The bolstered enforcement efforts went into effect at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.
The executive order, which came one day after California extended its regional stay-at-home order for the Southern California region due to surging COVID-19 hospitalizations, also suspends enforcement of parking regulations throughout the city in an effort to encourage San Diegans to abide by the stay-at-home order.
The city will not be enforcing parking meter violations, time-limited parking, yellow commercial zones, and short-term green zones. Red, white, and blue parking areas will continue to be enforced, however. As mayor, I cannot sit idly by as our local hospitals and morgues threaten to overflow as the coronavirus surges unchecked throughout our region, Gloria said.