RESOLUTION NO. 2026-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM RATIFYING THE PROCLAMATION OF A LOCAL
EMERGENCY ISSUED ON MAY 22, 2026 BY THE ACTING
INTERIM DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM AND FINDING THAT THE CONDITIONS
OF PERIL THAT CONSTITUTE THE LOCAL EMERGENCY
ARE LIKELY TO BE BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE
SERVICES, PERSONNEL, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 8630 and Anaheim Municipal Code Section 6.04.060 empower the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Anaheim to proclaim the existence of a local emergency when the City of Anaheim is affected or likely to be affected by a disaster or public calamity and the City Council is not in session; and WHEREAS, Anaheim Municipal Code Section 6.04.050 deems the City Manager to be the Director of Emergency Services , which position is currently held by the Interim City Manager ; and
WHEREAS, the Interim City Manager, serving as the Interim Director of Emergency Services, delegated his authority as of May 22, 2026 to the Acting Interim City Manager/Acting Interim Director of Emergency Services; and
WHEREAS, on or about May 22, 2026, conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property constituting a local emergency (the “ Local Emergency”) arose within the City of Anaheim caused by hazardous materials involving a chemical leak at an aerospace company in the City of Garden Grove near the intersection of Chapman Ave. and Western Ave., which threatened homes, residents and businesses in the City of Anaheim, as proclaimed in the Proclamation of Local Emergency issued by the Acting Interim Director of Emergency Services of Anaheim on May 22, 2026 (the "Proclamation"), a copy of which is attached hereto, which conditions of extreme peril existed (the "impending peril"); and
WHEREAS, on the date and at the time the Proclamation was issued by the Acting Interim Director of Emergency Services, the City Council was not in session; and WHEREAS, the City Council does hereby find that the aforesaid conditions of extreme peril did warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency and the issuance of the Proclamation by the Acting Interim Director of Emergency Services; and WHEREAS, the City Council does further find that Anaheim has and will continue to respond to and recover from the impacts of the Local Emergency by taking significant and necessary response actions which include, but are not limited to, on-going emergency response, including remediation of hazardous materials and other disaster response mitigation; and WHEREAS, the City Council does additionally find that these conditions of extreme peril were and are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of the City of Anaheim.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby (i) ratifies the Proclamation of Local Emergency issued by the Acting Interim Director of Emergency Services on May 22, 2026, and (ii) finds and determines that the conditions of extreme peril constituting the Local Emergency are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of the City of Anaheim.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said Local Emergency sh all be ratified by the City Council of the City of Anaheim and deemed in effect for seven (7) days from the day of issuance unless extended.
BE IT FURTHER RESO LVED that all powers, functions and duties of the emergency organization of the City of Anaheim shall be vested in the persons prescribed by federal and state law and by the Charter, ordinances, resolutions and protocols of the City of Anaheim.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Interim City Manager and Director of Emergency Services is hereby authorized to order, undertake, and/or direct remedial or other actions as provided in Section 6.04.060 of the Anaheim Municipal Code or as may be necessary or appropriate to abate the impending peril.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Interim City Manager and Director of Emergency Services is hereby authorized to issue further orders and to enter into other agreements or arrangements as may be necessary or appropriate to abate or remediate the impending peril. //
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THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 27th day of May, 2026, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
CITY OF ANAHEIM
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM