PROCLAMATION AND ORDER OF DIRECTOR OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF BARSTOW
PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
DUE TO TROPICAL STORM HILARY
WHEREAS, Barstow Municipal Code section 2.16.050 empowers the Director of Emergency Services to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when said City is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity and the City Council is not in session; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City of Barstow shall have that proclamation confirmed by the City Council at the earliest practical time thereafter; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City does hereby find:
(a) Conditions of disaster and extreme peril to the safety and welfare of persons and property have arisen within this City, caused by Tropical Storm Hilary commencing on or about 13:45 hours on August 20, 2023; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid conditions of extreme peril warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a Local Emergency; and NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that:
1. A Local Emergency now exists throughout the City;
2. During the existence of said Local Emergency, the powers, functions and duties of the emergency organization of the City shall be those prescribed by state law, by ordinances and resolutions of the City, and by the City of Barstow’s Emergency Operations Plan, as previously approved by the City Council;
3. During the existence of said Local Emergency, the City and its residents shall follow and impose all directives, mandates, Executive Orders and any other emergency-related restrictions issued by the State of California, the County of San Bernardino, and any other lawful order, including any and all curfews and orders to disperse and cease unlawful assemblies.
4. This emergency proclamation shall expire in seven (7) days after issuance unless confirmed and ratified via resolution of the Barstow City Council, pursuant to Government Code Section 8630.
IT IS FURTHER PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that a copy of this proclamation be forwarded to the Director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services requesting that the Director find it acceptable in accordance with State law; that pursuant to the Governor’s powers, the Governor waive regulations that may hinder response and recovery efforts; that recovery assistance be made available under the California Disaster
Assistance Act; and that the State expedite access to State and Federal resources and any other appropriate federal disaster relief programs.
SO ORDERED.
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Nicholas DiNapoli
Director of Emergency Services
City of Barstow
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Date signed
ATTEST:
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Andrea Flores
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Matthew T. Summers
Assistant City Attorney