Today, March 31, 2020, six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Santa Clara, San Francisco and San Mateo, plus the City of Berkeley which operates its own public health department) issued a new and revised Shelter in Place order effective immediately through May 3, 2020. The joint order is more restrictive than the previous one and supersedes the previous order as well as the statewide shelter in place order that is also less restrictive. It is a misdemeanor to not comply with the newly issued order if doing business in one of these six counties or the City of Berkeley. CALSSA is analyzing the new orders and will be publishing a revised guidance regarding Essential Services exemptions but want to warn our member companies that the new guidelines are significantly more restrictive in how they define an essential service.