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Ordinance Amendment Relating to Emergency Services - Definitions <br />April 2, 2024 <br />Page 2 <br />4 <br />1 <br />3 <br />9 <br />Currently, Section 2-643 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code defines a local emergency as <br />follows: <br />“Emergency or local emergency means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of <br />disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial <br />limits of the city or county, caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, <br />epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation <br />or disease, the governor's warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an <br />earthquake, or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor <br />controversy, which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, <br />equipment, and facilities of the political subdivision and require the combined forces of <br />other political subdivisions to combat, or with respect to regulated energy utilities, a <br />sudden and severe energy shortage requires extraordinary measures beyond the <br />authority vested in the California Public Utilities Commission.” <br />The proposed Ordinance would add the three new classifications noted above to the <br />definition of a local emergency event. <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. <br />EXHIBIT(S) <br />1. Ordinance <br />Submitted By: Kathryn Downs, Executive Director of Finance and Management <br />Services & Jack Ciulla, Chief Technology Innovations Officer <br />Approved By: Tom Hatch, Interim City Manager