Los Angeles County Municipal Code Part 3 Board Powers

The Board specifically reserves the power to initiate, coordinate and direct, except as otherwise provided, all activities made necessary by war or as the result of an emergency that directly affects the County government and requires organized community action within the County. Such power may be exercised by the Chair.

(Ord. 2020-0015U § 1, 2020.)

The Board hereby specifically reserves the power to delegate any of its powers, functions or duties to the Chief Executive Officer or to any other officer created by authority of this chapter, or to any other County officer, and to revise and change

powers, functions and duties so delegated.

(Ord. 2020-0015U § 1, 2020.)

The Chair is hereby designated the operational area coordinator, with responsibility for activating the operational area to coordinate interjurisdictional emergency operations during a "state-of-war emergency", state of emergency, and local emergency, in accordance with SEMS. In the absence of the Chair, in the following priority order, the Chief Executive Officer or the Sheriff may activate the operational area.

(Ord. 2020-0015U § 1, 2020.)

The Board, or if the Board is not in session, in the following priority order, the Chair, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Sheriff may proclaim a local emergency. Pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, whenever a local emergency is proclaimed by an authorized County officer, the local emergency shall not remain in effect for a period in excess of seven days unless it has been ratified by the Board.

(Ord. 2020-0015U § 1, 2020.)

Pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act, the Board shall review at least every 60 days the need to continue the local emergency until such local emergency is terminated and shall proclaim the termination of such local emergency at the earliest practicable date that conditions warrant.

(Ord. 2020-0015U § 1, 2020.)

The Board, or if the Board is not in session, in the following priority order, the Chair, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Sheriff, may request the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency, as specified in the California Emergency Services Act.

(Ord. 2020-0015U § 1, 2020.)

The Board, or if the Board is not in session, in the following priority order, the Chair, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Sheriff, following a duly proclaimed local emergency or state of emergency, shall have responsibility for requiring the partial or total mobilization of the County emergency organization, if deemed necessary to afford prompt protection and relief to stricken areas.

(Ord. 2020-0015U § 1, 2020.)

To provide prompt response to emergency situations following the proclamation of a local emergency as authorized in this chapter, the proclamation of a state of emergency, or the existence of a state-of-war emergency, the Board specifically delegates, in the following priority order, to the Chair, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Sheriff, authority to promulgate orders and regulations to provide for the protection of life and property, including but not limited to orders and regulations imposing a curfew within designated boundaries, where necessary to preserve the public order and safety. All such orders and regulations to be effective must be in writing and signed by the promulgating official, and must be ratified at the next regular meeting of the Board.

(Ord. 2020-0015U § 1, 2020.)

The Chief Executive Officer, the Sheriff, the Fire Chief, and the County Director of Public Health are each authorized to issue, disseminate, and coordinate alerts, warnings, and emergency notifications to the public. With respect to such alerts, warnings, and emergency notifications, the Office of Emergency Management is authorized to coordinate consistency of messaging.

(Ord. 2020-0015U § 1, 2020.)