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CITY OF SANTA ANA EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 15-2020 <br />EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 15 OF THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY <br />SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TEMPORARILY <br />SUSPENDING THE ISSUANCE OF STREET SWEEPING PARKING <br />CITATIONS <br />SECTION 1. Findings, <br />A. International, national, state, and local health and governmental authorities have <br />been responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel <br />coronavirus named "SARS-CoV-2," and the disease it causes has been named <br />"coronavirus disease 2019," abbreviated COVID-19 ("COVID-19"). <br />B. On March 4, 2020, the Governor of the State of California declared a state of <br />emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions <br />already underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the <br />state prepare for broader spread of COVID-19. <br />C. On March 13, 2020, the President of the United States of America declared a <br />national emergency and announced that the federal government would make <br />emergency funding available to assist state and local governments in preventing <br />the spread of and addressing the effects of COVID-19. <br />D. The Orange County Board of Supervisors and Department of Public Health also <br />declared a local emergency and local public health emergency to aid the regional <br />healthcare and governmental community in responding to COVID-19. <br />E. On March 17, 2020, the City Council proclaimed the existence of a local <br />emergency to ensure the availability of mutual aid and support an effective City <br />response to COVID-19. <br />F. On March 19, 2020, a statewide Executive Order and Public Health Order directed <br />all Californians to stay home except for an essential job or to shop for essential <br />needs. It was modified on May 4, 2020. <br />G. On August 28, 2020, the State released the "Blueprint for a Safer Economy" to <br />permit gradual reopening of certain businesses and activities. Currently, Orange <br />County is in the Purple, or "Widespread" Tier, requiring many non -essential <br />indoor business operations to be closed. <br />H. As of November 21, 2020, pursuant to a statewide limited stay home order, <br />Californians in counties in the Purple Tier were directed to stop non -essential <br />activities between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. <br />I. A further statewide regional stay home order, announced December 3, 2020, and <br />a related supplemental order, signed December 6, 2020, are designed to become <br />1 <br />