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Report regarding a resolution amending the proclamation of a local health emergency (adopted pursuant to Resolution No. 35-2020) to temporarily authorize the City Manager to waive Fire Department inspection fees for restaurant occupancies. (Jesus Magallanes, Fire Chief)
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve an amendment to the proclamation of a local health emergency (adopted pursuant to Resolution No. 35-2020) to temporarily authorize the City Manager to waive Fire Department inspection fees for restaurant occupancies.
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BACKGROUND
On March 11, 2020, the City of South San Francisco ("City") proclaimed a local State of Emergency related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) via Resolution No. 35-2020 (the "Emergency Proclamation"). 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. 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 infrastructure sectors. On May 13, 2020, the City Council amended and updated the Emergency Proclamation via Resolution No. 57-2020.
The County and six other Bay Area jurisdictions have been under a Shelter in Place public health order due to COVID-19 since March 17, 2020 and multi-month closure of many of the County's local businesses is putting a huge financial strain on all industries. On June 17, 2020, the San Mateo County Health Officer and the County Health Department announced revised orders to...
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