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28 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN • Ability to require emergency services support from any City official or employee (Disaster Service Worker). As outlined in SEMS, the City of San Leandro must send any proclamatfon of local emergency to Cal OES via the county OA coordinator, Alameda County OES. However, the City of San Leandro does not need to proclaim a local emergency if Alameda County declares an emergency for the entfre county or for a specific area that includes a portfon of the City. Authority The City Council may proclaim a local emergency upon request from the Director of Emergency Services. The Director of Emergency Services may proclaim a local emergency if the City Council is not in session. Issuance Within ten days of the occurrence of a disaster to be eligible for assistance from the California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA). Ratification The City Council must ratify a local proclamation of emergency issued by the Director of Emergency Services within seven days. Review The City Council reviews the local emergency proclamation every 21 days until termination. Table 5: Local Proclamation of Emergency Overview When disaster conditfons exceed or have the potentfal to exceed local resources and capabilitfes, the City of San Leandro can request state assistance from the Governor of California via the Alameda County EOC. In this case, a Governor’s state of emergency proclamatfon may be issued to support emergency actfvitfes by authorizing the Cal OES Director to provide financial relief for emergency actfons. The state of emergency proclamatfon request must be received within ten days of the incident. The applicatfon must be submitted to Cal OES within 60 days of the local emergency proclamatfon to be eligible for assistance under the CDAA. A Governor’s state of emergency proclamatfon is typically a prerequisite if California requests a presidentfal declaratfon of a major emergency or disaster. A state of emergency proclamatfon provides the Governor with the ability: • To exercise police power. • Direct all State agencies to use and employ personnel, equipment, and facilitfes to support response operatfons. • Make, amend, or rescind orders and regulatfons as deemed necessary to prevent or alleviate actual and threatened damage due to the incident. A Presidentfal declaratfon happens at the federal level and is requested by the Governor of California on behalf of one or more OAs. The most common declaratfons include:30 • Presidential Emergency Declaration: Supports response actfvitfes and authorizes federal agencies to provide some assistance under the authority of the Stafford Act. The Governor must request within five days after the need for federal emergency assistance is apparent. • Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster: Supports response and recovery actfvitfes and authorizes the implementatfon of some or all Stafford Act federal recovery programs, including public assistance, individual assistance, hazard mitfgatfon, and other assistance to state and local governments, certain 30 https://www.fema.gov/disaster/stafford-act