SONOMA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT GENERAL ORDER RE: IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGENCY :CIEF AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 68115 BY CHAIR OF JUDICIAL COUNCIL

Exercising the authority granted under Government Code section 68115 and the March  16, 2020 Order (“Order”) of Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye, Chair of the Judicial Council
of California, issued in response to the March 16, 2020 request for an emergency order made by the Superior Court of Sonoma County (“Court”), and for good cause showing, this Court HEREBY FINDS AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

• That from March 16, 2020, to March 31, 2020, inclusive, be deemed holidays for purposes of computing time under Penal Code section 825 and Welfare and Institutions Code sections 313, 315, 334, 631,632,637, and 657 (Gov. Code,§ 68115(a)(5));
• To extend the time periods provided in sections 583.310 and 583.320 of the Code of Civil Procedure to bring an action to trial by not more than 30 days, applicable only to cases in which the statutory deadline otherwise would expire on from March 16, 2020, to March 31, 2020, inclusive (Gov. Code,§ 68115(a)(6));
• To extend by not more than five days the duration of any temporary restraining order that would otherwise expire from March 16, 2020, to March 31, 2020, inclusive, because the emergency condition described herein prevented the court from conducting proceedings to determine whether a permanent order should be entered (Gov. Code, § 68115(a)(7));
• To extend the time period provided in section 859b of the Penal Code for the holding of a preliminary examination from 10 court days to not
  more than 15 court days, applicable only to cases in which the statutory deadline otherwise would expire on from March 16, 2020, to March 31, 2020, inclusive (Gov. Code, § 68 l 15(a)(9));
• To extend the time period provided in section 1382 of the Penal Code for the holding of a criminal trial by not more than 30 days, applicable only to cases in which the statutory deadline otherwise would expire on from March 16, 2020, to March 31, 2020, inclusive] (Gov. Code, § 6811 S(a)(l 0));
• To extend the time period provided in section 313 of the Welfare and Institutions Code within which a minor taken into custody pending dependency proceedings must be released from custody to not more than seven days, applicable only to minors for whom the statutory deadline otherwise would expire on from March 16, 2020, to March 31,
  2020, inclusive (Gov. Code,§ 68115(a)(l 1));
• To extend the time period provided in section 315 of the Welfare and Institutions Code within which a minor taken into custody pending dependency proceedings must be given a detention hearing to not more than seven days, applicable only to minors for whom the statutory deadline otherwise would expire on from March 16, 2020, to March 31,
  2020, inclusive (Gov. Code,§ 68115(a)(ll));
• To extend the time periods provided in sections 632 and 637 of the Welfare and Institutions Code within which a minor taken into custody pending wardship proceedings and charged with a felony offense must be given a detention hearing or rehearing to not more than seven days, applicable only to minors for whom the statutory deadline otherwise would expire
  from March 16, 2020, to March 31, 2020, inclusive (Gov. Code, § 68115(a)(l 1));
• To extend the time period provided in section 334 of the Welfare and Institutions Code within which a hearing on a juvenile dependency petition must be held by not more than seven days, applicable only to minors for whom the statutory deadline otherwise would expire on from March 16, 2020, to March 31, 2020, inclusive (Gov. Code, § 68 l 15(a)(12));
• To extend the time period provided in section 657 of the Welfare and Institutions Code within which a hearing on a wardship petition for a minor charged with a felony offense must be held by not more than seven days, applicable only to minors for whom the statutory deadline otherwise would expire on from March 16, 2020, to March 31, 2020, inclusive (Gov. Code, § 68115(a)(12)); and
• That from March 16, 2020, to March 26, 2020, 1 inclusive, be deemed holidays for purposes of computing the time for filing papers with the court under Code of Civil Procedure sections 12 and 12a (Gov. Code,§ 68115(a)(4))

THIS ORDER IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.