Resolution - No. 2023-4RESOLUTION NO. 2023-4
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, JANUARY4, 2022, FEBRUARY
1, 2022, MARCH 1, 2022, APRIL 5, 2022, MAY 3, 2022,
JUNE 7, 2022, JULY 5, 2022, JULY 19, 2022, AUGUST 16,
2022, SEPTEMBER 20, 2022, OCTOBER 18, 2022,
NOVEMBER 15, 2022 AND DECEMBER 6, 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 January 6, 2023, the WHO reported a
total of 657,977,736 confirmed cases globally, 6,681,433 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 January
5, 2023, CDPH reported that, as of January 3, 2023, there were a total of 10,934,798
confirmed cases in California, 98,038 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, at the time the City Council ratified the proclamation, the Los Angeles
County Department of Public Health (TA 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 January 6, 2023, the LA
County Health Department reported that, as of January 5, 2023, Los Angeles County had
a total of 3,646,917 confirmed cases, 34,783 of which resulted in death; and
WHEREAS, as of January 5, 2023, the LA County Health Department reported a
total of 38,484 confirmed cases in the City of West Covina, 396 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
1, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2023-3 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof
held on the 17th day of January, 2023, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES: Diaz, Tabatabai, Wu, Lopez-Viado, Cantos
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Lisa S rrick
Assist t City Clerk