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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney
411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802-4664
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LONG BEACH AMENDING THE LONG BEACH
MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 8.120,
TEMPORARY ENFORCEMENT OF LONG BEACH
HEALTH ORDERS RELATED TO COVID-19; DECLARING
THE URGENCY THEREOF; AND DECLARING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY
WHEREAS, on March 10, 2020, the City Council of the City of Long Beach recognized that an emergency did exist and unanimously passed a Resolution ratifying the City Manager’s Proclamation of a Local Emergency and the Public Health Officer’s Declaration of Local Health Emergency; and
WHEREAS, in order to mitigate the effects of COVID-19, and any variants of COVID-19 within the City, the Long Beach Health Officer issued Health Orders for Control of COVID-19 (“Health Order”), and thereafter revised said Health Order from time to time as necessary in furtherance of the public health and safety; and WHEREAS, in order to further protect the public health and safety, it is necessary to adopt ordinance provisions that will provide administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement remedies for violations of the lawfully issued Health Orders of the City; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Ordinance would continue require, where practicable, the City Manager to bring City Health Orders related to COVID-19 before the City Council for confirmation prior to promulgating such Orders; and WHEREAS, in the event it is not feasible to do this, the City Manager shall, within a 14-day period from promulgation of said Health Orders, request the City Council to confirm the Health Orders; and
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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Long Beach, CA 90802-4664 WHEREAS, this alternative process recognizes the potential need for the City’s Health Officer to quickly amend or update City Health Orders due to the rapid development of COVID-19, while still ensuring the City Council maintains oversight of the COVID-19 local emergency and the City Manager’s related orders; and WHEREAS, the City’s primary goal is to ensure the public health and safety during the COVID-19 local, state, and federal emergencies through outreach efforts and education of the Long Beach community regarding the City Health Orders and COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, where such outreach and education efforts do not on their own gain compliance, the proposed Ordinance allows for civil, administrative, and/or criminal enforcement of City Health Orders related to COVID-19, issued by the Health Officer and promulgated by the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, with respect to criminal enforcement of violations of the lawfully issued Health Orders, such violations may be prosecuted as misdemeanors or infractions in the sole discretion of the City Prosecutor; and WHEREAS, it is the City’s intent that the authorized enforcement of the City Health Orders as described in the proposed Ordinance shall only occur after an individual and/or business is provided ample opportunity to comply after being notified of an alleged violation; and
WHEREAS, the City efforts shall be in furtherance of the health, safety, and welfare of those residing in, doing business in, or visiting the City of Long Beach during the declared COVID-19 emergency; and
WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted this Ordinance on May 12, 2020, and extended the effective date of this Ordinance on November 2, 2020, January 19, 2021, and August 17, 2022; and
WHEREAS, without an amendment extending this Ordinance, it will expire by its own terms on February 13, 2022; and
WHEREAS, if adopted as an urgency ordinance, this Ordinance will
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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Long Beach, CA 90802-4664 extend the effective date of this Ordinance until August 7, 2022; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance is necessary to further protect the public health and safety by providing enforcement remedies for violations of the lawfully issued Health Orders of the City due to the sharp increase in the COVID-19 case rate which can be expected to lead to an increase in hospitalizations, which may overwhelm the healthcare system, and deaths, especially for those who are older and who have underlying health conditions;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Long Beach ordains as follows:
Section 1. Section 8.120.010.D of the Long Beach Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
D. This Chapter is intended to be temporary and shall expire one-hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of the last amendment to this Chapter, unless further extended by the City Council in its discretion by an amendment to this Chapter.
Section 2. Subsection 8.120.040 of the Long Beach Municipal Code is amended to read as follows:
8.120.040 Expiration.
This Chapter shall expire one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date of the last amendment to this Chapter, unless further extended by the City Council in its discretion by an amendment to this Chapter.
Section 3. This ordinance is urgently required to control the spread and mitigate the effects of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), including any variants of COVID-19, within the City of Long Beach through authorized actions, such as the enforcement of the Health Order For Control of COVID-19 and any additional COVID-19 Health Orders that may be issued by the City Health Officer and promulgated by the City
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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Long Beach, CA 90802-4664 Manager.
Section 4. This ordinance is an emergency ordinance duly adopted by the City Council by a vote of five of its members and shall take effect immediately. The City Clerk shall certify to a separate roll call and vote on the question of the emergency of this ordinance and to its passage by the vote of five members of the City Council of the City of Long Beach, and cause the same to be posted in three conspicuous places in the City of Long Beach, and it shall thereupon take effect and shall be operative immediately.
Section 5. This ordinance shall also be adopted by the City Council as a regular ordinance, to the end that in the event of any defect or invalidity in connection with the adoption of this ordinance as an emergency ordinance, the same shall, nevertheless, be and become effective on the thirty-first (31st) day after it is approved by the Mayor. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance by the City Council of the City of Long Beach and shall cause the same to be posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the City of Long Beach.
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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Long Beach, CA 90802-4664 I hereby certify that on a separate roll call and vote which was taken by the City Council of the City of Long Beach upon the question of emergency of this ordinance at its meeting of _________________, 2022, the ordinance was declared to be an emergency by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
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Noes: Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
Absent: Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
Recusal(s): Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
I further certify that thereafter, at the same meeting, upon a roll call and vote on adoption of the ordinance, it was adopted by the City Council of the City of Long Beach by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
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Noes: Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
Absent: Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
Recusal(s): Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney 411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor Long Beach, CA 90802-4664 I further certify that the foregoing ordinance was thereafter adopted on final reading by the City Council of the City of Long Beach at its meeting of ______________________, 2022, by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
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Noes: Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
Absent: Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
Recusal(s): Councilmembers: _______________________________ _______________________________
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Clerk
Approved: ______________ _______________________________ (Date) Mayor