When will schools open, stimulus checks arrive? List of dates to know in coronavirus pandemic
How long will this last?
In a world halted by the coronavirus pandemic, that’s been everybody’s question about pretty much everything.
Timelines given by health experts across the globe for things like social distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 have ranged from several weeks to several months, and those estimates can change by the day as new data become available.
And for many of California’s closures and stay-at-home orders and the eventual return to normalcy, the time frame given has been “until further notice.”
But for some items — stimulus checks, deadlines that have been extended, etc. — we do have either a set date or a general idea of what to expect.
Here is a chronological outlook on some of the time frames related to the coronavirus response within the Sacramento region and that affect Californians statewide. Virtually all of the specified dates are subject to change.
March: Sacramento County jails release inmates
▪ March 30: Per order of Sacramento Superior Court, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office will release 421 inmates nearing the end of their sentences from the county’s two jails — the main jail in downtown Sacramento and the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center near Elk Grove — on Monday.
April: Stimulus checks; DMV changes
▪ Mid-April: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told CNBC on Thursday that most check payments to Americans that are part of the $2 trillion stimulus package, which passed in the House of Representatives on Friday, will be direct deposited “within three weeks.”
▪ April 1: California Department of Motor Vehicles field offices, which closed statewide on Friday, will reopen to employees only, according to a memo obtained by The Sacramento Bee. In-office appointments have been canceled, and it is not yet known when they can be rescheduled.
▪ April 2: Some essential DMV services previously requiring in-person visit, such as vehicle title transfers, are set to be offered on the DMV website, according to the memo.
▪ April 2: As of Friday, Esparto Unified and Washington Unified school districts in Yolo County will be closed through at least April 3, a Friday. If the closures are not extended, the campuses would reopen April 6.
▪ April 7: Original end date for Sacramento County’s stay-at-home public health order, which was issued March 19. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order statewide stay-at-home order came one day after the county’s order was issued and has no set end date.
▪ April 7: As of Friday, Winters Joint Unified School District in Yolo County will be closed through at least April 7. If the closures is not extended, campuses would reopen April 8.
▪ April 13: Most El Dorado County school districts are scheduled to resume instruction by April 13, after the end of their scheduled spring breaks, the county office of education said in its most recent update.
▪ April 17: All Woodland Joint Unified School District campuses are closed through at least April 17.
▪ April 17: Sacramento Municipal Utility District says it is temporarily suspending power shutoffs for nonpayment, and on Friday extended that suspension through April 17.
May: Earliest reopening for Placer, Sacramento schools
▪ May 1: All Sacramento County school districts will be closed through at least May 1, the county of education announced Friday afternoon.
▪ May 1: The Placer County Office of Education has also closed all public K-12 schools and preschool through at least May 1. The county’s schools had originally been set to reopen April 6. The extension of the closure was ordered Thursday.
▪ May 1: A moratorium on evictions, protecting renters in unincorporated Sacramento County who can prove significant financial due to the coronavirus crisis, goes into effect.
▪ May 31: Current end date for California’s state of emergency, which was declared on March 4.
▪ May 31: End dates for the emergency eviction moratoriums in Yolo County and West Sacramento. Neither order specifies an exact deadline to pay deferred date, but both say rent must be paid after the ordinance is terminated. An eviction ban ordinance passed by Elk Grove also expires May 31.
June: Newsom’s rough estimate for end of social distance measures
▪ Mid-June: Newsom on Tuesday said he could see statewide social distancing measures, as mandated in his stay-at-home order, lasting as long as 12 weeks. While this was an estimated time frame and one based on dynamic models that could change with great frequency, June 16 would mark 12 weeks from that statement.
July: New Tax Day
▪ July 15: Both the federal and California state income tax filing deadlines have been extended by three months, from April 15 to July 15.
September: Deferred rent due in Sacramento
▪ Sept. 30: Rent payments deferred by renters in the city of Sacramento will be due Sept. 30, if the statewide emergency declaration ends May 31 as currently scheduled.
October 1, 2021: New Real ID deadline
President Donald Trump this week said he would be extending the deadline of Oct. 1, 2020 for securing a Real ID.
Travelers would have needed either a Real ID card or a passport by that date in order to fly domestically.
Trump did not immediately say what the new deadline would be, but the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Thursday it would be extended by one year, to Oct. 1, 2021.
This story was originally published March 27, 2020 at 1:41 PM.
