05-31-20 - Proclamation of Local Emergency - Civil Unrest

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I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18- 19 20 21 22 23 --24 25 26 27 28 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE 3900 MAIN STREET RrvERsim, CA 92522 (951) 826-5567 CITY OF RIVERSIDE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY CIVIL UNREST WT1EREAS, the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code section 8550, et seq.), Government Code section 8630 and Riverside Municipal Code sections 2.68.010 and 9.20.060 empower the Director of Emergency Services ("Director") 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 and property within the territorial limits of the City of Riverside ("City") 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 other political subdivisions to combat; and WHEREAS, there have been protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and WHEREAS, these protests have resulted in civil unrest causing or threatening the safety of persons and property within communities across the country and across Southern California; and WHEREAS, these protests could result in civil unrest causing or threatening the safety of persons and property with the City; and WHEREAS, the Director hereby finds: (1) That at the time of the Proclamation, the- City Council is not in session; and (2) That there exist or reasonably could exist conditions of a disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property with the territorial limits of the City that are beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City resulting from the civil unrest following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and (3) That the aforementioned conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City of Riverside and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat; and (4) That the aforesaid conditions warrant and necessitate the Proclamation of a Local Emergency.