Mudslides, Flooding Prompts California Governor To Declare State Of Emergency
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for 50 California counties that were drenched by winter storms.
Monday's two proclamations cover counties up and down the state that were hit with flooding, mudslides, erosion and damage to roads and highways from December and January storms.
Brown says "conditions of extreme peril" exist in the counties because of damage estimated in the tens of millions of dollars.
The declarations direct Caltrans to ask for immediate assistance through the Federal Highway Administration's Emergency Relief Program. Brown also directs the state Office of Emergency Services to provide assistance to local governments.
According to Brown's office, the emergency proclamations were issued for the counties of Alameda, Alpine, Butte, Calaveras, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Fresno, Humboldt, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba and Del Norte.
The only eight California counties for which no emergency proclamations were issued are: Amador County, Colusa County, Glenn County, Imperial County, Mariposa County, Mono County, Riverside County, and San Joaquin County.
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