Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Ray Mueller, District 3
Michael Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Proclamation of Local Emergency Regarding Conditions at the Pacifica Municipal Pier
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution ratifying and extending proclamation of local emergency regarding conditions at the Pacifica Municipal Pier.
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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.
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, crabbing, and whale-watching and tourism destination.
Pacifica's Public Works Engineering and Field Services staff responded to the notification, inspected the Pier, and found cracking, separation, and displacement of the concrete walkway and structural elements ne...
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