MAYOR ISSUES ORDER TO SHELTER IN PLACE

On Sunday, March 22, Mayor Caldwell issued an emergency order requiring all individuals in the City and County of Honolulu to "Stay at home/Work from home", except for certain essential activities and work to provide essential business and government services or perform essential public infrastructure construction, including housing.

The intent of this Order is to ensure that the maximum number of people self-isolate in their places of residence to the maximum extent feasible, while enabling essential services to continue, to slow the spread of COVID-19 to the maximum extent possible.

This Order is effective at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 23, and will continue through Thursday, April 30 at 4:30 p.m. Violation of any of the Orders is punishable as a misdemeanor, with fines of up to $5,000 up to a year in jail, or both.

Essential activities include, but are not limited to, obtaining medical supplies or medication, visiting a health care professional, obtaining necessary services or supplies such as groceries, and outdoor activities in locations as allowed by law.

Essential business includes, but is not limited to, healthcare operations, grocery stores and supermarkets, businesses that provide food, shelter and social services, gas stations, banks and financial institutions, and media services.

Essential activities include the following:

Tasks essential to their health and safety
To obtain necessary services or supplies (groceries, household consumer products, products necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences)
To engage in outdoor activity in locations as allowed by law (walking, hiking, or running with or without pets)
To perform work providing essential products and services
To care for a family member or pet in another household

Essential businesses consist of the following:

Healthcare Operations and Essential Infrastructure
Establishments engaged in the retail sale of food and other household consumer products (Grocery stores, certified farmers’ markets, farm and produce stands, supermarkets, food banks, convenience stores, etc.)
Food cultivation (farming, livestock, fishing)
Service providers for homeless or impoverished individuals
Newspapers, television, radio, and other media services
Gas stations and auto-supply, auto-repair, and related facilities
Banks and related financial institutions
Hardware stores
Maintenance service providers (plumbers, electricians, exterminators, etc.)
Businesses providing mailing and shipping and delivery services
Educational institutions providing distance learning, critical research, or performing essential functions
Laundry service providers (laundromats, dry cleaners, industrial laundry services)
Facilities that prepare and serve food, but only for delivery or carry out
Businesses that supply products needed for people to work from home
Businesses that supply other essential businesses with the support or supplies necessary to operate
Airlines, taxis, and other private transportation providers
Home-based care for seniors, adults, or children, and/or people with developmental disabilities, including meal delivery
Residential facilities and shelters for seniors, adults, and children, and/or people with developmental disabilities
Professional services, such as legal or accounting services, insurance services, and real estate services
Childcare facilities providing services that enable employees exempted in this Order to work as permitted
Businesses that provide food, shelter, and other necessities of life for animals
Hotels and motels, to the extent used for lodging, and service providers to hotels and motels
Funeral, mortuary, cremation, burial, cemetery, and related services
Critical trades (plumbers, electricians, exterminators, janitorial staff, security, HVAC, painting, moving services, etc.)
Critical labor union functions that are essential activities

To read the full order, click HERE.