On March 24, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution 2020-56 ratifying the proclamation of a Local Emergency by the Director of Emergency Services and proclaiming the continued existence of a local emergency based upon the outbreak of the coronavirus.
California State law requires at Government Code section 8630 that the City Council must review the need to continue the local emergency at least once every 60 days until the City Council opts to terminate the local emergency. The law also requires the City Council to proclaim the termination of a local emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. The City Council last considered and continued the local emergency on November 10, 2020.
At the time of the City Council’s action on March 24, 2020, local, state and federal Public Health Officials had advised that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) presented a serious risk to public health and safety in that it may result in serious illness or death, and is transmissible from person to person. In addition, local, state and national emergencies were declared, and the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic.
The declarations of a local, state and national emergency ensured public health professionals were provided with all necessary tools at their disposal to keep the community safe from COVID-19. Proclaiming and maintaining the declaration of local emergency has allowed the City of Rocklin to align with state emergency management and to leverage local, state, and federal resources to contain the spread of COVID-19, reduce the impact on hospital systems and protect the most vulnerable.