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A Proclamation of the Emergency Services Director of the City of San Leandro Proclaiming the Existence of a Local Emergency Relating to the Impacts of Persistent Storms and Local Flooding
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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
PROCLAMATION AND ORDER NO. 2023-__
A PROCLAMATION OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO THE IMPACTS OF PERSISTENT STORMS AND LOCAL FLOODING
WHEREAS, Section 8630, Article 14, of the California Emergency Services Act empowers the City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency when the City of San Leandro is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity;
WHEREAS, San Leandro Municipal Code section 3-4-124(a) authorizes the City Manager, in her capacity as the Director of Emergency Services, to declare and proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a "local emergency" if the City Council is not in session;
WHEREAS, San Leandro Municipal Code section 3-4-124(b) provides that whenever a local emergency is proclaimed by the Director of Emergency Services, the City Council shall take action to ratify the proclamation within seven (7) days thereafter or the proclamation shall have no further force or effect;
WHEREAS, San Leandro Municipal Code section 3-4-105 defines "local emergency" where conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of this City are or are likely to be beyond the control of this City and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions. Such a "local emergency" may be caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, the Governor's warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake or other conditions, other than a labor controversy;
WHEREAS, since January 4, 2023 until present ...
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