SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KNX) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a state of emergency for both Losh Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino counties Wednesday evening in response to winter storms that have beset the region in recent days.
The state of emergency declaration concerned storms that hit California on Dec. 10, Dec. 16, and Dec. 21, and warned of communications failures, power outages, downed trees, obstructed road, and damage to buildings. It also advised residents of mud and debris flows possible in wildfire burn scar areas.
Newsom ordered statewide assistance be made available from the Office of Emergency Services, Caltrans; and that both agencies formally request federal assistance from the Federal Highway Administration Relief Program to repair affected roadways.
Caltrans had already sent out 1,300 staffers working 24-hour rotating shifts to clear roads and assist communities impacted by storms. Six hundred snow plows are at work across the state.
Other counties included in the declaration were Alameda, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sierra, and Yuba.
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