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27 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN • Disruption: In the event of a disruptfon, such as an incident or disaster, Resilience Hubs switch from Normal Mode into reactfng and responding to the disruptfon and augment operatfons to better support immediate community needs. With enhanced systems and capacity, Hubs can ideally help reduce the need for emergency services and better connect residents and businesses with supplies, informatfon, and support during a disruptfon. • Recovery: Resilience Hubs are critfcal in post-disruptfon recovery and ongoing community needs. Hubs can act as centers for resource deliveries and distributfon, access to support and assistance for complicated processes such as filling out relief or insurance forms, locatfons to access support services for trauma, and can even be locatfons where Community Benefits Agreements are generated. Hubs can also be central locatfons for external partners to gather and support recovery services such as conductfng needs assessments, damage assessments, interviews with residents, and collectfng data. During a disruptfon, Resilience Hubs may serve many purposes to meet the needs of their community, such as: • Actfng as a cooling or warming center • Supportfng the City with shelter operatfons • Food and commodity distributfon • Medical care and childcare • Public informatfon and alert and warning support The City of San Leandro Resilience Hubs work to contfnuously improve community connectfons and increase overall community resiliency. More informatfon on Resilience Hubs in the City of San Leandro can be found at: https://www.sanleandro.org/990/Resilience-Hubs.26 4.3. RESPONSE Emergency Proclamations and Declarations The California Emergency Services Act27 and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act Public Law 93-288, as amended (Stafford Act),28 establish a general scheme for managing emergencies. A proclamatfon of local emergency is a critfcal first step in response to an incident as it expands the emergency powers and authoritfes of government and actfvates the appropriate aspects of applicable mutual aid plans. A proclamatfon of local emergency may also be required to qualify for some post-disaster financial assistance. A proclamatfon of local emergency provides the City of San Leandro with the following:29 • Authority to promulgate emergency orders and regulatfons related to protectfng life and property. • Permission to actfvate certain pre-established local emergency provisions, such as special purchasing and contractfng. 26 https://www.sanleandro.org/990/Resilience-Hubs 27 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayexpandedbranch.xhtml?tocCode=GOV&division=1.&tftle=2.&part=&ch apter=7.&artfcle= 28 https://www.fema.gov/disaster/stafford-act 29 https://library.qcode.us/lib/san_leandro_ca/pub/municipal_code/item/tftle_3-chapter_3_4?view=all#tftle_3- chapter_3_4-artfcle_1-3_4_110