2020-046 - Ratifying Executive Order No. 2020-05

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the City seeks to be an ally in the fight against racial injustice and the dismantling of systemic racism; and WHEREAS, the City respects the rights of peaceful assembly and protest; and WHEREAS, with liberty comes responsibility; violence directed against persons and other acts that threaten public safety, including setting of fires and throwing objects, endangers innocent persons and first responders charged with keeping the peace; and WHEREAS, in order to safeguard the rights of peaceful assembly and protest, to protect the safety of City residents, property and businesses as well as emergency and law enforcement providers, on May 31, 2020, the City's Director of Emergency Services issued an Executive Order declaring a local emergency and instituting a curfew to quell violence and destruction of property; and WHEREAS, the City's ability to mobilize local resources, coordinate interagency response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and seek future reimbursement by the State and Federal governments is critical to successfully responding to the civil unrest in the City; and WHEREAS, the conditions of extreme peril warranted and necessitated the proclamation of the existence of a local emergency. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference. SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby ratifies Executive Order No. 2020-05 declaring a local emergency issued by the City's Directorof Emergency Services on May 31, 2020. SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby proclaims that a local emergency did exist throughout the City due to the episodes of civil unrest which occurred on May 30-June 1, 2020. SECTION 4. The City Manager is hereby directed to ensure City staff track costs associated with staffing, supplies, and equipment related to this emergency. SECTION 5. The local emergency that necessitated the need for a curfew as set forth in Executive Order 2020-5 has ceased but the previously declared local emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic declared pursuant to Resolution No. 2020-016 remains. SECTION 6. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other Resolution No. 2020-046 Page 2 of 3