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Resolution amending the proclamation of a local health emergency (adopted pursuant to Resolution No. 35-2020) to extend the Outdoor Dining Pilot Program and provide related authorizations.
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WHEREAS, Section 8630, Article 14, of the California Emergency Services Act empowers the City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City of South San Francisco ("City") is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.72.060 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code ("SSFMC") authorizes the City Manager, serving as the Director of Emergency Services to proclaim, or to request the City Council to proclaim, the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency; and
WHEREAS, SSFMC Section 2.72.060 authorizes the director of emergency services to make and issue rules and regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such emergency; provided, however, such rules and regulations must be confirmed at the earliest practicable time by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the City Council passed Resolution No. 35-2020 proclaiming a local State of Emergency related to the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19); and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, seven health officers within six Bay Area counties, including San Mateo County ("County"), took a unified step to slow the spread of COVID-19 and preserve critical health care capacity across the region by issuing a legal order directing their respective residents to shelter at home and limiting activity, travel and business functions to only the most essential needs for three weeks, beginning March 17, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on March 19, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order ordering all individuals living in the State of California ("State") to stay home or at their place of residence, except as needed to maintain continuity of operation of the federal critical infras...
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