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Abstract

Pandemic has become a worldwide issue that also impacts Indonesia. An adaptive and agile governance system is needed to overcome the pandemic issue in both central and regional. One area that is considered successful is Surabaya City. Even so, there is a phenomenon of the high number of Covid-19 positives rates in Surabaya. It indicated that this is a form of policy hampered by local culture. Arek Suroboyo and their cangkrukan were contradicting due to the government's policy regarding large-scale social restrictions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze agile governance form in the implementation of Surabaya City Government policies in handling Covid-19. Then, identify the impacts that occur on policies due to the culture and custom of Arek Suroboyo. The method used is qualitative descriptive with the questioner and related documents-based analysis. Its results showed that with the existence of decentralization, regional policies were influenced by the central government strategy. Regarding the Central Government's Instruction, the public policies taken handling Covid-19 in the City of Surabaya includes promotional, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative efforts. The dominant concept of agile governance in this policy is "based on quick wins policy" in which one public policy stimulates another. With this effort, the City of Surabaya has passed the first wave of Covid-19 in its region. Nevertheless, the implementation of the policy was hampered by the culture of Arek Suroboyo, namely cangkrukan. Even the worst impact is that this culture potentially conducts the second wave of Covid-19 in Surabaya City.