Dear Clients and Friends,
Below please find the sixteenth edition of Stearns Weaver Miller's COVID-19 Legal Compass, highlighting government updates, alerts on critical topics, and resources to help you navigate and adapt to this rapidly changing environment.
All actions described below have been ordered or updated between July 5-9, 2020. We have done our best to include significant, timely information, although new orders and actions are being introduced continuously.
View a comprehensive listing of the government actions pertaining to COVID-19 that we have collected to date.
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RECENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
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Payment Protection Program ("PPP") Loan Data Released
: The SBA released detailed loan-level data regarding the 4.9 million PPP loans made thus far. The data includes business names, addresses, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, zip codes, business types, demographics, non-profit information, names of lenders, jobs supported, and loan amounts, ranging from $150,000 to $10 million. For loans below $150,000, the SBA released all of the above information, except for business names and addresses.
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RECENT STATE OF FLORIDA GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
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Extension of State of Emergency: Florida's state of emergency due to COVID-19 is extended until September 5, 2020. Click for more.
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K-12 School Reopening: All schools must open in the fall and provide for in-person instruction unless an Executive Order or Department of Health order provides otherwise. The day-to-day decision to open or close a school remains with the local school board or school executive/superintendent. Schools may provide for online instruction in addition to in-person education if approved by the Commissioner of Education. Click for more.
View an easy-to-read matrix of the Florida government agency orders that we have collected to date. Highlighted actions are new (July 5-9) since last issue.
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FLORIDA COVID-19 MAPS
Our in-house
Geographic Information System (GIS) team has created state-of-the-art, proprietary work products using data from the Florida Department of Health website. These high-definition maps are extremely detailed, searchable, and are created to help easily visualize Florida's progress in regards to the pandemic.
- Change in Number of Cases from July 1 to July 8, by Zip Code. Click for map.
- Change in Number of Hospitalizations from July 1 to July 8, by County. Click for map.
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RECENT COUNTY AND CITY GOVERNMENT ACTIONS
Our
comprehensive listing
includes the latest updates on the actions of 59 local governments throughout the state of Florida, as well as permitting information and a virtual meetings database. Grouped by region and with an easy-to-navigate table of contents, the listing is filled with links to each government's orders, organized by date.
RESPONSIBILITY TO CURB VIRUS SPREAD SPREADS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES
Florida's tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to climb despite policies aimed at restricting residents' ability to congregate. Local governments are now looking to businesses, often dependent on government licenses and permits to operate, to help mitigate the spread of the disease. Establishments in different regions of Florida are now charged with ensuring that their customers comply with social distancing and face covering requirements, or else risk civil or even criminal penalties. Several business owners have vocally opposed such rules, citing fears of violent reactions from angry customers. Local governments across the state are left to weigh curbing public outbreaks against possible public outlashes.
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