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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 6, 2020 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-324 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council Terminating the <br />Proclamation of a Local Emergency By the Director of Emergency Services Due <br />to Civil Unrest <br />WHEREAS, the Emergency Services Act, California Government Code sections 8558(c) and <br />8630 authorize the proclamation of a local emergency when conditions of extreme peril to the <br />safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a city exist; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code section 8630 such an emergency may <br />be proclaimed by the governing body or by an official designated by ordinance adopted by the <br />governing body; and <br />WHEREAS, subsection (a) of San Leandro Municipal Code section 3-4-124 provides that the <br />Director of Emergency Services is empowered to proclaim the existence of a “local emergency” if <br />the City Council is not in session; and <br />WHEREAS, in accordance with authority granted under the above provisions of state and local <br />law, the Director of Emergency Services beginning on May 31, 2020 did proclaim the existence of a <br />local emergency and imposed a curfew; and <br />WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services’ proclamation was due to people gathered <br />throughout the country to protest in response to George Floyd’s death while being detained by a <br />Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020; and <br />WHEREAS, although the majority of protesters acted peacefully and lawfully, some protests <br />throughout the state and in surrounding Bay Area cities, such as San Francisco, Vallejo, Walnut Creek, <br />and San Leandro, resulted in injuries to persons and destruction of property; and <br />WHEREAS, posts on social media sites, including Twitter, indicated that protests were <br />organized in San Leandro, and that some protesters were being encouraged to riot and act in a violent <br />and destructive manner and to wreak havoc within San Leandro; and <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/1/2020 <br />453