APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
90'100::. RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.---------
RESOLUTION RENEWING AND CONTINUING THE CITY COUNCIL'S
DECLARATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO THE EXISTENCE
OF A CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS WITH REGARD TO THE
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ("HIV") / ACQUIRED
IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME ("AIDS") EPIDEMIC
WHEREAS, AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic and AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV; and
WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control's ("CDC") 2009 HIV Surveillance Report:
Diagnosis of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States and the Dependent Areas ("CDC's 2009 Surveillance Report"), estimates that as of 2009 more than one million people were living with HIV in the United States and that twenty one percent (21 %) of the people in the United States living with HIV were unaware of their infection; and WHEREAS, despite increases in the total number of people living with HIV in the United States, the CDC's 2009 Surveillance Report stated that the annual number of new HIV infections has remained relatively stable; but the new infections nevertheless continue at far too high a level, including an estimated 56,300 Americans becoming infected with HIV each and every year; and
WHEREAS, based on CDC's 2009 Surveillance Report more than 18,000 people with AIDS still die each year in the United States; and
WHEREAS, according to the CDC, through 2007 more than 576,000 people with AIDS in the United States have died since the epidemic began; and WHEREAS, according to the CDC the cumulative estimated number of AIDS diagnoses through 2009 in the United States and dependent areas (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and U,S, Virgin Islands) was 1,142,714; and WHEREAS, California is one of the ten states or dependent areas that reported the highest diagnosis of AIDS in 2009; and
WHEREAS, nationally, according to the CDC's 2009 Surveillance Report, (1) women account for 27% of annual new HIV infections and 25% of those living with HIV and (2) injection drug users represent 12% of annual new HIV infections and 19% of those living with HIV; and
declare a local public health emergency regarding HIV/AIDS epidemic in order to secure the exemption from criminal prosecution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Oakland finds that it is important to renew and continue the declaration of emergency related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic because the crisis and epidemic continue to overwhelm our health care systems and have a devastating impact upon the public health and safety of our residents and the citizenry; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Oakland finds and proclaims that local emergency exists due to a critical local public health crisis regarding the HJV / AIDS epidemic and the transmission of HIV infection through contaminated hypodermic needles and pursuant to Government Code section 8630 does so declare; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Oakland hereby proclaims and orders that a local emergency continues to exist within the City of Oakland which led to the enactment of its December 14, 1993 local emergency declaration, pursuant to Resolution No. 70644 C.M.S., and the emergency will continue until its termination is proclaimed and ordered by the City Council, and will be reviewed every 14 days by the City council pursuant to Government Code section 8630; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Clerk shall communicate this resolution to all City Departments, to the President Pro Tempore of the California Senate and the Speaker of the California Assembly, to the Alameda County District Attorney, to the California Congressional delegation and Senators, and to President Biden.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: FEB ro 2024
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