R112401
City Council Meeting: March 19, 2020 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11240 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2.16 OF THE SANTA
MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF EXISTENCE OF
LOCAL EMERGENCY AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROCLAMATIONS THERETO
WHEREAS international, national, state, and local health and governmental
authorities are responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel
coronavirus named “SARS-CoV-2,” and the disease it causes has been named
“coronavirus disease 2019,” abbreviated COVID-19, (“COVID-19”); and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica (the “City”) has a population of over 90,000
residents, is a major tourist destination, has two major hospitals and an airport within its
jurisdiction, and is adjacent to and contiguous on three sides with the City of Los
Angeles, resulting in high volumes of residents and visitors traveling within and across
the City’s borders; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
and Department of Public Health declared a local emergency and local public health
emergency to aid the regional healthcare and governmental community in responding to
COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor of the State of California declared a
state of emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency
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actions already underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the
State prepare for broader spread of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on, before, and after March 4, 2020, the City actively planned and
implemented measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to prepare for any and
all emergency actions in response to the spread of COVID -19; and
WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020, the City activated its Emergency Operations
Center to support ongoing emergency actions in response to the spread of COVID -19;
and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the President of the United States of America
declared a national emergency and announced that the federal government would make
emergency funding available to assist state and local governments in preventing the
spread of and addressing the effects of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the City Manager, in his role as the Director of
Emergency Services, (“Executive Director of Emergency Services”) issued an Executive
Order of the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Santa Monica Declaring the
Existence of a Local Emergency (“Executive Order”) (“Exhibit A”) declaring a local
emergency pursuant to Chapter 2.16 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code to en sure the
availability of mutual aid and an effective response to the novel coronavirus (“COVID -
19”); and
WHEREAS, on March 14, 2020, the City Manager, in his role as the Director of
Emergency Services, issued a Revised Executive Order of the Director of Emergency
Services of the City of Santa Monica Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency
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(“Revised Executive Order”) (“Exhibit B”) restating the declaration of local emergency in
order to ensure compliance with all digital signature requirements; and
WHEREAS, on March 14, 2020, the Executive Director of Emergency Services
issued a First Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of Emergency Services
Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“First Supplement to the Executive
Order”) placing a temporary moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent and
temporarily suspending the discontinuation or shut off of water service for residents and
businesses in the City for non-payment of water and sewer bills and the imposition of
late payment penalties or fees for delinquent water and/or sewer bills and parking
violations; and
WHEREAS, on March 15, 2020, the Executive Director of Emergency Services
issued a Second Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of Emergency
Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Second Supplement to the
Executive Order”) (“Exhibit D”) temporarily closing the Santa Monica Pier to the general
public; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the Executive Director of Emergency Services
issued a Third Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of Emergency
Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Third Supplement to the
Executive Order”) (“Exhibit E”) that ordered the temporary closure of bars and
nightclubs that do not serve food, movie theaters and entertainment venues, bowling
alleys and arcades, gyms and fitness centers, and non-medical physical health and
beauty businesses; temporarily prohibited restaurants, bars, and retail food facilities
from serving food on-premises; and strongly urged houses of worship to limit large
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gatherings on their premises and to observe social distancing practices in their services;
and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the Executive Director of Emergency Services
issued a Fourth Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of Emergency
Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Fourth Supplement to the
Executive Order”), which was expressly withdrawn and restated on March 17, 2020 in
the Revised Fourth Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of Emergency
Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Revised Fourth Supplement
to the Executive Order”) (“Exhibit F”); and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the Executive Director of Emergency Services
issued the Revised Fourth Supplement to the Executive Order to permit public safety
facilities, hospitals, clinics, and emergency shelters in all zoning districts and allow the
Director of the Department of Planning and Community Development or designee to
waive development standards, design review, parking and access requirements, and
sign standards related to such uses; to permit limited service and take-out restaurant
uses in any zoning district that allows full-service restaurants; to allow drive-through
facilities for clinics, convenience markets, farmers markets, general markets, hospitals,
pharmacies, and restaurants; to suspend planning deadlines and automatic approvals;
to extend interim zoning ordinances now in effect; to direct that street sweeping not be
conducted unless essential for public health and safety and suspend parking citations
related thereto; to suspend preferential parking rules; to suspend certain regulations
relating to the operation of oversize vehicles; and to suspend Breeze bike share fe es;
and
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WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the Executive Director of Emergency Services
issued a Revised First Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of Emergency
Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Revised First Supplement to
the Executive Order”) (“Exhibit C”) prohibiting residential or commercial evictions for
nonpayment of rent if the tenant demonstrates that the tenant is unable to pay rent due
to financial impacts related to COVID-19 or for a no-fault eviction if any member of the
household is sick, in isolation, or under quarantine, and prohibiting the removal of any
residential rental unit from the rental market pursuant to the Ellis Act during the local
emergency; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the Executive Director of Emergency Services
issued a Fifth Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of Emergency Services
Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Fifth Supplement to the Executive
Order”), which was expressly withdrawn and restated on March 1 8, 2020 in the Revised
Fifth Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of Emergency Services
Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Revised Fifth Supplement to the
Executive Order”) (“Exhibit G”); and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the Executive Director of Emergency Services
issued a Revised Fifth Supplement to the Executive Order implementing a rear-door
boarding policy for all Big Blue Bus (BBB) customers, with the exception of Americans
with Disabilities Act customers traveling in mobility devices; suspending all passenger
fares on the BBB; suspending discontinuation or shut-off of water services for residents
and businesses based on non-payment of water or sewer bills; suspending late
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payment penalties for (a) water and/or sewer bills; (b) parking citations; (c) refuse and
recycling collection bills; (d) Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) charges; (e) Fire
Prevention inspection charges; (f) Transient Occupancy Taxes; (g) Utility Users Taxes;
and (h) Parking Facility Taxes; suspending parking restrictions in green parking zones
and suspending towing related to delinquent parking citations, abandoned vehicles, and
expired registration; and suspending penalty assessments related to business licenses
and business improvement district assessments; and
WHEREAS the findings included in each Executive Order and Supplement to the
Executive Order referenced herein are included herein as if stated in full; and
WHEREAS the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the California
Department of Public Health, and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
have issued increasingly severe public health recommendations that include but are not
limited to social distancing between non-family members, staying in one’s home if sick,
canceling or postponing group events and gatherings, isolation for senior and at -risk
populations, and other precautions to protect public health and prevent transmission of
this communicable virus; and
WHEREAS, as of March 17, 2020, the Los Angeles County of Public Health had
confirmed 144 cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County; and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has advised
that bold and aggressive measures be implemented to prevent the further spread of
COVID-19 across the County; and
WHEREAS in the interest of public health and safety, as affected by the global,
national, state, and local emergency caused by the spread of COVID-19, it is necessary
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to exercise the City Council’s authority pursuant to Section 2.16.060 of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code to ratify the actions of the Executive Director of Emergency
Services related to the protection of life and property.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Executive Order of the Director of Emergency Services
Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Executive Order”) (“Exhibit A”) is hereby
ratified.
SECTION 2. The Revised Executive Order of the Director of Emergency Services
Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Exhibit B”) is hereby ratified.
SECTION 3. The Revised First Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director
of Emergency Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Exhibit C”) is
hereby ratified.
SECTION 4. The Second Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of
Emergency Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Exhibit D”) is
hereby ratified.
SECTION 5. The Third Supplement to the Executive Order of the Director of
Emergency Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Exhibit E”) is hereby
ratified.
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SECTION 6. The Revised Fourth Supplement to the Executive Order of the
Director of Emergency Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency (“Exhibit
F”) is hereby ratified.
SECTION 7. The Revised Fifth Supplement to the Executive Order of the
Director of Emergency Services Declaring the Existence of a Local Emergency is hereby
ratified.
SECTION 8. It is hereby proclaimed that a local emergency now exists throughout
the City. It is further proclaimed and ordered that during the existence of this local
emergency the powers, functions, and duties of the Director of Emergency Services and
the emergency organization of this City shall be those prescribed by State law and by the
ordinances and resolutions of this City.
SECTION 9. The City Council authorizes the City Manager, in his capacity as the
Director of Emergency Services, to take all actions related to the protection of life and
property that are reasonably necessary to respond to the local emergency caused by the
spread of COVID-19.
SECTION 10. The local emergency shall be deemed to continue and exist until its
termination is proclaimed by the City Council. As required by law, the City Council shall
review the need to continue the state of emergency every 60 days until this resolution is
terminated.
SECTION 11. The Revised First, Second, Third, Revised Fourth, and Fifth
Supplements to the Executive Order of the Director of Emergency Services Declaring the
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Existence of a Local Emergency shall remain in effect until April 30, 2020, at 11:59 p.m.,
at which time they shall automatically expire unless earlier extended or expressly
superseded by an action of the City Council or by a further Executive Order of the Director
of Emergency Services or Supplement thereto.
SECTION 12. If any section, subsection, sentence, clau se, or phrase of this
Resolution, the Executive Order, or any Supplement or Revised Supplement to the
Executive Order ratified herein is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by
a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decisi on shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions of this Resolution the Executive Order, or any Supplement or
Revised Supplement to the Executive Order. The City Council hereby declares that it
would have passed this Resolution, the Executive Order, and any Supplement or Revised
Supplement to the Executive Order and each and every section, subsection, sentence,
clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any
portion of the ordinance would be subsequently de clared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 13. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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LANE DILG
City Attorney
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