
Turned said that Abbott’s order will supersede local orders and no local orders can be more stringent than the stipulations he put in place as retailers, movie theaters and other businesses start to reopen.
The mayor said he hoped that coronavirus cases in Houston do not spike as people begin venturing outside and going back to work starting Friday.
“I fully understand the need and the desire to reopen,” Turner said. “…The governor’s pronouncement today pretty much will take these measures (like) stay-at-home orders and things of that nature out of our hands locally… It’s my hope that opening up, like he is proposing, will work.”