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Report regarding a resolution amending and updating the City of South San Francisco's Local Health Emergency Declaration related to the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). (Christina Fernandez, Assistant to the City Manager)
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RECOMMENDATION
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It is recommended that the City Council amend and update the City of South San Francisco's Proclamation of a Local Health Emergency adopted on March 11, 2020.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The City of South San Francisco proclaimed a local State of Emergency related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 11, 2020. (Attachment 1) At this time, both the State of California and the County of San Mateo issued emergency declarations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Chapter 2.72 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code provided the authority to declare a local emergency in response to:
"...the actual or threatened existence of conditions of disaster of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within this city caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease or earthquake, or other conditions... which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of this city, requiring the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat." (Ord. 938 1, 1983; Ord. 622 2, 1971)
Conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property have arisen in South San Francisco due to the following facts. These facts warranted the declaration of a local emergency for the City of South San Francisco and are quoted directly from the County of San Mateo's Declaration of Local Health Emergency Regarding the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), dated March 3, 2020:
A novel coronavirus (named "COVID-19" by the World Health Organization) was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019. The Centers for Di...
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