COVID-19
Emergency Order
Topics:
Regional orders
Ongoing programs
Staff vaccination
policy
Remembering Those Lost & Impacted
COVID-19 Emergency Order Background
Timeline
• March 4, 2020: State CA proclamation
• March 13, 2020: Federal emergency declaration for all states • March 13, 2020: Santa Monica local proclamation
Local Order Revisions
• 44 Supplements implemented
• Recently implemented in 6-month increments
Order Accomplishments
• Eviction protections for residents and commercial tenants • Alcohol sales during delivery and takeout
• Parking restrictions adapted
• Outdoor dining expansion
• Curbside business pick-up zones
3-Year Operations Overview
• City Service Continuity
• Community Information Hotline
• We Are Santa Monica Fund
• Eviction Moratorium
• Emergency VAP Food Pantry
• Code Compliance Education
• Local Hospital Support
• Community & Staff COVID & Flu Vaccination
• Community Testing Site
• Employee Safety Measures
• COVID Communications
• Supply Distribution to Business Community
• Reopening of City Facilities
• Support of Non-Profits
• Community Education & Outreach
Gratitude to City Staff
COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center
• Maximum Size of 275 staff in April 2020
• Since Oct 2020: 15 multi-departmental staff
• 15 Department Operations Center
Coordinators
Field Outreach Teams
• Food Pantry
• Emergency Order Compliance
• Health Ambassadors
• Farmers Market
• Vaccination Point of Dispensing
• Food Distribution Events
Thanks to all City personnel who continued to provide essential services to the Santa Monica community each and every day throughout the pandemic.
Gratitude to Community Partners
• LA County departments
• Providence Saint John's Health Center
& UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
• Santa Monica College
• Supervisor Sheila Kuehl and Team
• Business Community
• Chamber
• Santa Monica Travel & Tourism
• Business Improvement Districts
• SM Pier
• Local Hotels & Restaurants
• Barker Hangar
• Community Stakeholders
• Neighborhood Groups
• SMMUSD
• Westside & LA Regional Food Banks
• Non-Profit Community
PSJHC 8/1/21 Photo Credit: Isadora Kosofsky, New York Times Situation Status COUNTY RESPONSE PLAN METRICS (1/5/23)
Cases
• CDC Community Level: Medium
• LA County New Case Rate: 156.8/100,000 (Medium)
• Santa Monica 7-Day Adjusted Avg. Cases: 123
(12/31/22)
Hospitalization
• COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Rate: 14.3 (Medium)
• % Staffed Hospital Inpatient Beds Occupied by
COVID Patients: 7.3% (Medium)
• Santa Monica 14-Day Adjusted Hospitalization Rate:
24 (12/31/22)
Vaccination
• LA County Vaccination Rate: 80.9%
• Santa Monica Vaccination Rate: 91.8%
• Santa Monica Bivalent Booster Rate: 34.0%
COVID-19 Outlook Case Outlook
• Potential endemic state by 2024
• Booster adoption and recent infection drive
community immunity
• 30% of global population not received one
vaccination dose
• Need to pivot
The “New Normal”
• Endemic infectious diseases require policy and
prevention tools
• State/County/City adoptingCOVID-19 costs
into operating budgets
• Anticipate impacts during winter and June/July
surges
LA County Daily Case Data 2020 -Current
Regional & Statewide Emergency Order Outlook
Federal
• Anticipated that federal public health emergency will be in effect until at least March 12, 2023. • Biden Administration has committed to provide 60-day notice if declaration will not be extended. • Required for FEMA reimbursement
State of CA
• Emergency Order to sunset on 2/28/23
Neighboring Jurisdictions
• LA City to sunset Emergency Order on 2/1/23
• Currently, no other Area A city has shared their intent to sunset their local COVID-19 Emergency Order in alignment with LA City or the State
Sunsetting Local Emergency Order
Santa Monica plans to sunset local COVID-19 Emergency Order on 2/28/23, in alignment with the State’s Emergency Order
Emergency Order Impacts
• Decreases likelihood to receivefinancial reimbursement • As-needed staff working on recovery projects will be demobilized within 6 months.
Ongoing COVID Costs
• Biennial budget proposal to include ongoing COVID-19 funding • Budget proposals to come from both Finance and OEM
• Worker health requirements
• Logistics needed to realize staff COVID mitigation measures Ongoing Cal OSHA Workplace Requirements
Cal OSHA requirements will go into place in Jan 2023 and will continue for two years.
Case Documentation Requirements
• Identify active COVID-19 cases and exclude them from the workplace until they are no longer infectious • Record of COVID-19 staff cases for 2 years
• Identify and notify close contact of exposure
• Make COVID-19 testing available at no cost, during paid time following a workplace close contact.
Notice Requirements
• Written notice to employees present at worksite during an employee’s infectious period Outbreak Reporting & Testing
• Outbreak (3+ cases in 14 days)
• Testing must be provided to all worksite "exposed group" once per week until 1 case or less in 14 days • Major Outbreak (20+ cases in 30-days)
• Testing is required of all worksite "exposed group" staff twice per week until 1 case or less in 14 days • Requiredreporting to Cal OSHA
Ongoing COVID-19 Activities
In addition to Cal OSHA requirements, the following activities will continue into March 2023.
Clover Park Testing Site
• Free testing services to both community and City staff • Agreement with LA County Department of Health Services extended to March 31, 2023 • Month-to-month extension opportunity until June 30, 2023 FEMA Recovery
• Submitting COVID project costs and details to FEMA to recover funds for supplies and asneeded personnel • Responding to Requests for Information
• Need toretain cost documentation for a minimum of three years from submission of the final federal financial report and be prepared for potential audits.
EOC Demobilization
• Logistical Supplies and COVID Warehouse
• Response As-Needed Staff
FEMA Reimbursement Status
FEMA Reimbursement to Date
• City has received$1.5 million in reimbursement from FEMA, directed to City General Fund
• 13 additional COVID-19 grant projects are waitingFEMA approval, totaling over $3.5 million
• Approved Projects Include
• Health Ambassador Business Education Program
• Vaccine-Exempt Employee Testing
• COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
• Mobile Morgue
• Plexiglass Installation at City Facilities
Questions &
Feedback
Staff Vaccination Policy
SUNSETTING POLICY
• Personnel must be fully vaccinated or submit a
vaccination exemption no later than October 29,
2021
• Vaccine policy focuses on two-dose
Pfizer/Moderna or one-dose Johnson &
Johnson vaccination regimen
• Immunity wanes over time but the fall bivalent
booster protects against both the original virus and
Omicronvariants BA.4 and BA.5
• CDC recommends all people over 5 yeas old receive
thebivalent booster if it has been 2 months since
their last vaccine dose
• Vaccination policy requiring past "full
vaccination" definition is outdated and = should be
discontinued
STAFF RATES
• HR Data
Data requested from HR