R112431
City Council Meeting: April 14, 2020 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11243 (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 ensure 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 Los Angeles County Department of Public
Health issued a Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID -19 temporarily prohibiting
group events of 50 or more people, requiring certain social distancing measures, and
ordering the closure of certain businesses; 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 Supp lement to the
Executive Order”) (“Exhibit E”) that ordered the temporary closure of bars and
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