Yesterday, Mayor Nirenberg and the San Antonio City Council extended the Stay Home, Work Safe order through April 30. This order asks residents to stay home unless they are engaging in essential activities or considered an essential employee, as per the city’s criteria. This extension aligns with the Governor’s executive order and the Administration’s extension of social distancing guidelines through April 30. While the order is extended through April 30, the Mayor was clear that this does not mean that things will go back to normal on May 1. Last week, Mayor Nirenberg issued an addendum to the Stay Home, Work Safe order. The addendum aligns San Antonio’s order with Governor Abbott’s most recent executive order on March 31, 2020. Below is the list of revisions:
  1. Staff members at long-term care facilities may only work at one facility. Long-term care facilities should identify and exclude potentially infected staff members and implement appropriate infection control measures;
  2. Provides the City with the authority to revoke Certificates of Occupancy from businesses as an enforcement measure for repeat violations of Stay Home, Work Safe orders;
  3. Requiring all food, household staples retail, including those doing pick-up/delivery to limit number of people at pickup or in an establishment so that social distancing may be maintained, implement an organized line system where spacing is at least 6 feet apart, and post the establishment’s guidelines that limit number of people and implement the line system;
  4. Closes park amenities including playgrounds, basketball courts, tennis courts, skate plazas and splash pads at all community recreational areas;
  5. Closes City parks, except for walking/running/biking trails, on April 11 and April 12 - Easter Weekend.
  6. Closes all municipal and private golf courses and driving ranges (including frisbee courses).
In addition, in alignment with the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Mayor and Bexar County Judge recommended that all residents above the age of five wear a cloth mask when out in public. Cloth mask are recommended so medical grade masks can be reserved for workers on the frontline. It is important to note that cloth masks are a secondary line of defense against COVID-19, our primary defense is social distancing. Wearing a mask in public along with social distancing measures will further help slow the spread of COVID-19. If you have any questions about the addendum or what is an essential business, please contact Stephanie Reyes, Vice President of Public Policy by email at sreyes@sachamber.org or by phone at 210-229-2162.
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