https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/19/gov-newsom-expands-bay-area-shelter-in-place-to-all-of-california/ > Just three days after seven Bay Area counties instituted a shelter-in-place mandate to slow the spread of the COVID-19 disease, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a similar order over the entire state. > Newsom said the new statewide mandate would take effect starting Friday and mirror the Bay Area’s mandate that took effect on Tuesday.