Essential Businesses That Can Stay Open — City of Los Angeles
• Gas service stations, auto supply, auto repair, bicycle repair shops and related facilities.
• Health care operations, including: Hospitals, Clinics, Dentists, Pharmacies, Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, Medical and scientific research, Laboratories, Healthcare suppliers, Home healthcare services providers, Mental health providers, Physical therapists and chiropractors. Healthcare operations does NOT include fitness and exercise gyms and similar facilities
• Veterinary care providers
• Cannabis dispensaries, or any related and/or ancillary healthcare services
• Manufacturers and suppliers
• Food providers, including: Restaurants offering take-out, delivery or drive-thru (No dine-in service), Grocery stores & Supermarkets, Water retailers, Certified farmers’ markets, Farm and produce stands, Supermarkets, Convenience stores, Warehouse stores, Food banks, Convenience stores
• Organizations and businesses that provide food, shelter, and social services (including gang prevention and intervention, domestic violence and homeless services agencies)
• Food cultivation, including farming, livestock, and fishing
• Pet supply stores
• Hardware and building supply stores and nurseries.
• Plumbers, electricians, exterminators, custodial/janitorial workers, handyman services, funeral home workers and morticians, moving services, HVAC installers, carpenters, landscapers, gardeners, property managers, private security personnel and other service providers who provide services to maintain the safety, sanitation, and essential operation to properties and other essential activities.
• Construction of commercial and institutional buildings, and residential buildings and housing
• Banks, credit unions, financial institutions and insurance companies.
• Businesses providing mailing and shipping services, including post office boxes.
• Laundromats/laundry service
• Newspapers, magazines, television, radio, podcasts and other media services
• Educational institutions, including public and private K-12 schools, colleges, and universities — for purposes of facilitating distance learning or performing essential functions provided that social distancing of six-feet per person is maintained to the greatest extent possible.
• Businesses that supply products needed for people to work from home.
• Utility companies and other businesses that supply other essential businesses with the support, services, or supplies necessary to operate, provided that strict social distancing is maintained.
• Individuals or businesses that ship or deliver groceries, food, beverages or goods directly to residences or businesses, including rail and trucking.
• Airlines, taxis, ride sharing services, and other private transportation services providing transportation services necessary for essential activities and other purposes expressly authorized in this Order.
• Home-based care for disabled persons, seniors, adults, or children.
• Residential facilities and shelters for disabled persons, seniors, adults, and children.
• Professional services, such as legal, payroll or accounting services, when necessary to assist in compliance with legally mandated activities.
• Hotels, motels, shared rental units and similar facilities.
• Military/Defense Contractors/FFRDC (Federally Funded Research and Development Centers)
• Childcare facilities providing services that enable employees exempted in this Order to work as permitted, under restrictions contained in the Order.
Non essential businesses can continue to conduct operations online, by phone or by allowing employees to work from home.
