San Rafael Municipal Code Ch. 7.16 Emergency Organization

All officers and employees of this city, together with those volunteer forces enrolled to aid them during an emergency, and all groups, organizations, and persons who may by agreement or operation of law, including persons impressed into service under the provisions of Section 7.12.020(b)(3) corresponding to powers and duties, be charged with duties incident to the protection of life and property in this city during such emergency, shall constitute the emergency organization of the city.

(Ord. 1085 § 2 (part), 1973).

The city emergency plan shall be developed and maintained current by the director of emergency services. The plan will provide for continuity of government, and the effective mobilization of all of the resources of this city, both public and private, to meet any condition constituting a local emergency, state of emergency, or state of war emergency; and shall provide for the organization, powers and duties, services, and staff of the emergency organization. Such plan shall take effect upon adoption by resolution of the city council.

(Ord. 1085 § 2 (part), 1973).

Any expenditure made in connection with emergency activities, including mutual aid activities, shall be deemed conclusively to be for the direct protection and benefit of the city.

(Ord. 1085 § 2 (part), 1973).

It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not to exceed six months, or both, for any person, during a state of war emergency, state of emergency, or local emergency to:

(a) Wilfully obstruct, hinder, or delay any member of the emergency organization in the enforcement of any lawful rule or regulation issued pursuant to this chapter, or in the performance of any duty imposed upon him by virtue of this chapter;

(b) Do any act forbidden by any lawful rule or regulation issued pursuant to this chapter, if such act is of such nature as to give or be likely to give assistance to the enemy, or to imperil the lives or property of inhabitants of this city, or to prevent, hinder, or delay the defense or protection thereof;

(c) Wear, carry, or display, without authority, any means of identification specified by the emergency agency of the state.

(Ord. 1085 § 2 (part), 1973).