CC RES 2023-011 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA, PROCLAIMING
THE TERMINATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL
EMERGENCY ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 AND
THEREBY RESCINDING RESOLUTION NOS. 2020-11 and
2021-72 .
WHEREAS, the Emergency Services Act, Government Code Section 8558(c)
authorizes the proclamation of a local emergency when conditions of extreme peril to the
safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a city exist; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act and Government
Code Section 8625, Governor Gavin Newson proclaimed a State of Emergency on March
4, 2020, due to the peril to persons and property from the emergence of a novel
coronavirus (a disease now known as COVID-19) ; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 8630, such a local emergency
existed in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes in accordance with Resolution No. 2020-11
as adopted by the City Council on the 17th day of March 2020, as a result of respiratory
illness due to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 8625, proclaiming the
existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property
within the state caused by conditions as described in Government Code § 8558,
Resolution No. 2021-72 was adopted by the City Council on December 21, 2021, which
re-ratified the State of Emergency and re-authorized remote teleconferencing meetings;
and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 8630 requires that the City Council
proclaim the termination of such local emergency at the earliest possible date that
conditions warrant; and
WHEREAS, Governor Gavin Newson, having found pursuant to Government Code
Section 8629 that the conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property as
declared in the State of Emergency on March 4, 2020 no longer exist, has proclaimed
that the State of Emergency no longer exists; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the need for continuing the local
emergency; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the situation resulting from
COVID-19 conditions of extreme peril is now deemed to be within the control of the normal
protective services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of and within the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, State
of California, does hereby proclaim the termination of said local emergency and rescinds
Resolution Nos. 2020-11 and 2021-72.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of March 2023.
Barbara Ferr o, Mayor
ATTEST:
'eres. -kaoka, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify that
the above Resolution No. 2023-11, was duly adopted by the City Council of said City at
a regular meeting thereof held on March 21, 2023.
6eresa aoka, City Clerk
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