2020 COVID-19 Order 01 - 03-03-20 - Proclamation of Local Emergency - COVID-19

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2020 COVID-19 Order No. I - Declaration of Local Emergency 2 CITY ®F RIVERSIDE STATE ®F CALIFORNIA 3 4 PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY REGARDING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID 5 WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code section 8550, et seq.), 6 Government Code section 8630, and Riverside Municipal Code sections 2.68.010 and 9.20.060 empower the 7 Director of Emergency Services and the Riverside City Council to proclaim a'Local Emergency when the City Council is not in session when there exist conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons 8 9 and property within the territorial limits of the City of Riverside which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City and require the combined forces of 10 11 other political subdivisions to combat; and WHEREAS, on March 8, 2020, the Riverside County's Public Health Officer declared a local 12 health emergency based on an imminent and proximate threat to public health from the introduction of a 13 14 Novel. Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Riverside County; and 15 WHEREAS, on March 10, 2020, the County of Riverside proclaimed a local emergency; and WHEREAS, the Governor of California proclaimed a State of Emergency on March 4, 2020, 16 17 pursuant to the authority vested in him, particularly, Government Code section 8625; and 18 WHEREAS, the Governor has waived the 60 -day time period in Government Code section 8630, 19 within which a local governing authority must renew a local emergency, for the duration of the statewide 20 emergency., and further, has ordered that any such local emergency will remain in effect until each local 21 governing authority terminates its respective local emergency; and 22 WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services hereby finds: 23 (1) That at the time of this Proclamation the Riverside City Council is not in session; and 24 (2) That there exist conditions of a disaster. or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and 25 property within the territorial limits of the City of Riverside that are beyond the control of the 26 services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City for the reasons of COVID-19 and as set forth in the Public Health Officer's Declaration of a Local Health Emergency and County 27 28 Local Emergency;