L.A. County Mandatory Quarantine: Everything You Should Know

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Planning a trip to Los Angeles County? Prepare to spend 10 days in quarantine. Here’s everything you should know about the L.A. County mandatory quarantine.

Who Has to Quarantine

Anyone coming to LA for leisure and non-essential business travel and staying overnight is required to quarantine.

If you visit Los Angeles for a day trip, you don’t have to quarantine.

The mandatory quarantine for LA applies to anyone traveling into the area from outside of Southern California.

Pro-tip: Residents who leave Los Angeles County are also subject to the 10-day mandatory quarantine.

This includes traveling from Southern California to another state, another country, and Northern California.

If you’re from Los Angeles, leave Southern California and return to Los Angeles you are required to quarantine for 10 days.

Quarantine Defined

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health defines quarantining as staying at home or at a temporary shelter such as a hotel or Airbnb AND (this is the key part) and staying away from others including household members for 10 days.

Your quarantine can end after 10 days IF you haven’t experienced any COVID-19 symptoms. The County recommends you continue to monitor for symptoms for 14 days after you get to LA.

Arrival In Los Angeles County

Whether you fly, drive, arrive by bus or train, or parachute into Los Angeles County, you have to quarantine.

All travelers aged 16 or older flying into Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) or Van Nuys Airport have to complete an online form prior to their flight or upon arrival in Los Angeles.

This applies to train and bus passengers arriving to Union Station.

Failure to complete the form could result in a fine of up to $500.

Exemptions

There are two exemptions.

Work Exemption

You are exempt from the quarantine if you are:

• A licensed health care professional
• A government worker
• Play for a professional or college sports teams
• Work in film and media production
• Taking care of someone in the area

Southern California Arrivals

You are exempt from quarantine if you are entering Los Angeles from these 11 Southern California counties:

• Los Angeles
• Orange County
• Riverside
• San Bernardino
• San Diego
• San Luis Obispo
• Santa Barbara
• Ventura
• El Centro
• Inyo
• Mono

How do you feel about the LA Mandatory Quarantine?

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