Ventura County Municipal Code Art. 2 Emergency Planning Council

The Ventura County Emergency Planning Council is hereby created to perform the functions of a local disaster council pursuant to Title 2, Division 1, Chapter 7, Article 10 of the Government Code. The Emergency Planning Council shall consist of the persons set forth in the following subsections:

It shall be the duty of the Ventura County Emergency Planning Council to develop and recommend for adoption by the Ventura County Board of Supervisors emergency and mutual aid plans and agreements and such ordinances and resolutions and rules and regulations as are necessary to implement such plans and agreements. The Emergency Planning Council may also review emergency and mutual aid plans and agreements and such ordinances and resolutions and rules and regulations as are necessary to implement such plans and agreements prior to approval by local city councils and other governing boards. Such plans and agreements shall be multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary plans and agreements drawing resources from various levels of government and the private sector. The Emergency Planning Council shall meet upon call of the chairman or, in his absence from the County or inability to call such meeting, upon call of the vice-chairman.

(Ord. No. 4410, § 2, 2-9-2010)

The Offices of Director and Assistant Director of Emergency Services are hereby created. The Sheriff of Ventura County shall be the Director of Emergency Services. The Assistant Director shall be appointed by the Director.

(Ord. No. 4410, § 2, 2-9-2010)

The Director is hereby granted the powers set forth in the following subsections:

In the event of the proclamation of a "local emergency" by the Board or the Director, the declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor or the Secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency, or the existence of a "state of war emergency" as defined in Government Code Section 8558(a), the Director is hereby granted the powers set forth in the following subsections:

The Director shall designate the order of succession to his or her office subject to approval by the Board, to take effect in the event the Director is unavailable to attend meetings and otherwise perform his or her duties during an emergency.

(Ord. No. 4410, § 2, 2-9-2010)

The Assistant Director shall, under the supervision of the Director and with the assistance of the Emergency Planning Council, develop emergency plans and manage the emergency programs for the Ventura County Operational Area; and shall have such other powers and duties as may be assigned by the Director.

(Ord. No. 4410, § 2, 2-9-2010)

All officers and employees of this County, volunteer forces enrolled to aid them during an emergency, persons commandeered into service under the provisions of Section 5323-2.3, and all groups, organizations, and persons who may by agreement or operation of law, be charged with duties incident to the protection of life and property in this County during such emergency shall constitute the emergency organization of the County of Ventura.

(Ord. No. 4410, § 2, 2-9-2010)

The Emergency Planning Council shall be responsible for the development of the Ventura County Operational Area Emergency Plan, which shall provide for the effective mobilization of resources within this County 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 Board.

(Ord. No. 4410, § 2, 2-9-2010)

It shall be unlawful for any person, during a state of war emergency; to commit any of the acts specified in the following subsections: