Resolution - 2021-15RESOLUTION NO.2021-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, TERMINATING THE
LOS ANGELES COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER'S SERVICES
RELATING TO ORDERS AND QUARANTINE
REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, OTHER
REGULATIONS ISSUED UNDER THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY CODE AND STATUTES RELATING TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code section 101375 provides: "[w]hen the governing
body of a city in the county consents by resolution or ordinance, the county health officer shall
enforce and observe in the city all of the following: (a) [o]rders and quarantine regulations
prescribed by the department and other regulations issued under this code [and] (b) [s]tatutes
relating to the public health; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code section 101380 provides: "[t]he resolution or
ordinance shall be adopted and a certified copy served on the cleric of the board of supervisors on
or before the first day of March of any year, and the services of the county health officer in the
city shall commence on the first day of July following service of notice. The services shall continue
indefinitely until the governing body of the city terminates them by adoption of a resolution and
ordinance and service of a certified copy on the clerk of the board of supervisors on or before the
first day of March of any subsequent year. The services of the county health officer shall terminate
on the first day of July following service of notice"; and
WHEREAS, on February 26, 1936, the City of West Covina adopted Resolution No. 2,
consenting to the enforcement within City limits all orders, quarantine regulations and rules
prescribed by the State Board of Health and all statutes relating to public health and to vital
statistics by the Health Officer of the County of Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina now desires to establish its own local health
department in order to maintain local control over public health issues and better serve the
community; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Health and Safety Code section 101380, the City Council
now desires to terminate the Los Angeles County Health Officer's services provided pursuant to
Health and Safety Code section 101375.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby terminates the Los Angeles County Health
Officer's services provided pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 101375.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution
and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall serve a certified copy of this resolution on the Clerk of
the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on or before March 1, 2021.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of February, 2021.
APPROVE TO FORM
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Thomas P. uart
City Attorney
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Mayor
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Lisa She rick
Assistall t City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2021-15 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, at a special meeting thereof held on the 23rd day of
February, 2021, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES: Castellanos, Diaz, Lopez-Viado, Wu
NOES: Tabatabai
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Lisa SpekAssisterk