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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO PROCLAMATION NO. 20-02 A PROCLAMATION OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO PROCLAIMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO POTENTIAL CIVIL UNREST 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 his 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 on 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, protesters have gathered throughout the country to protest in response to George Floyd's death while being detained by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020; WHEREAS, although the majority of protesters have acted peacefully and lawfully, some protests throughout the state and in surrounding cities such as San Francisco, Oakland, Emeryville and Vallejo have increasingly resulted in injuries to persons and destruction of property; WHEREAS, posts on social media sites, including Twitter, indicate that protests are being organized in San Leandro between May 31, 2020 and June 4, 2020, and that some protesters are being T encouraged to riot and act in a violent and destructive manner and to wreak havoc within San Leandro; WHEREAS, civil unrest including property damage and potential looting began in San Leandro at approximately 4:30 p.m. on May 31, 2020; WHEREAS, civil unrest conditions similar to those occurring in the above -referenced Bay Area cities has begun to occur within the City of San Leandro, and such conditions create a threat to life and property within San Leandro and require additional services, personnel, and equipment beyond the City's current capacity; and