IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-
RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE CONFIRMATION OF A PROCLAMATION
OF LOCAL EMERGENCY AND DECLARING ITS TERMINATION IN LINE WITH THE TERMINATION OF THE GOVERNOR’S STATE OF EMERGENCY BY THE CITY’S DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 8630 AND SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3-4-124 BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WHEREAS, emergency conditions presently exist in the City of San Leandro related to the COVID-19 pandemic, all as described and in accordance with the City’s Director of Emergency Services’ March 16, 2020 proclamation of a local emergency and state of emergency, ratified by the City Council on March 16, 2020 by Resolution No. 2020-024, as a result of conditions described in the Director’s proclamation; and WHEREAS, cumulatively in Alameda County best estimates are that to date there have been 389,576 cases, and 2,099 deaths due to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, as of January 3, 2023, Alameda County Public Health estimates that there were 1,901 probable cases of COVID-19 in San Leandro, justifying that COVID-19 continues to be a threat to public health; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 variants continue to be a major concern, most recently the Omicron variant and its sub-variants that continue to infect individuals internationally, nationally, and locally, individuals who may come into San Leandro and spread the sub-variants, increasing infection risks and threatening the public health; and WHEREAS, despite widespread availability of vaccines and that 87% of individuals in San Leandro have received the primary vaccine series, and 51% have received the primary series and booster, only 10% of San Leandro residents are estimated to have received the bivalent booster, which may affect infection rates especially if sub-variants are resistant to the primary and secondary dosages; and
WHEREAS, the conditions described in the Director’s proclamation and this resolution, as ratified by Resolution No. 2020-024, continue to exist and are still deemed to warrant continued emergency actions to preserve and protect public health, safety, welfare, and property; and
WHEREAS, on October 17, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the COVID19 State of Emergency will end on February 28, 2023.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL DOES RESOLVE that the emergency conditions described in this resolution, the Director’s proclamation of a local emergency and state of emergency dated March 16, 2020, and ratified by the City of San Leandro City Council on March 16, 2020 by passage of Resolution No. 2020-024 are determined, found, ratified and declared to continue to exist, and that said conditions justify the continuation of a local emergency and state of emergency in the City of San Leandro; and RESOLUTION NO. 2022-XXX 2
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council determines, finds, ratifies and declares that the local emergency will automatically terminate when the Governor terminates the State of Emergency or February 28, 2023, whichever is later.
Introduced by _______ and passed and adopted this 6th day of February 2023, by the following vote:
Members of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
Kelly B. Clancy, City Clerk