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jmf 6/01/21 <br />F. On March 19, 2020, a statewide Executive Order and Public Health Order <br />directed all Californians to stay home except for an essential job or to shop <br />for essential needs. It was modified on May 4, 2020. <br />G. On August 28, 2020, the State released the "Blueprint for a Safer <br />Economy" to permit gradual reopening of certain businesses and <br />activities. Initially, Orange County was in the Purple, or "Widespread" Tier, <br />requiring many non -essential indoor business operations to be closed. <br />H. On November 21, 2020, pursuant to a statewide limited stay home order, <br />Californians in counties in the Purple Tier were directed to stop non- <br />essential activities between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. <br />A further statewide regional stay home order, announced December 3, <br />2020, and a related supplemental order, signed December 6, 2020, were <br />designed to become effective at 11:59 p.m. the day after a region has <br />been announced to have less than 15 percent Intensive Care Unit <br />availability ("Regional Stay Home Order"). The supplemental order <br />clarified retail operations and went into effect immediately. Together, <br />these orders prohibited private gatherings of any size, close sector <br />operations except for critical infrastructure and retail, and required 100 <br />percent masking and physical distancing in all others. Once triggered, <br />these orders were to remain in effect for at least three weeks. <br />J. Orange County is located in the Southern California Region, which was <br />among those regions where the statewide regional stay home order was <br />triggered because of low ICU capacity. <br />K. The Regional Stay Home Order was lifted on January 25, 2021. Orange <br />County then returned to the Purple, or "Widespread" Tier under the State's <br />Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Orange County is now in the Yellow, or <br />"Minimal" Tier where most indoor business operations may open with <br />modifications. <br />L. Among the prior measures authorized by the City of Santa Ana due to the <br />impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic were land -use related items specified <br />in Executive Order Nos. 2-2020, 5-2020, 12-2020, and 16-2021, which <br />served to allow use of Downtown sidewalks and parking spaces and off - <br />site parking citywide for dining and retail operations, and to extend <br />approval periods for land use and development matters. <br />M. On July 7, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-055, <br />temporarily allowing food vending vehicles to use private properties and <br />certain City -owned parking lots for vending activities and suspending the <br />requirement of a land use certificate pursuant to Santa Ana Municipal <br />Code Sections 41-195.5 and 41-675 et seq. This resolution contains two <br />exhibits: Exhibit A (List of Approved City Owned Parking Lots), and Exhibit <br />Resolution No. 2021-XXX <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />