尽管全州范围内住家订单that deems construction as “essential” work, confusion continues across California as contractors, owners and construction workers look for government guidance on how to interpret vague and varying language from the state and its 58 counties and 480 cities.

州长加文·纽瑟姆（Gavin Newsom）3月19日在家中命令要求所有加利福尼亚居民居住在家，除了工作16的人essential critical infrastructure types, as identified by the federal government, including communications, chemicals, dams, energy, transportation systems and water, among others.

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加利福尼亚公共卫生部澄清国家秩序通过指定豁免适用于“支持基本公共工程设施和运营的运营，检查和维护，包括桥梁，水和下水道主要休息的工人”。还豁免的是“关键或战略基础设施的建设”，但该机构和州长办公室都不会进一步澄清该术语。

“It could be clearer,” says Mark Hartney, partner at Allen Matkins, a California-based law firm specializing in real estate. Hartney noted the order’s parenthetical addition of “including housing” to the initial order creates uncertainty.

Hartney points to local orders such as those from Los Angeles and Santa Monica, both of which have exempted commercial construction from stay-at-home orders.

“We know that by law, and expressly in these orders, that a local jurisdiction can be more restrictive but not less restrictive than the state,” says Hartney.

Daniel Engler, partner at San Francisco’s Cox Castle and Nicholson, agrees that the governor’s order as first written added to uncertainty.

但是，“仍然存在一个问题，即州长的命令是否取代当地城市和县命令，”恩格勒补充说。

For Hensel Phelps, the steps taken by the Counties and State have been helpful and sufficient to clarify construction as an “基本功能.”

“我们非常幸运的是，我们在加利福尼亚北部有90％的项目没有停止，”诺卡尔区Hensel 新利18备用网址Phelps项目开发总监Dave Valentine说。“我们正在积极遵循加利福尼亚州，疾病预防控制中心和我们项目所在的各个司法管辖区发出的命令，通常遵守最严格的要求。”新利18备用网址

加利福尼亚州的AGC将州长的命令解释为免除了该州的现场庇护所，但建议成员遵守更严格的城市或县的要求，直到更加清晰。

“截至这一刻，一些地方当局正在继续执行比州长的行政命令更严格的法令；对于谁取代谁，我们没有明确的答案。他指出，一些城市和县不认为杂货店对建筑目的至关重要。

例如，“承包商建造或维修杂货店并非豁免，但是在项目中执行的实际商店或功能将是豁免的，” Tateishi说。

该协会要求所有县反映州长的行政命令。

Tateishi说：“我们相信，在危机时期，如果我们都以协调的方式工作并为这些不确定的时代带来一定的确定性，那么对人民和我们的康复会更好。”

截至3月24日，工会承包商贸易协会联合承包商（UCON）建议承包商在具有更严格条例的地区工作，以联系项目所有者或地方政府以寻求指示。随着COVID-19响应的发展，UCON代表了重型建筑中的500多家加利福尼亚承包商，供应商，工程和设计公司，正在与Caltrans，地方机构，工会领导人，协会首席执行官和承包商协调。

“承包商被信息骚扰overwhelm and uncertainty,” says Emily Cohen, UCON executive vice president. “They need clarity, guidance, and relevant, up-to-date information on a range of issues.

“这是一个无所不能的境地，”科恩说。