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Contra Costa County Releases Updated Public Guidance for Face Coverings

Seeking Applicants for Racial Justice Oversight Body Seat 4

Contra Costa Television Supports Distance Learning for Students

Contra Costa Continues to Open Businesses and Activities Effective 6 AM, June 17, 2020

Library Launching Front Door Service

Contra Costa to Reopen Outdoor Dining, Pools, Religious Services Effective 5 PM, June 5, 2020

Contra Costa Rescinds Countywide Curfew Order Effective as of 1 PM, June 4, 2020

Contra Costa Passes Proclamation of Local Emergency and Countywide Curfew Order Due to Civil Unrest

Progress in COVID-19 Fight Means Businesses Reopening on June 3, 2020

See Health Services Press Release: Progress in COVID-19 Fight Means Businesses Reopening on June 3. 

See Updated Shelter in Place Order 6/2/2020 and Appendices.

Joint Statement in Reopening Activity While Continuing to Protect the Community

Requiring Testing of Residents and Personnel at Residential Facilities

Contra Costa County Extends a Modified Ordinance for Eviction Protection and Rent Freeze

Contra Costa County to Begin Allowing Curbside Retail on May 19, 2020

See Press Release: Contra Costa County to Begin Allowing Curbside Retail on May 19, 2020. 

See Joint Statement (PDF) from Bay Area Health Officers Regarding Significant Progress on COVID-19 Indicators and Next Steps for Reopening. 

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Contra Costa County to Allow Vehicle-Based Gatherings and Services Health Order

Contra Costa Extends Time People With COVID-19 Must Remain in Isolation Health Orders

Tax Collector's Office Appointments Available

Veterans' Voices Talk Show Highlights First Responders

Seven Bay Area Health Officers' Statement: Bay Area Health Orders Remain in Effect

Authorizing Testing and Processing by Commercial Clinical Laboratories Health Order

Regional Shelter-in-Place Orders Extended as Some Rules Ease

Seven Bay Area Health Officers’ Statement: Extension & Revisions to Current Shelter-in-Place Order

Vital Child Care Relief for COVID-19 Frontline Workers

County Launches New COVID-19 Call Center to Assist Small Businesses and Workers

Board of Supervisors Passes Eviction Protection and Rent Freeze Ordinance

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve an Urgency Ordinance temporarily prohibiting evictions of residential and commercial real property tenants in Contra Costa County impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and establishing a moratorium on rent...

Workforce Development Board Provides Free Access to Online Career Training

Contra Costa Health Officer Issues New "Cover Your Face" Order

Health Officer Order: Suspending Intakes. Social Distancing at Homeless Shelters

Contra Costa Health Order Requires Masks, Temperature Checks for Health Facility Visitors

County Library Launches New Virtual Storytime Content for Families

County Issues Mass Isolation and Quarantine Orders for People with COVID-19 and Their Close Contacts

April 1, 2020 is Census Day

Bay Area Health Officers Issue Updated Stay-at-Home Order with New Restrictions Through May 3

Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Food and Support Services Available

Health Order for Laboratories to Report Comprehensively on COVID-19 Results

Contra Costa & 6 Other Bay Area Jurisdictions Order Residents to Stay Home

Contra Costa County Issues Emergency Proclamation

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