Anchorage Assembly to consider making mask mandate city code Published January 25 Share on Facebook Print article Some emergency orders put in place by the Anchorage mayor to address the coronavirus pandemic may be turned into city code by the Assembly, including the city’s mask mandate. Several Anchorage Assembly members on Tuesday will introduce ordinances that, if passed, would change four existing emergency orders into citywide ordinances, including the requirement that individuals wear masks while in indoor public places and allowing businesses to give out plastic bags. The ordinance would take the matter out of the hands of the Anchorage mayor’s office, regardless of the mayor’s support for masks. A new mayor will be chosen during the upcoming election on April 6, and take the office on July 1.