90 0 obj Local area emergency (SAME code: LAE) is an advisory issued by local authorities through the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in the United States to notify the public of an event that does not pose a significant threat to public safety and/or property by itself, but could escalate, contribute to other more serious events, or disrupt critical public safety services. stream 2023 or until terminated by City Council, whichever is sooner. stream And while there have been statewide proposals to protect tenants, they have yet to pass. Employers should continue to comply with local ordinances until their expiration date. For example, while the current budget covers 726 officers, there are only 706 in the field. He started his journalism career as a freelancer based out of Berkeley. This ordinance extends the eviction moratorium that was originally adopted by City Council on Friday, March 27, 2020.The extended moratorium will prohibit most evictions, effective immediately and continuing through the end of the Local Emergency. Emergency, which was ratified by the Oakland City Council on March 12, 2020, due to the Novel Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Refer to our. According to the budget, this will create slower response times for neighborhoods nearest to the browned-out engine. For example, under the mayor's proposal, the city would completely exhaust the $12 million in its vital services stabilization fund. 0 In September 2020, the CDC adopted a national moratorium on evictions. Additionally, the moratorium prohibits residential rent increases above 2.7% (the Consumer Price Index, or CPI) and prohibits any late fees related to COVID-19 issues in residential units. If the budget is approved, Thao would merge the citys Housing and Community Development Department with its Community Homelessness Services program, which is currently under the Human Services Department. confirming the existence of the local emergency proclaimed by the City Administrator pursuant to her power under Oakland Municipal Code section 8.50.050(C) to proclaim a local emergency provided that the local emergency proclamation shall remain in effect only if the City Council confirms the existence of the emergency within seven days; and Thao's budget would rely on some of this money to reduce the deficit. c.m.s. After Sept 30, owners must seek rental assistance from a designated program and give eligible tenants the opportunity to seek assistance before eviction (see above). The budget also sets aside over $6 million for traffic safety programsa major priority for all city councilmembers. On Tuesday, February 28, California will end its COVID-19 declaration of emergency, and the federal government anticipates terminating the national emergency on May 11, 2023. | Eastmont Mall's history | OUSD union negotiations | We're now publishing free obituaries. The ordinance also prohibits evictions based on non-payment of rent that became due during the Local Emergency when the tenant suffered a substantial reduction of income or substantial increase of expenses due to COVID-19. These positions are currently vacant, which means no officers will lose their jobs. 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Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP): After Three Weeks of Storms, Whats Californias Water Outlook? At our age, members of the Class of '48 have an abundance of free timeand Joyce Van Denburgh Doty, MFA '50, made excellent use of it with a detailed response to the Share Your News form.. Perhaps invigorated by the oxygen she uses (though she never smoked, she presumes she inhaled others'), she goes beyond her own TV watching of both old black-and-white shows and modern news to .