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30 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-R__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, TERMINATING THE COVID-
19 LOCAL EMERGENCY PROCLAIMED ON MARCH 14 ,
2020 BY THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ,
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2023.
WHEREAS, Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC) Section 3.09.020.B and California Government Code Section 8630 empower the City Manager, as the Director of Emergency Services “(Director of Emergency Services”), to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a Loca l Emergency if the City Council is not in session; and
WHEREAS, a novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in December 2019 , and subsequently spread globally; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, as a result of the spread of COVID-19, the Governor of the State of California declared a State of Emergency, and the Los Angeles County Director of Public Health and the Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors each declared a local health emergency on that same date; and WHEREAS, on March 14 , 2020, the Director of Emergency Services proclaimed the existence of a Local Emergency, to effectuate an effective response to the extreme threat to public health and safety and to ensure the availability of mutual aid; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020 , the City Council ratified the Local
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30 Emergency finding that the conditions of extreme peril did warrant and necessitate the proclamation of the existence of a Local Emergency; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code section 8630(d), the governing body shall proclaim the termination of a Local Emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant; and
WHEREAS, nationally, the Biden administration has announced that it will allow the coronavirus public health emergency and national emergency to expire on May 11, 2023, announcing the termination over 90 days in advance to allow time for healthcare institutions to prepare for the end to the emergency; and WHEREAS, the State of California’s COVID-19 State of Emergency ended on February 28, 2023; and
WHERAS, on February 28, 2023, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved terminating the County’s COVID -19 emergency declaration effective March 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City of Los Angeles ended its state of emergency due to COVID-19 on Feb ruary 1, 2023 , and the City of Santa Monica ended its health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic on February 28, 2023.
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2023, in consideration of the current public health conditions, the City Council directed the City Manager to return to City Council with a resolution terminating the COVID-19 local emergency, effective April 1, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Culver City, California, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE as follows:
IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED AND ORDERED that the conditions
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30 necessitating the proclamation of a Local Emergency by the Director of Emergency Services on March 14, 2020 no longer exist, and the Local Emergency is terminated effective April 1, 2023.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this ___ day of March __, 2023.
ALBERT VERA, MAYOR
City of Culver City, California
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JEREMY BOCCHINO, City Clerk HEATHER S. BAKER, City Attorney