Yes. As of June 12, 2020, retailers are allowed to reopen under the current Shelter-In-Place order’s Appendix C-1. That means with permission from the local jurisdictions and/or shopping center, retailers may now offer curbside, outdoor and indoor retail options. Retailers should follow the state guidelines for Retailers to create a safer environment for workers and customers.
Each retailer must create, adopt, and implement a written COVID-19 Site-Specific Protection Plan (SPP) prior to reopening. The SPP template combines state-level guidance published in the California State Resilience Roadmap and local Marin County public health policies.
Over the past several months, the Board of Supervisors has put protections in place for tenants of Marin County who are struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An eviction ban, rent repayment period, rental assistance, and support to housing-related legal services were all components of these countywide protections.
Recent action by the State and CDC has extended and increased certain protections for tenants and landlords alike. At the September 22 Board of Supervisors meeting, staff from the County's Community Development Agency provided a helpful update on these protections, which are at times overlapping and a bit confusing. Review the presentation video and slide deck, and please visit our Renter and Landlord Resources website for more information.
Throughout Marin County, 120 local public agencies rely on property tax revenues to maintain essential public services, especially during the current COVID-19 public health crisis. The first installment is due November 1 and must be paid on or before December 10 to avoid penalty. The second installment must be paid by April 12, 2021. Both installments may be paid with the first installment. Please read this press release for more information.
This is a complicated question with a bit of nuance. Our Housing and Federal Grants Division staff members would be better equipped to answer your question. They can be reached at 415-473-7309.
Yes. All employees of hospitals, clinics, and other organizations that provide healthcare, provide services to healthcare organizations, provide needed supplies to healthcare organizations, or otherwise maintain healthcare operations of all kinds may continue working.
The Health Order does not advise or encourage health care workers over 60 to stop reporting to work.
Many businesses are not allowed to operate under this Order. Essential businesses, as defined in the Order, are allowed (and encouraged) to continue operating. Outdoor businesses, as defined in the Order, are also allowed to operate. If your work is not an essential or outdoor business or an additional business allowed by the Order, you are not allowed to go to work and your employer cannot make you go except for limited minimum basic operations such as maintaining the value of a business’s inventory, keeping the business site safe and secure, or ensuring that employees are able to work remotely. The Order does not prohibit anyone from working from home. Your employer can require you to work from home – and you can do so – if your work allows it.
Unless your work is exempted in the Order or permitted in the County's current tier level of California's Blueprint for a Safer Economy, you cannot go to work at a physical location in the County even if you want to. You can work from home for any business if your employer allows it. It is important that we all do our part in stopping COVID-19 – staying home is an important part of that.
Yes, if you are a medical provider your office is encouraged to remain open. Under the Order, all medical services, including routine and preventive care, are considered essential. This includes, but is not limited to, mental health services, immunizations, well-woman exams, allergy shots, eye exams, physical therapy, and surgeries. Preventive and non-urgent care should generally not be deferred. Many visits involve exams or procedures that must be done in person, but practitioners are encouraged to conduct appointments remotely via phone or telemedicine when it is appropriate and feasible to do so.
Under the April 28 Shelter-In-Place Order (effective May 3, 2020), all construction projects can resume, provided they comply with the Construction Project Safety Protocols issued as part of the Order. (These protocols replace the COVID-19 Construction Field Safety Guidelines applicable to the Prior Order).
At this time, due to funding limitations, we are closing the rental assistance waitlist and not accepting any new applications after Monday, June 15, 2020.
We are continuing to process requests in the order in which that they were received, but do not anticipate that all requests will be granted. Everyone on the waitlist will be notified in the coming weeks whether or not their request will be fulfilled.
More information can be found here.
Visit the County of Marin's Emergency Rental Assistance Program website for more information and updates on the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
Ritter Center Care Management Services
Due to the overwhelming need for emergency rental assistance help, the County and the contracted agencies are only taking requests for financial assistance through the Marin Health and Human Services COVID information line. The COVID-19 Information Line is 415-473-7191 (CA Relay Service Dial 711). Phone calls will be answered Monday-Friday, 9:30am-12:00pm and 1:00pm-5:00pm. You can also contact us via email at COVID-19@marincounty.org.
If you have already submitted a request by leaving a voicemail, it will be processed in the order it was received. Please note that there may be a delay in receiving a response due to the high volume of requests.
Visit the Ritter Center website for more information about the essential services offered.
The US Small Business Administration has compiled a list of resources to help small businesses facing financial challenges due to COVID-19.
The County of Marin has a comprehensive list of support, including unemployment filing instructions.
Please call Public Assistance Call Center (Medi-Cal, CalFresh, CalWorks): 1-877-410-8817 or visit getCalFresh.org.
To identify food resources in your area, visit the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank.
Over the past several months, the Board of Supervisors has put protections in place for tenants of Marin County who are struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An eviction ban, rent repayment period, rental assistance, and support to housing-related legal services were all components of these countywide protections.
Recent action by the State and CDC has extended and increased certain protections for tenants and landlords alike. At the September 22 Board of Supervisors meeting, staff from the County's Community Development Agency provided a helpful update on these protections, which are at times overlapping and a bit confusing. Review the presentation video and slide deck, and please visit our Renter and Landlord Resources website for more information.
Questions?
If you have any outstanding questions about the emergency ban on evictions, contact Housing and Federal Grants Division staff by email at affordablehousing@marincounty.org or telephone at 415-473-7309.