Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Ray Mueller, District 3
Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Extending Proclamation of Local Emergency Regarding Conditions at the Pacifica Municipal Pier
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution extending the Proclamation of Local Emergency regarding conditions at the Pacifica Municipal Pier (previously ratified on June 23, 2026).
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BACKGROUND:
Section 8630 of the Government Code and Chapter 2.46 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code authorize the Director of Emergency Services ("Director") of the County of San Mateo to proclaim the existence of a local emergency when two conditions are met. First, the County faces or is threatened by conditions of disaster or extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the County that are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the County and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat. And second, the Board of Supervisors is not in session. (Pursuant to the County Ordinance Code, the County Executive also serves as the County Director of Emergency Services.)
Under the Government Code and Chapter 2.46 of the County Ordinance Code, the Director's Proclamation of Local Emergency shall remain in effect for no more than seven days unless the proclamation has been ratified by the Board of Supervisors. Once the Board of Supervisors ratifies the local emergency proclamation, the Board must review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days until the Board terminates the local emergency.
On June 4, 2026, the City of Pacifica ("Pacifica") was notified of damage to the City of Pacifica's Pacifica Municipal Pier ("Pier"). The Pier was originally built in 1973 and since 2004 has served residents of the County and the broader region as a public fishing, crabbin...
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