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CITY OF SANTA ANA EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 8-2020 AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY AND ORDERING A CURFEW BEGINNING AT 10:00PM MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020 AND CONTINUING UNTIL TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020 AT 5:OOAM IN RESPONSE TO CIVIL UNREST RESULTING FROM PROTESTS SECTION 1. Findings. A. Under authority contained in California Government Code Sections 8610 through 8634 and the Santa Ana Municipal Code, I have on this 22nd day of June, 2020, declared the existence of an emergency in the City of Santa Ana and I am empowered, upon proclamation of such an emergency, to make and issue regulations on matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected by such emergency. B. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd died while in the custody of officers of the Minneapolis Police Department and in response, to his death an unprecedented amount of civil disturbance has emerged across the Country and in the Southern California region with mass protests, vandalism, looting and the damage and destruction of public and private property. C. The City of Santa Ana has often been the site of regional protests and recognizes and supports the right to peaceful protests as protected by the Constitution of the United States and the State of California. D. On the evening of Saturday, May 30, 2020 and into the early morning of Sunday, May 31, 2020, several hundred protestors gathered in Santa Ana with some throwing rocks, bottles and mortars and igniting fireworks in the direction of police officers. E. At the time noted above, public and private properties were vandalized and looting occurred during this civil unrest. F. On two prior occasions when violent protests or civil unrest in Santa Ana were again threatened -- May 31, 2020 and June 6, 2020 -- the Director of Emergency Services for the City of Santa Ana issued Executive Orders for curfew. These curfews were very limited in duration and served to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. G. On the evening of June 22, 2020, as posted and re -posted in various social media sources, there are protests planned near Bristol Street and McFadden Avenue. Based on the City's evaluation of these events for the possibility of violence or civil unrest, including inflammatory statements advocating "no peaceful protests" and "fuck the police," a curfew is justified beginning at 10:00 p.m. on June 22, 2020 and continuing through 5:00 a.m. on June 23, 2020 in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare.