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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ®HSR is ph 5:32 A 0mCEMfar*™ CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL 8 964 3 RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S. RESOLUTION RENEWING AND CONTINUING THE CITY COUNCIL’S DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND DUE TO A RANSOMWARE ATTACK, PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR ON FEBRUARY 14, 2023, AND RATIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 16, 2023, PURSUANT TO OAKLAND MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 8.50 AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 8630 WHEREAS, Oakland Municipal Code (OMC) section 8.50.050.C.3 authorizes the City Administrator, acting as the Director of Oakland’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), to proclaim a local emergency “when in the opinion of the City Administrator circumstances indicate the existence or threatened existence of a local emergency;” and WHEREAS, the City of Oakland was subject to a ransomware attack between February 6 and February 9, 2023, and the City and its Information Technology Department (ITD) followed industry best practices to secure its network and launched an investigation to determine the scope and severity of the issue and develop and execute a response plan; and WHEREAS, as a cautionary measure, ITD took certain non-emergency systems offline while they worked to secure and restore services safely, which may have resulted in delays in City services; and WHEREAS, ITD continues to work to restore systems impacted by the ransomware attack, but core functions, such as 911 are and have remained intact; and WHEREAS, on February 14, 2023, the City Administrator acting as Director of the EOC declared a local emergency within the territorial limits of the City of Oakland due to a ransomware attack and the Proclamation is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, on February 16, 2023, the City Council confirmed and ratified the existence of a local emergency within the territorial limits of the City of Oakland pursuant to OMC Chapter 8.50 and Government Code section 8630 (Reso. 89592 C.M.S.); and