Ord 2020-003 Urgency Ord Enacting a Temporary Moratorium of Evictions

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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2020-003 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO UNDER SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 1-1-345(B) ENACTING A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF RENT FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS WHERE THE FAILURE TO PAY RENT IS FROM INCOME LOSS RESULTING FROM THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) WHEREAS, international, national, state, and local health and governmental authorities are responding to an outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus named "SARS-CoV- 2," and the disease it causes has been named "coronavirus disease 2019," abbreviated COVID-19 ("COVID-19"); and WHEREAS, on January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization ("WHO") declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and on January 31, 2020, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services declared a Public Health Emergency; and WHEREAS, on January 23, 2020 the CDC activated its emergency response system to provide ongoing support for the response to COVID-19 in the United States; and WHEREAS, on January 31, 2020, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency for the entire United States to aid the nation's healthcare community in responding to COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on February 25, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that community spread of COVID-19 is likely to occur in the United States; and WHEREAS, on March 1, 2020, the Health Officer of Alameda County declared a public health emergency throughout the County of Alameda; and WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor of California proclaimed a state of emergency exists in California after making determinations that: 1. The conditions caused by COVID-19 are likely to require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to appropriately respond; and 2. Local authority is inadequate to cope with the threat posed by COVID-19; and WHEREAS, on March 12, 2020, the Alameda County Department of Public Health confirmed evidence of community -acquired transmission; and WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, the President of the United States of America declared a national state of emergency in response to the spread of COVID-19 within the United States of