HomeMy WebLinkAboutExecutive Order No. 7-2020CITY OF SANTA ANA EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 7-2020
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DECLARING A CURFEW
BEGINNING AT 10:OOPM SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2020 AND
CONTINUING UNTIL SUNDAY JUNE 7, 2020 AT 5:OOAM IN
RESPONSE TO THREATS OF CIVIL UNREST RESULTING FROM
PROTESTS
A. On May 31, 2020, as Director of Emergency Services for the City of Santa Ana I issued an
Executive Order Declaring a Local Emergency and on June 2, 2020 the Santa Ana City Council
affirmed the local emergency.
B. In consultation with law enforcement officials, we deem a curfew necessary to secure the health
and safety of Santa Ana's citizens and incorporate by reference all of the findings set forth in the
earlier curfew orders.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kristine Ridge, the Director of Emergency Services for the City
of Santa Ana, do hereby issue the following order to become effective immediately.
SECTION 1.
A. Nighttime curfew: I order a curfew on Saturday June 6, 2020 beginning at 10:00 p.m. and lasting
until 5:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 7, 2020. This curfew is imposed in all public places within the City
of Santa Ana.
B. Travel: During this curfew, all persons must not travel on any public street or public place.
C. Exemptions: All law enforcement, fire and medical personnel, as well as other personnel
authorized by the Santa Ana Police Department and credentialed members of the media services are
also exempt. Individuals seeking emergency care, fleeing danger, or experiencing homelessness, and
having to travel to and from employment and religious services are also exempt. The Chief of Police
may designate additional exempt personnel.
D. Definitions: For purposes of this Executive Order, "travel" includes, without limitation, travel on
foot, bicycle, skateboard, scooter, motorcycle, automobile, or public transit, or any other mode of
transporting a person from one location to another. "Public Place" means any place, whether on
privately or publicly owned property, accessible to the general public, including but not limited to
public streets, roads, alleys, highways, sidewalks, parks, vacant lots and unsupervised property.
SECTION 2. The City's law enforcement personnel and law enforcement personnel cooperating
with the City are hereby authorized and charged, to the extent provided by law, with the responsibility
of enforcing this curfew and are further authorized to arrest such persons if they do not obey this
curfew after due notice, oral or written, has been given to said citizen. Any person not abiding by this
declaration is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to punishment in accordance with the Santa Ana
Municipal Code enforcement provisions.
SECTION 3. This Order shall be superseded by a duly enacted action of the City Council or a
further Order by the Director of Emergency Services adopted during the local emergency expressly
superseding this Order.
SECTION 4. This Order shall become effective at 10:00PM on June 6, 2020, and shall remain in
effect until 5:OOAM on Sunday, June 7, 2020, unless extended by the Director of Emergency
Services or the City Council.
SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Order is found to
be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall
not affect the remaining provisions of this order.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of June, 2020.
KrismeRidge, Director of Emergency
Services and City Manager
ATTESTED BY:
By: �
City Clerk