida | Jacksonville | Jacksonville, Florida, Executive Order 2020-5, §§ b-c (Apr. 1, 2020) | https://www.coj.net/getattachment/Welcome/Welcome-News/COVID-19-Updates-And-Recovery-Resources/Executive-Order-2020-5_Emergency-Non-Essential-Business-Closure.pdf.aspx | This executive order requiring nonessential business closure exempts farmers' markets and farm and produce stands (Section b) and food cultivation, including farming, livestock, and fishing (Section c). | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Florida | Miami-Dade County | Miami-Dade County, Florida, Emergency Order 07-20, item 2(b), (c) (Mar. 19, 2020) | https://www.miamidade.gov/information/library/coronavirus-emergency-order-07-20-businesses.pdf | Item 2 of this emergency order defines “Essential Retail and Commercial Businesses” that may remain open amid other ordered closures to include establishments engaged in the sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry; farmers markets and farm and produce stands (b); and food cultivation, including farming, livestock and fishing (c). | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Special Allowances and Flexibilities for Food Service Establishments | Florida | Cape Coral | Cape Coral, Florida, Resolution 87-20 §§ 1-2 (April 7, 2020) | https://www.capecoral.net/Covid-19/Resolution_87-20%20(1).pdf | Section 1 of this resolution allows an increase in the number of A-frame signs from 1 to 2 for restaurants and food establishments within the State of Florida ordered to suspend on-premises food and alcohol consumption for customers under Executive Order 20-71. Section 2 waives banner permit and banner permit fee requirements for all such businesses. | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Special Allowances and Flexibilities for Food Service Establishments | Florida | Tampa City | Tampa, Florida Executive Order 2020-12 (May 8, 2020) | https://www.tampagov.net/sites/default/files/eo-cot-2020-12-amended-and-restated-lift-up-local.pdf | This order adopts the City's "Lift of Up Local Economic Retail Recovery Plan," which includes temporary suspension of City Code and permit application and approval requirements for restaurants and retail business to expand operating space in e.g., private parking areas, and designated portions of the public right of way (provided safety and Americans with Disability Act requirements are met); and creates of "Cafe Retail Recovery Zones" which the City has proactively identified for full or partial road closure to accommodate social distancing requirements. | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Funding for Food Assistance | Florida | Miami | Miami, Florida, Resolution R-20-0362, § 2(Nov. 18, 2020). | http://miamifl.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=2735&MediaPosition=&ID=8235&CssClass= | Section 2 of this resolution authorizes the City Manager to establish and approve an Individual/Household Groceries Gift Card Program funded with $3,554,000.00 in CARES Act pass-through funds from Miami-Dade County. The program provides a $250 gift card for grocery use to a household or individual affected by COVID-19. Section (2)(b) specifies that district and city-wide funding amount allocations for the program are based upon City Anti-Poverty Initiative percentages. | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Funding for Food Assistance | Florida | Orange County | Orange County, Fl., Consent Item 20-1122 (Aug. 11, 2020). | https://occompt.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4608270&GUID=0DD4EBB6-B7EC-4CC6-BD71-E21FB6CDD365 (see attachment for Agreement) | This Board Action approves and executes an agreement between the County and the School Board in which the County will pay the Board to furnish meals to eleven Head Start Centers for a year (Oct. 1, 2020 - Sept. 30, 2021). The Meals will meet the Meal Pattern for Pre-K and Elementary Students and be provided for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Florida | Alachua County | Alachua County, Florida, Third Amendment to Emergency Order No. 2020-30 §§ 2-3 (July 17, 2020) | https://alachuacounty.us/covid-19/Documents/EO%2020-30%20Phase%202%20Order%20Third%20Amendment.PDF | This ordinance requires all individuals over the age of 6 entering grocery stores, including employees, to wear facial coverings as defined by the CDC (§ 3). These same businesses must post signage notifying customers and employees of the facial covering requirement in English and Spanish (§ 2). The ordinance exempts certain individuals from the requirement, including children under the age of 6, and those with a medical problem or other condition that makes wearing a facial covering difficult (§ 3). | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Florida | Dania Beach | Dania Beach, Florida, Third Amendment to the Supplemental State of Emergency, § 1(A), (G) (Apr. 10, 2020). | https://daniabeachfl.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14538/Amended-Supplemental-Declaration-of-Emergency---Face-Mask-Order-April-10-2020?bidId= | This order requires all employees and customers of grocery stores to wear facial coverings over their mouth and nose at all times when inside the grocery store. Individuals providing delivery services are also required to wear a facial covering when making deliveries. Employees or customers experiencing an emergency or exigent circumstance are exempt from the requirement, as are young children under age two, and anyone who has trouble breathing. | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Georgia | Covington | Covington, Georgia, A Resolution for the Second Declaration of a Local State of Emergency Related to COVID-19, § 12 (March 25, 2020) | https://cityofcovington.org/ckeditorfiles/files/2020_ResolutionShellterInPlaceMandate.pdf | This shelter in place order allows “essential businesses” to continue operations provided they comply with social distancing requirements. "Essential businesses" include food banks; convenience stores; "businesses that provide food . . . for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals;" and schools and other entities that typically offer free food services if provided on a pick-up and take-away basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Georgia | Riverdale | Riverdale, Georgia, Ordinance No. 3-2020, § 8(b)(iv),(xii) (Mar. 30, 2020). | https://library.municode.com/ga/riverdale/ordinances/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=1014930 | Section 8(b) of this stay-at-home order defines "essential businesses" that are allowed to continue operations includes, e.g., business that provide food for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (iv) and schools that provide free food services to students or members of the public on a pick-up and take-away basis (xiii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Funding for Food Assistance | Georgia | Atlanta | Atlanta, Georgia, Executive Order 2020-06 (Mar. 15, 2020) | https://www.atlantaga.gov/Home/ShowDocument?id=45424 | This order directs the Chief Financial Officer to allocate up to $7 million in uncommitted general funds to be used for emergency assistance for "those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic," including $1 million for child food programs and $1 million for senior food programs. | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Funding for Food Assistance | Georgia | Dekalb County | Dekalb County, Georgia Resolution No. 2020-0444 (May 12, 2020). | https://perma.cc/XM68-SPSQ | This resolution authorizes acceptance and distribution of a grant award in the amount of $18,114.80 from the Atlanta Regional Commission for meals for seniors during COVID-19. The purpose of the grant is to provide meals for 88 seniors placed on a wait list to receive assistance from the Human Services Department. It further authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary effectuating documents. | |||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Funding for Food Assistance | Georgia | Dekalb County | Dekalb County, Georgia, Resolution No. 2020-0881 (Sept. 8, 2020). | https://perma.cc/X6N7-QD6W | This resolution authorizes the acceptance of CARES Act funds from the Atlanta Regional Commission for services for DeKalb Seniors in the amount of $594,466.69, and appropriates $256,232.96 of that amount for home meal delivery. It also authorizes the Chief Executive Office to execute all necessary documents to effectuate the action. | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Funding for Food Assistance | Georgia | DeKalb County | DeKalb County, Georgia, Resolution No. 2020-1094 (Oct. 13, 2020) | https://dekalbcountyga.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4639566&GUID=4B68C6F8-46AE-4533-BE69-D556E0413E97&FullText=1 | This resolution allocates $6K in CARES Act funding, including $2,800,000 for "Health Promotion/Food Health Education and Mobile Medical Units. Attachment 2 explains that the multi-purposed purchase of four walk-in "mobile wellness clinic/Farmer’s Market" vans will target access to nutrition and healthcare. The vans will include a section for farmers market items, provide educational information about nutrition, as well as a seperate room for a consultation room.These vans will be staffed with Nurse practitioners to help address nutritional and healthcare access which the county finds are both essential elements to improving COVID-19 outcomes. | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Georgia | Covington | Covington, Georgia, A Resolution for the Second Declaration of a Local State of Emergency Related to COVID-19, § 12 (March 25, 2020) | https://cityofcovington.org/ckeditorfiles/files/2020_ResolutionShellterInPlaceMandate.pdf | This shelter-in-place order allows “essential businesses” to continue operations provided they comply with social distancing requirements. "Essential businesses" include, e.g., farmers' markets, produce stands, and food cultivation, including farming, livestock, and fishing. | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Georgia | Riverdale | Riverdale, Georgia, Ordinance No. 3-2020, § 8(b)(ii)-(iii) (Mar. 30, 2020). | https://library.municode.com/ga/riverdale/ordinances/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=1014930 | Section 8(b) of this stay-at-home order defines "Essential businesses" that are allowed to continue operations includes, e.g., businesses engaged in selling fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, and poultry, certified farmers markets, farm and produce stands (ii) and food cultivation, including farming, livestock, and fishing (iii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Georgia | Union City | Union City, Georgia, Ordinance No. 2020-07, § 2 (July 10, 2020). | https://library.municode.com/ga/union_city/ordinances/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=1030996 | This order requires all persons entering a commercial establishment to wear a mask or face covering. Section 2 specifically requires all grocery stores and pharmacies to compel their employees to wear a face covering while having face-to-face interaction with the public. The order exempts any person unable to wear a face covering due to age, an underlying medical condition, or inability to remove the face covering unassisted. | |||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Hawaii | Honolulu | Honolulu, Hawaii, Emergency Order No. 2020-14 § 2 (May 28, 2020). | https://www.honolulu.gov/rep/site/may/may_docs/Emergency_Order_No._2020-14.pdf | This order requires individuals to shelter in place except for certain essential activities and essential business work including e.g.: home-based care which includes meal delivery to seniors, adults, children, people with disabilities, substance abuse disorder, and/or mental illness (F)(17); travel to/from educational institutions for purposes of receiving meals (K)(9); schools providing food on a pick-up/takeaway basis (F)(13a); businesses that provide food for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (F)(4). | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Hawaii | Honolulu | Honolulu, Hawaii, Emergency Order, No. 2020-02 §§ II(F)(2),(4),(13) (Mar. 22, 2020) | http://www.honolulu.gov/rep/site/may/may_docs/Emergency_Order_No._2020-02ProdLinks.pdf | These provisions carve out exemptions to the City's cessation of business order for certain “essential businesses” including e.g., food banks; businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals;" schools that typically offer food service (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only and only with social distancing); and cafeterias lunchrooms and dining facilities in health care facilities to provide food and beverage services (for employees, patients and certain screened visitors). | |||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Food Pricing, Supply Chain, and Rationing Laws | Hawaii | Kaua'i County | Kaua'i County, Hawaii, Mayor's Emergency Rule #5, Amendment #3 (Apr. 8, 2020) | https://www.scribd.com/document/455742177/Mayor-s-Emergency-Rule-5-AMENDMENT-3-04-08-20#from_embed | This emergency rule includes a provision on page 2 which requires stores that sell groceries to "implement controls to discourage hoarding of essential supplies." Persons violating this rule shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fines of up to $5,000, imprisonment for up to one year, or both. | |||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Hawaii | Honolulu | Honolulu, Hawaii, Emergency Order No. 2020-14 § 2 (May 28, 2020). | https://www.honolulu.gov/rep/site/may/may_docs/Emergency_Order_No._2020-14.pdf | This order requires individuals to shelter in place except for certain essential activities including e.g., obtaining fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish, and poultry (F)(2), and essential businesses, including e.g., grocery stores, certified farmers' markets, farm and produce stands (F)(2) and food cultivation, including farming, livestock, and fishing (F)(3). | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Hawaii | Honolulu | Honolulu, Hawaii, Emergency Order, No. 2020-02 §§ II(A)(2), (F) (Mar. 22, 2020) | http://www.honolulu.gov/rep/site/may/may_docs/Emergency_Order_No._2020-02ProdLinks.pdf | Section II(A)(2) defines “essential activities” that residents may engage in during the City's stay-in-place order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section II(F) defines “essential businesses” that are exempt from the City's cessation of business order to include e.g., certified farmers’ markets; farm and produce stands; stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry; and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing. | |||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Idaho | Boise | Boise, Idaho, Public Health Emergency Order No. 20-02, § 2 (Mar. 19, 2020) | https://www.cityofboise.org/media/9783/restaurantsandbars.pdf | Section 3 provides exemption to the prohibition on dine-in restaurant operations for emergency overnight or day shelters that supply food services to persons experiencing homelessness. | |||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Idaho | Lewiston | Lewiston, Idaho, Public Health Emergency Order No. 20-01 for the City of Lewiston, § 4 (March 25, 2020) | https://lcvalley.dailyfly.com/Home/ArtMID/1352/ArticleID/54983/LEWISTON-Public-Health-Emergency-Order-No-20-01 | Section 4 of this emergency order exempts overnight and day shelters that provide food for those experiencing homelessness from closure requirement of restaurants and dine-in food service. | |||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Idaho | Moscow | Moscow, Idaho, Public Health Emergency Order No. 20-01, § 4 (March 20, 2020) | Moscow, Idaho, Public Health Emergency Order No. 20-01, § 4 (March 20, 2020) | Section 4 of this order exempts "essential activities" from the stay-at-home restriction, which includes working at "essential businesses" including food banks, convenience stores, other establishments that sell canned food, dry goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, and organizations that provide food for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals . . . and people with disabilities." (Note: This ordinance was repealed after a statewide order was instituted.) | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Special Allowances and Flexibilities for Food Service Establishments | Idaho | Boise | Boise, Idaho, Public Health Emergency Order No. 20-02, Sec. 2. (Mar. 19, 2020) | https://www.cityofboise.org/media/9783/restaurantsandbars.pdf | This order includes requirement at section 2 that parking meters, if any in front of a food service establishment, be reserved for temporary use by individuals for curbside food take-out. | |||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Special Allowances and Flexibilities for Food Service Establishments | Idaho | Moscow | Moscow, Idaho, Public Health Emergency Order No. 20-01, §§ 2(C), 3(C) (March 20, 2020) | https://www.ci.moscow.id.us/DocumentCenter/View/19225/Public-Health-Emergency-Order-No-20-01-Mass-gatherings-restaurants-bars-03-20-2020 | This emergency order restricting food service operations provides that parking meter spaces in front of food and beverage service establishments "shall be reserved for the temporary use by individuals for curbside take-out." | |||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Food Pricing, Supply Chain, and Rationing Laws | Illinois | Champaign | Champaign, Illinois, Declaration of Emergency § 12-39 (7) (Jan. 30, 2020) | http://documents.ci.champaign.il.us/v/1xcdmv-59ceVrRKkf2OAFyX4DjraEqrFF | This declaration of emergency grants authority to the Mayor to order the control, restriction and regulation within the City of food and other specified “necessities of life,” by various means including rationing, issuing quotas, fixing or freezing prices, or allocating use, sale or distribution. | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Food Pricing, Supply Chain, and Rationing Laws | Illinois | Chicago | Chicago, Illinois, Ordinance No. 2020-5705, (Nov. 17, 2020). | https://chicago.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4693492&GUID=8CFB1F0F-BF3C-4F1F-BDA9-55CB4B0797AF&Options=Advanced&Search=&FullText=1 | This ordinance amends a current Municipal Code Section to regulate third-party food delivery service fees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Section (b)(1) prohibits Third-Party Food Delivery Services to charge a food dispensing establishment a delivery fee more than 10% of the purchase price of an online order; (b)(3) prohibits a Third-Party Food Delivery Service from charging greater than 15% of a Food Dispensing Establishment's monthly net sales; (b)(5) prohibits a Third-Party Food Delivery Service from charding a customer a Purchase Price higher than the price set by the Food Dispensing Establishment. Section 3 directs that these prohibitions can be appealed without further City Council action when indoor dining is allowed at 40% or greater capacity for 60 consecutive days. | |||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Atchison County | Atchison County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §1 (March 24, 2020) | http://atchisoncountyks.org/DocumentCenter/View/2213/Atchison-County-Heath-Department-Shelter-at-Home-Order-3-24-2020 | Section (1)(b)(ii) defines "essential activities" that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section 1(e) defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the period to include e.g., produce stands, and stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry (§1(e)(ii)); and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing.(§1(e)(iii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Barber County | Barber County, Kansas, Emergency Order of the Barber County Local Health Officer (March 30, 2020) | http://barber.ks.gov/uploads/5/6/1/9/56198487/order_to_stay_home_march_2020.pdf | Section 1 defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the County's stay-at-home order to include e.g., food banks (§1E(ii)); "businesses that provide food . . . for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals" (§1E(v)); and schools and other entities that typically offer free food services if provided on a pick-up and take-away basis (§1E(xiv)). Section 2 requires essential businesses to proactively comply with social distancing measures, including e.g., "implementing separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers." | |||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Clay County | County of Clay Public Health Emergency Order §i-III (March 22, 2020) | https://www.clayhealth.com/DocumentCenter/View/1009/Clay-County-Public-Health-Emergency-Order---Updated-32220 | This order specifies, e.g., that residents may leave their residences or place of rest only to perform “Essential Activities,” including e.g. to perform work providing essential products and services at an "Essential Business." "Essential Businesses" are defined to include "food banks" (§ III(A)(2)(ii)); "businesses that provide food, shelter, and social services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ III(A)(2)(v)); educational institutions facilitating food provision and delivery (§ III(A)(2)(xii); and business that deliver groceries directly to residences (§ III(A)(2)(xviii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Douglas County | Douglas County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officers §§ 1(e)(ii); (x); (xiv); 2(iii) (Mar. 22, 2020) | https://ldchealth.org/DocumentCenter/View/2869/DG-Co-Public-Health-Officer-Stay-at-Home-Order-3-22-20 | Section 1 defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., food banks (§1(e)(ii)); businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ 1(e)(v)); and schools and other entities that typically offer food free food services to students and members of the public (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only) (§1(e)(xiv)). Section 2 (iii) directs such essential business to take proactive measures to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements, including where possible, "implementing separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers." | |||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Geary County | Geary County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §§ 1(e)(ii); (v); (xiv); 2(iii) (Mar. 27, 2020) | https://www.gearycounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/622/Stay-Home-Order-Geary-County?bidId= | Section 1 defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., food banks (§1(e)(ii)); businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ 1(e)(v)); and schools and other entities that typically offer food free food services to students and members of the public (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only) (§1(e)(xiv)). Section 2 (iii) directs such essential business to take proactive measures to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements, including where possible, "implementing separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers." | |||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Johnson County | Johnson County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §§ 1(e)(ii); (v); (xiv); 2(iii) (Mar. 22, 2020) | https://www.jocogov.org/sites/default/files/documents/CMO/JoCo%20Public%20Health%20Officer%20Stay%20at%20Home%20Order%203-22-20.pdf | Section 1 defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., food banks (§1(e)(ii)); businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ 1(e)(v)); and schools and other entities that typically offer food free food services to students and members of the public (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only) (§1(e)(xiv)). Section 2 (iiii) directs such essential business to take proactive measures to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements, including where possible, "implementing separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers." | |||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Leavenworth County | Leavenworth County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §§ 1(e)(ii); (v); (xiv); 2(iii) (Mar. 24, 2020) | https://www.leavenworthcounty.gov/covid/publications/order03212020.pdf | Section 1 defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., food banks (§1(e)(ii)); businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ 1(e)(v)); and schools and other entities that typically offer food free food services to students and members of the public (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only) (§ 1(e)(xiv)). Section 2 (iii) directs such essential business to take proactive measures to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements, including where possible, "implementing separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers." | |||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Reno County | Reno County, Kansas, Emergency Order #20-02 Of the Reno County Local Health Officer §§ 1(F), 2(iii) (Mar. 27, 2020) | https://www.renogov.org/DocumentCenter/View/7681/03-27-2020---Emergency-Public-Health-Order-20-02-Stay-at-Home-Order?bidId= | Section 1 defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., food banks (§1(F)(ii)); businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ 1(F)(v)); and schools and other entities that typically offer food free food services to students and members of the public (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only) (§ 1(F)(xiv)). Section 2 (iii) directs such essential business to take proactive measures to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements, including where possible, "implementing separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers." | |||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Saline County | Saline County, Kansas, Safer at Home Order §§ 1(f)(i); (iv); (xv); 2(c) (Mar. 27, 2020) | https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Saline-County-Safer-at-Home-Order.pdf | Section 1 defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., food banks (§1(f)(i)); businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ 1(f)(iv)); and schools and other entities that typically offer food free food services to students and members of the public (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only) (§1(f)(xv)). Section 2 (c) directs such essential business to take proactive measures to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements, including where possible, "implementing separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers." | |||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Shawnee County | Shawnee County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §§ 1(e)(ii); (v); (xiv); 2(iii) (Mar. 24, 2020) | https://www.snco.us/HD/Document/emergency_order_safer_at_home.pdf | Section 1 defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., food banks (§1(e)(ii)); businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ 1(e)(v)); and schools and other entities that typically offer food free food services to students and members of the public (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only) (§ 1(e)(xiv)). Section 2 (iii) directs such essential business to take proactive measures to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements, including where possible, "implementing separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers." | |||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Atchison County | Atchison County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §1 (March 24, 2020) | http://atchisoncountyks.org/DocumentCenter/View/2213/Atchison-County-Heath-Department-Shelter-at-Home-Order-3-24-2020 | Section 1 defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., food banks (§1(e)(ii)); businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ 1(e)(v)); and schools and other entities that typically offer food free food services to students and members of the public (provided they do so on a pick-up and take-away basis only) (§1(e)(xiv)). | |||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Barber County | Barber County, Kansas, Emergency Order of the Barber County Local Health Officer (March 30, 2020) | http://barber.ks.gov/uploads/5/6/1/9/56198487/order_to_stay_home_march_2020.pdf | Section 1(B)(ii) defines "essential activities" that may continue during the County's stay-at-home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, meat, and poultry. Section 1(E) defines "essential businesses" that may continue during the period to include, e.g., produce stands, grocery stores, farmers' markets, and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, and poultry (§ 1(E)(ii)) and food cultivation, including farming, livestock, and fishing (§ 1(E)(iii)). | |||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Clay County | County of Clay Public Health Emergency Order § I-III (March 22, 2020) | https://www.clayhealth.com/DocumentCenter/View/1009/Clay-County-Public-Health-Emergency-Order---Updated-32220 | This order specifies, e.g., that residents may leave their residences or place of rest only to perform “Essential Activities,” including e.g., to obtain necessary services or supplies for themselves and their family or household members, or close personal acquaintances, or to deliver those services or supplies to others and to perform work providing essential products and services at an "Essential Business." Section III(A)(1)(ii) defines "Essential Activities" to include, e.g., obtaining or delivering fresh fruits, vegetables, fresh meats, fish, and poultry. Sections III(A)(2)(ii),(iii) define "Essential Businesses" include "grocery stores, farmers' markets, farm and produce stands, markets, food banks . . . food cultivation, farming, fishing, and livestock." | |||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Douglas County | Douglas County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officers §§ 1(b)(ii); 1(e) (Mar. 22, 2020) | https://ldchealth.org/DocumentCenter/View/2869/DG-Co-Public-Health-Officer-Stay-at-Home-Order-3-22-20 | Section 1(b)(ii) defines “essential activities” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section 1(e) defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the period to include e.g., produce stands, and stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry (§1(e)(ii)); and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing.(§1(e)(iii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Geary County | Geary County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §§ 1(b)(ii); 1(e) (Mar. 27, 2020) | https://www.gearycounty.org/DocumentCenter/View/622/Stay-Home-Order-Geary-County?bidId= | Section 1(b)(ii) defines “essential activities” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section 1(e) defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the period to include e.g., produce stands, and stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry (§1(e)(ii)); and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing.(§1(e)(iii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Johnson County | Johnson County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §§ 1(b)(ii); 1(e) (Mar. 22, 2020) | https://www.jocogov.org/sites/default/files/documents/CMO/JoCo%20Public%20Health%20Officer%20Stay%20at%20Home%20Order%203-22-20.pdf | Section 1(b)(ii) defines “essential activities” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section 1(e) defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the period to include e.g., produce stands, and stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry (§1(e)(ii)); and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing.(§1(e)(iii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Leavenworth County | Leavenworth County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §§ 1(b)(ii), 1(e) (Mar. 24, 2020) | https://www.leavenworthcounty.gov/covid/publications/order03212020.pdf | Section 1(b)(ii) defines “essential activities” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section 1(e) defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the period to include e.g., produce stands, and stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry (§1(e)(ii)); and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing.(§1(e)(iii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Reno County | Reno County, Kansas, Emergency Order #20-02 Of the Reno County Local Health Officer §§ 1(C), 1(F) (Mar. 27, 2020) | https://www.renogov.org/DocumentCenter/View/7681/03-27-2020---Emergency-Public-Health-Order-20-02-Stay-at-Home-Order?bidId= | Section (1)(C)(ii) defines "essential activities" that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section 1(F) defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the period to include e.g., produce stands, and stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry (§1(F)(ii)); and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing.(§1(F)(iii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Saline County | Saline County, Kansas, Safer at Home Order §§ 1(b)(ii); 1(f) (Mar. 27, 2020) | https://www.ksal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Saline-County-Safer-at-Home-Order.pdf | Section (1)(b)(ii) defines "essential activities" that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section 1(f) defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the period to include e.g., produce stands, and stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry (§1(f)(ii)); and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing.(§1(f)(iii)). | |||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Sedgwick County | Sedgwick County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §§ 1(b)(ii); 1(e) (Mar. 24, 2020) | https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/media/56921/emergency-order-of-the-sedgwick-county-local-health-officer-3-24-20.pdf | Section 1(b)(ii) defines “essential activities” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section 1(e) defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the period to include e.g., produce stands, and stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry (§1(e)(ii)); and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing.(§1(e)(iii). | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Kansas | Shawnee County (Topeka, Auburn, Rossville, Silver Lake, and Willard) | Shawnee County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §§ 1(b)(ii); 1(e) (Mar. 24, 2020) | https://www.snco.us/HD/Document/emergency_order_safer_at_home.pdf | Section 1(b)(ii) defines “essential activities” that may continue during the County's stay at home order to include e.g., activities to obtain or deliver fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh meats, fish and poultry. Section 1(e) defines “essential businesses” that may continue during the period to include e.g., produce stands, and stores and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish and poultry (§1(e)(ii)); and food cultivation, including farming livestock and fishing.(§1(e)(iii)). | |||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Kansas | Atchison County | Atchison County, Kansas, Emergency Order of Local Health Officer §2 (March 24, 2020) | http://atchisoncountyks.org/DocumentCenter/View/2213/Atchison-County-Heath-Department-Shelter-at-Home-Order-3-24-2020 | Section 2 (iii) directs essential businesses--which include food banks (§1(e)(ii)); businesses that offer food and "other necessities of life" for "economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (§ 1(e)(v)); and schools and other entities that typically offer food free food services to students and members of the public (§1(e)(xiv))--to take proactive measures to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements, including where possible, "implementing separate operating hours for elderly and vulnerable customers." | |||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Funding for Food Assistance | Kentucky | Louisville | Louisville Metro Government, Ordinance No. 046, Series 2020, An Emergency Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 044, Series 2020 to Facilitate the Operation of the Emergency Assistance Fund to Provide Community Assistance Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic (April 17, 2020) | https://legistar2.granicus.com/louisville/meetings/2020/3/8665_M_Metro_Council_20-03-19_Action_Summary.pdf | This emergency ordinance amends Ordinance No. 044, Series 2020 which established an emergency assistance fund for food assistance and emergency housing assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic. As amended by Ordinance, No. 046, Ordinance No. 044 allows the Metro government to provide either advance funding or reimbursement to eligible "External Agency Funding Non-Profits" (see Ordinance No. 044) to the extent demand and need at those entities exceeds 2019-2020 approved operating budgets and other funds available from other sources that were specifically provided for COVID-19 relief efforts. | |||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Maine | Bangor | Bangor, Maine, Emergency Regulations: Prohibitions on Businesses, §§ 3(B), 4(A), Exh. A (March 22, 2020) | https://www.bangormaine.gov/filestorage/422/EMERGENCY_REGULATION_BUSINESSES_%28revised3%29.pdf | This stay-at-home order requires businesses to cease operations unless categorized as an "Essential Business" which includes e.g., schools and other entities that typically offer free food services if provided on a pick-up and take-away basis (§ 3(B)); food banks and convenience stores (Exh. A § 2); and "businesses and organizations that provide food . . . for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals" (Exh. A § 4). | |||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Maine | Cape Elizabeth | Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Amendment to Emergency Regulation: Prohibitions on Businesses, §§ 4(B), 5, Exh. A (April 1, 2020) | https://www.capeelizabeth.com/media/Ordinances/Emergency/Emergency_Regulation_COVID-19_Approved_April_1_2020.pdf | This emergency regulation exempts certain "essential businesses" and food providers (§ 4-5) from a business operations prohibition imposed by a declared civil state of emergency, including food banks (Exh. A), "schools and other entities that typically provide free food services to students or members of the public" (§ 4), and "businesses and organizations that provide food . . . for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals" (Exh. A). | |||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Maine | Portland | Portland, Maine, Order 153-19/20: Order Renewing and Amending the Proclamation Declaring Continued State of Emergency and Requirement to Stay at Home, Exhibit A §§ 2, 4, 7(Mar. 30, 2020) | https://www.portlandmaine.gov/DocumentCenter/View/27562/Order-153-FY20-Emergency-Proclamation-Stay-At-Home-Until-April-27-as-amended--3302020 | Exhibit A of this order defines e.g., "food banks" (§ 2) and "businesses and organizations that provide food, shelter, medical and social services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy or homeless individuals, and any associated parking in a parking garage that is related to these services" (§ 4) as a Covid-19 essential services. Such services are allowed to and strongly encouraged to remain open and people may leave the house to visit their facilities amid other closures imposed by this stay at home order. | |||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Maine | Bangor | Bangor, Maine, Emergency Regulations: Prohibitions on Businesses, §§ 4(A), Exh. A (March 22, 2020) | https://www.bangormaine.gov/filestorage/422/EMERGENCY_REGULATION_BUSINESSES_%28revised3%29.pdf | This stay-at-home order requires businesses to cease operations unless categorized as an "Essential Business" which includes e.g., certified farmers' markets and farm and produce stands (Exh. A § 2) and "food cultivation and processing, including farming, livestock, and fishing" (Exh. A § 3). | |||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Maine | Cape Elizabeth | Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Amendment to Emergency Regulation: Prohibitions on Businesses, §§ 5, Exh. A (April 1, 2020) | https://www.capeelizabeth.com/media/Ordinances/Emergency/Emergency_Regulation_COVID-19_Approved_April_1_2020.pdf | This emergency regulation designates certified farmers’ markets, farm and produce stands, and food cultivation and processing, including farming, livestock, agriculture, and fishing (Exh. A) as "essential businesses" and exempts them from a business operations prohibition imposed by a declared civil state of emergency. | |||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Maine | Portland | Portland, Maine, Order 153-19/20: Order Renewing and Amending the Proclamation Declaring Continued State of Emergency and Requirement to Stay at Home, Exhibit A §§ 3, 7 (Mar. 30, 2020) | https://www.portlandmaine.gov/DocumentCenter/View/27562/Order-153-FY20-Emergency-Proclamation-Stay-At-Home-Until-April-27-as-amended--3302021 | Exhibit A of the Executive Order defines "food cultivation and processing, including farming, livestock, and fishing" as essential services (§ 3). Such services are allowed to and strongly encouraged to remain open and people may leave the house to visit their facilities amid other closures imposed by this stay at home order. | |||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Maryland | Baltimore | Baltimore, Maryland, Executive Order, Continuation of Governor's Stay at Home Order, § 3(VI)(a)(i) (May 2020). | https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/05152020155718-0001.pdf | This order extends, until further notice within the City of Baltimore, a stay at home order issued by the Governor of Maryland which specifically exempts staff and volunteers travelling to and from nonprofit organizations and facilities "providing essential services to low income persons," including e.g., food banks and soup kitchens. | |||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Maryland | Laurel | Laurel, Massachusetts, Executive Order No. 2020-15, § V(C) (May 15, 2020). | https://www.cityoflaurel.org/comm/press-releases/14291-mayor-moe-issues-executive-order-no-2020-15-stay-home-order-remains-effect | This provision exempts staff and volunteers of, e.g., non-profit organizations or facilities "providing essential services to low-income persons," including, e.g., food banks, and soup kitchens, from the closure and movement restrictions imposed by the countywide stay-at-home order. | |||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Massachusetts | Lynn | Lynn, Massachusetts, Executive Order From the Mayor of the City of Lynn and Public Health Director of the City of Lynn Regulating Public and Private Inland and Coastal Landings, Boat Ramps, Marinas, and Yacht Clubs (May 11, 2020) | http://www.ci.lynn.ma.us/covid19/emergency_orders/5.11.20%20Boat_Marina_Yacht_Club_Order.pdf | This order recognizes commercial fishing as an essential part to the food supply chain and states that it will continue to be permitted. However, workers are required to use public health guidance to limit interactions with each other and the public. | |||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Massachusetts | Marblehead | Marblehead, Massachusetts, Emergency Order of 4-16-20 Regarding Facial Coverings § 1 (Apr. 16, 2020) | https://www.marblehead.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4661/f/uploads/facialcoveringorder.pdf | This emergency order requires all persons entering essential businesses, including grocery stores and farm stands, to wear a facial covering over their nose and mouth. It also requires essential businesses to post signage at public and employee entrances requiring facial coverings and to follow all other applicable CDC and DPC protocols for particular businesses, which may include facial coverings and gloves. | |||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Massachusetts | Nantucket | Nantucket, Massachusetts, Emergency Order No. 4 (Apr. 8, 2020). | https://nantucket-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/36099/EMERGENCY-ORDER-No-4--Shell-Fishing-License-Extension-PDF | This emergency order recognizes that fishing and shell fishing are essential services for the purposes of providing food and therefore extends all 2019-2020 recreational shell fishing licenses set to expire on March 31, 2020 until the state of emergency has been lifted. The order further confirmed that any 2020 licenses already sold are considered valid. Further, the order requires persons engaging in shell fishing to practice the CDC's social distancing recommendations. | |||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Massachusetts | Fitchburg | Firtchburg, Massachusetts, Order Requiring Facial Coverings Where Social Distancing is Not Possible §§ 1, 3-5 (May 6, 2020). | http://www.fitchburgma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6200/Mask-Facial-Covering-Order-PH-Director | This order requires all employees of essential businesses and food handlers to wear a face covering when interacting with the public and when working within six feet of a co-worker, and requires employers to provide face coverings for employees who do not use their own (§§ 3-4). It also requires all persons at all times to wear a face covering while inside a grocery store (§ 5), except for individuals with a medical condition or those otherwise exempted by the Department of Public Health, and allows an establishment to deny entry for violations of the order (§ 10). | |||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Laws that Support or Require Safer Access to Food at Grocery Stores, Other Fresh Food Venues and Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Massachusetts | Gloucester | Gloucester, Massachusetts, Mayor and Board Health Emergency Order § 1 (Apr. 15 2020). | http://www.gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6617/GLOUCESTER---EMERGENCY-ORDER---USE-OF-MASKS-AND-OTHER-PROTECTIVE-MEASURES---BOH---FINAL?bidId= | This order requires all members of the public to where a facial covering while entering grocery stores and other essential businesses. | |||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Funding for Food Assistance | Minnesota | Hennepin County | Board of Hennepin County Commissioners Resolution 20-0246 (Jun. 23, 2020) | https://hennepin.novusagenda.com/agendapublic/DisplayAgendaPDF.ashx?MinutesMeetingID=2320 | This resolution allocates $2,000,000 of federal funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) to food security needs for Hennepin County residents negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, during the period of June 2, 2020 through December 30, 2020; and authorizes the County Administrator to issue food distribution and delivery grants for Hennepin County residents negatively impacted by COVID-19 pandemic. | |||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Funding for Food Assistance | Minnesota | Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota, File No. 2020-01088 (Nov. 19, 2020) (includes Council Action No. 2020A-0851 and Resolution No. 2020R-336) | https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2020-01088 | Council Action No. 2020A-0851 approves the Minneapolis Health Department's request to accept a $88,017 grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services to facilitate emergency food distribution services and authorizes an agreement with the State. Accompanying documentation indicates that city staff completed a racial equity impact analysis and found that 300-600 Latinx and BIPOC will be served by this grant in an “area over-burdened with poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and environmental justice challenges.” Resolution No. 2020R-336 formally appropriates the grant funds to the Health Department. | |||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Funding for Food Assistance | Minnesota | Northfield | Northfield, Minnesota, City Council Resolution 2020-070 (Aug. 18, 2020) | https://www.ci.northfield.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/9594/City-Council-Supplemental-Agenda-Background-Memo-for-August-18-2020-No-2 | The City Council authorized $145,000 of CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act funding for the Community Action Center of Northfield to use for "public health measures related to expenses for food delivery to residents," including senior citizens and other vulnerable populations. The funds would create a satellite food shelf and mobile food distribution site that would "intentionally focus on providing accessible and healthy resources in Northfield's most diverse neighborhoods." | |||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Special Allowances and Flexibilities for Food Service Establishments | Minnesota | Minneapolis | Minneapolis, Minnesota, Emergency Regulation No. 2020-5 (Mar. 17, 2020) | http://www2.minneapolismn.gov/coronavirus/notices/WCMSP-223319 | Waives late fees for specified food and other business licenses to ensure operational continuity and continued business capacity. | |||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Mississippi | Jackson | Jackson, Mississippi, Mayoral Proclamation of Executive Order (1) Requiring Individuals to Stay at Home and Practice Social Distancing Requirements, (2) Barring Non-Essential Business and (3) Limiting Certain Other Activities in the City of Jackson, §§ 12(b), (d) (March 31, 2020) | https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/skm-c65820033116290.pdf | This stay-at-home order requiring the closure of nonessential businesses, among other provisions, exempts farmers' markets, farm and produce stands, and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of groceries, fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh meats, fish, and poultry (section 12(b)). The order also provides an exemption for human service operations (section 8) and social service organizations, including food banks and groups that serve food to economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals (section 12(d)). | |||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Mississippi | Meridian | Meridian, Mississippi, Executive Order No. Covid-19 (3), § 3 (April 14, 2020) | https://www.meridianms.org/covid19/Executive%20Order%20No%20COVID-19-3.pdf | This stay-at-home order requiring the closure of nonessential businesses exempts charitable organizations and social services that provide food, including food banks, for economically disadvantaged or special populations, individuals who need assistance as a result of this emergency, and people with disabilities (§ 3(f)). This section also recognizes that these organizations have a special responsibility to implement and follow social distancing guidelines, including stopping in-person retail operation. | |||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Closure and Reduced Operation Exemptions/Exceptions for Food Service Establishments Serving Priority Populations | Mississippi | Tupelo | City of Tupelo, Mississippi, Executive Order 2020-008 (March 20, 2020) | https://secureservercdn.net/104.238.71.109/rne.d27.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/All-Executive-Orders.pdf | This amendment to the city's emergency proclamation permits continued operation of essential businesses, including convenience stores, food banks, and businesses providing necessities to economically disadvantaged people. | |||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Laws that Support Fresh Food Sales/Purchases, Food Cultivation, Hunting or Fishing | Mississippi | Gulfport | Gulfport, Mississippi, Covid-19 Executive Order No. 2, pg. 8 (March 31, 2020) | http://www.gulfport-ms.gov/news/Gulfport%20Emergency%20Proclamation%20-%202ND%20ORDER%20%203%2031%202020.pdf | This stay-at-home order permits essential businesses to continue operations, including farm workers. The order also exempts fishing as personal recreation. |