Resolution - 2022-21RESOLUTION NO.2022-21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DETERMINING THE
NEED TO FURTHER CONTINUE THE LOCAL
EMERGENCY PROCLAIMED ON MARCH 16, 2020 AND
PREVIOUSLY CONTINUED ON APRIL 7, 2020, MAY 5,
2020, JUNE 2, 2020, JUNE 23, 2020, JULY 21, 2020, AUGUST
18, 2020, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020, OCTOBER 6, 2020,
OCTOBER 20, 2020, NOVEMBER 17, 2020, DECEMBER 1,
2020, JANUARY 19, 2021, FEBRUARY 16, 2021, MARCH 16,
2021, APRIL 6, 2021, MAY 4, 2021, JUNE 1, 2021, JUNE 15,
2021, JULY 6, 2021, JULY 20, 2021, AUGUST 17, 2021,
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021, OCTOBER 5, 2021, NOVEMBER 2,
2021, DECEMBER 7, 2021, JANUARY 4, 2022 AND
FEBRUARY 1, 2022
WHEREAS, the California Emergency Services Act (Government Code Section 8550 et
seq.) authorizes the City Council, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by the City
Council, to proclaim a local emergency when the City is threatened by conditions of disaster or
extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the City that are likely to be beyond the
control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the City; and
WHEREAS, West Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(1) empowers the City Manager,
as the Director of Emergency Services, to declare the existence or threatened existence of a local
emergency when the City is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020, the City Manager declared a local emergency as
authorized by Government Code section 8630(a) and West Covina Municipal Code section 8-
7(a)(1) through Proclamation No. 2020-01 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-19,
ratifying the City Manager's proclamation as required by Government Code section 8630(b) and
West Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(1); and
WHEREAS, Section 8-7(a)(2) of the West Covina Municipal Code empowers the City
Manager to request that the City Council review the need for continuing the local emergency at
least once every 30 days until the City Council terminates the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, at the time the City Council ratified the proclamation, the World Health
Organization (WHO) reported, as of March 15, 2020, 153,517 confirmed cases of COVID-19
globally, 5,735 of which resulted in death. On February 22, 2022, the WHO reported a total of
424,822,073 confirmed cases globally, 5,890,312 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, at the time the City Council ratified the proclamation, the California
Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported that, as of March 15, 2020, there were 335
confirmed cases of COVID-19 in California, six (6) of which resulted in death. On February 22,
2022, CDPH reported that, as of February 21, 2022, there were a total of 8,336,730 confirmed
cases in California, 83,523 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, at the time the City Council ratified the proclamation, the Los Angeles
County Department of Public Health ("LA County Health Department") reported that, as of March
15, 2020, Los Angeles County had 69 confirmed cases, including one (1) death and one (1)
confirmed case at West Covina High School. On February 22, 2022, the LA County Health
Department reported that, as of February 21, 2022, Los Angeles County had a total of 2,785,449
confirmed cases, 30,411 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, as of February 21, 2022, the LA County Health Department reported a total
of 28,775 confirmed cases in the City of West Covina, 342 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, on April 7, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-22,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency and confirming the written orders
and regulations promulgated by the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-41,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency and confirming the written orders
and regulations promulgated by the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, on June 2, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-45,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on June 23, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-68,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on July 21, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-85,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on August 18, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-91,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency and confirming a written order
promulgated by the City Manager; and
WHEREAS, on September 15, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-96,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on October 6, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-101,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on October 20, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-105,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency and clarifying the City Manager's
emergency powers; and
WHEREAS, on November 17, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-116,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on December 1, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2020-118,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency and providing that, notwithstanding
the requirements of West Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(2), due to the City Council's
meeting schedule, the next regular meeting at which the City Council would consider the need to
continue the local emergency would be January 19, 2021; and
WHEREAS, on January 19, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-01,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on February 16, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-12,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-17,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on April 6, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-25,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on May 4, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-49,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on June 1, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-65,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on June 15, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-72,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on July 6, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-76,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on July 20, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-86,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-9 1,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on September 7, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-92,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on October 5, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-99,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on November 2, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-101,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-116,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on January 4, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-07,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on February 1, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-14,
determining there was a need to continue the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, in mid -December 2020, the State began administering the COVID-19
vaccine under "Vaccinate All 58," the State's campaign for a safe, fair and equitable vaccine for
all 58 counties in the State; and
WHEREAS, as of June 15, 2021, the Governor terminated the executive orders that put
into place the Stay at Home Order and the Blueprint for a Safer Economy; and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding widespread administration of the COVID-19 vaccine and
the reopening of the State's economy, the LA County Health Department has reported that
community transmission of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County remains high, and is currently
requiring that all persons wear face masks on public transit, in transportation hubs, indoors in K-
12 schools, childcare and other youth settings, healthcare settings, correctional facilities and
detention centers, homeless shelters, emergency shelters and cooling centers, indoor public and
business settings, and outdoor mega events, regardless of vaccination status; and
WHEREAS, on November 26, 2021, the WHO designated a new variant of concern,
Omicron; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 2021, CDPH issued new mask guidance, requiring masks
to be worn in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccination status, from December 15,
2021-January 15, 2022; and
WHEREAS, on January 5, 2022, CDPH reported that over the prior two weeks, the
statewide seven-day average case rate had increased by more than sixfold and hospitalizations had
doubled; and
WHEREAS, on January 5, 2022, CDPH extended the requirement for masks to be worn
in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccination status, through February 15, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has requested that the City Council review the need for
continuing the local emergency in accordance with Section 8-7(a)(2) of the West Covina
Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency
as required by West Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(2); and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the conditions resulting from the COVID-19
emergency are still beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the
City and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council has reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency
as required by West Covina Municipal Code section 8-7(a)(2), and determines, based on the
foregoing recitals, that there is a need to continue the local emergency.
SECTION 2. This local emergency shall continue to exist until the City Council proclaims
the termination of the local emergency. The City Council shall review the need for continuing the
local emergency in the manner required by law.
SECTION 3. Pursuant to Resolution No. 2020-105, while the local emergency remains
in effect, the City Manager shall limit the exercise of the powers granted to the City Manager, as
the Director of Emergency Services, during a proclaimed local emergency pursuant to Section 8-
7 of the West Covina Municipal Code, to actions directly related to responding to the COVID-19
pandemic.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution
and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of March, 2022.
APPROVE TO FORM
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Thomas . DuCte
City Attorney
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Dario Castellanos
Mayor
ATTEST
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Lisa S ruck
Assis t City Clerk
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I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2022-21 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 1 st day of March,
2022, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
Castellanos, Diaz, Lopez-Viado, Tabatabai, Wu
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
Lisa
City Clerk