LA County Board

A-1. Continue local emergencies as a result of the following: (a) Discovery of an\ninfestation of fruit flies, as proclaimed on May 10, 1990; (b) Conditions of\ndisaster arose as a result of the discovery of a leak at the natural gas storage\nwells at the Aliso Canyon storage field affecting the City and County of Los\nAngeles, as proclaimed on December 10, 2015 and ratified by the Board on\nDecember 15, 2015; (c) Conditions of disaster and extreme peril to the safety\nof persons and property arose as a result of the Creek Fire that started\nDecember 5, 2017 and affected the Kagel Canyon and the City of Los Angeles,\nas proclaimed and ratified by the Board on December 5, 2017; (d) Conditions\nof disaster and extreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose as a\nresult of the Woolsey Fire that began in Ventura County that started on or about\nNovember 8, 2018 and quickly spread into the County of Los Angeles, as\nproclaimed and ratified by the Board on November 13, 2018; (e) An imminent\nthreat to public health in Los Angeles County in the form of contaminated fire\ndebris from household hazardous waste created as a result from the Woolsey\nFire that started on November 8, 2018, as proclaimed by the Public Health\nOfficer on November 12, 2018 and ratified by the Board on November 13,\n2018; (f) Conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property\narose as a result of a winter storm beginning January 10 through 18, 2019\naffecting the unincorporated communities around Little Tujunga and\nsurrounding areas of Los Angeles County, as proclaimed on January 29, 2019\nand ratified by the Board on February 5, 2019; (g) Conditions of disaster or\nextreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose as a result of a winter\nstorm beginning January 31, 2019 through February 5, 2019 affecting the\nunincorporated communities throughout the County as well as the Cities of\nMalibu, Burbank and Los Angeles, as proclaimed on February 14, 2019 and\nratified by the Board on February 19, 2019; (h) Conditions of disaster or of\nextreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose as a result of the\nintroduction of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), a novel communicable\ndisease, which was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China in\nDecember 2019, as proclaimed and ratified by the Board on March 4, 2020; (i)\nAn imminent threat and proximate threat to public health from the introduction of\nCOVID-19 in Los Angeles County, as proclaimed by the Public Health Officer\non March 4, 2020 and ratified by the Board on March 4, 2020; (j) Conditions of\ndisaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose as a\nresult of civil unrest in the County following the May 25, 2020 death of George\nFloyd by members of the Minneapolis Police Department, as proclaimed on\nMay 30, 2020 and ratified by the Board on June 2, 2020; (k) Conditions of\nextreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose as a result of the Lake\nFire that started in the unincorporated area of Lake Hughes on\nAugust 12, 2020, as proclaimed on August 13, 2020 and ratified by the Board\non August 18, 2020; (l) Conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and\nproperty arose as a result of the Bobcat Fire that ignited in the Angeles National\nForest on September 6, 2020 and rapidly spread to surrounding areas, as\nproclaimed on September 13, 2020 and ratified by the Board on September 15,\n2020; (m) An imminent threat to public health from the Lake Fire and the Bobcat\nFire that started on August 12, 2020 and September 6, 2020, respectively, in\nLos Angeles County, as proclaimed by the Public Health Officer on November\n5, 2020 and ratified by the Board on November 10, 2020; (n) Conditions of\ndisaster arose involving the aerial emission of foul-smelling hydrogen sulfide\ngas/odors from portions of the Dominguez Channel near Carson that started on\nor about October 4, 2021 affecting surrounding areas, including Carson, West\nCarson, portions of Gardena, Torrance, Redondo Beach, Wilmington and Long\nBeach, and the surrounding unincorporated areas, as proclaimed and ratified\nby the Board on November 2, 2021; (o) Conditions of disaster or of extreme\nperil to the safety of persons and property caused by the monkeypox in the\nCounty, as proclaimed on August 1, 2022 and ratified by the Board on August\n2, 2022; (p) Conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons exist on the\nbasis of pervasive and pernicious homelessness in Los Angeles County, as\nproclaimed and ratified by the Board on January 10, 2023; and (q) Conditions\nof extreme peril to the safety of persons and property arose as a result of\nsevere winter storms beginning January 1, 2023 affecting areas throughout Los\nAngeles County, as proclaimed on January 10, 2023 and ratified by the Board\non January 17, 2023. (A-1)