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Resolution of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco amending and updating the proclamation of a local health emergency related to the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)
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WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco proclaimed a local State of Emergency related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 11, 2020; and
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 is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 2.72 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code similarly empowers the City Manager, in their capacity as the Director of Emergency Services, to proclaim or request the City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency; and
WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo's Declaration of Local Health Emergency Regarding the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), dated March 3, 2020, provided facts that warranted the declaration of a local emergency for the City of South San Francisco; and
WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo and other California counties, including the County of Santa Clara, the County of Solano, and the City and County of San Francisco, and these public entities have similarly made declarations of local emergency and declarations of local health emergency; and
WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo ratified and extended a declaration of a local health emergency on March 10, 2020. At the time of ratification, the County of San Mateo Public Health Officer had declared that there were forty-three (43) confirmed cases detected, tested and confirmed in the United States. The County of San Mateo emergency declaration is still in effect; and
WHEREAS, the most recent Public Health Order issued by the County of San Mateo Health Officer, dated April 29, 2020, provided that the emergency and the attendant risk to public h...
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