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El Dorado County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Services recommending the Board find that a state of emergency continues to exist in El Dorado County as a result of the effects of the severe December 2021 storms throughout Northern California, significantly impacting El Dorado County bringing high winds, heavy snow, substantial precipitation, high and fast flowing streams, creeks and rivers which resulted in power outages and damages. (3/22/2022, Item 31)
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On December 26, 2021 a severe storm fell on El Dorado County, bringing high winds, heavy snow, substantial precipitation, high and fast flowing streams, creeks and rivers which resulted in power outages and damages. Over 19,000 PG and E customers are left without power. Many elderly individuals and other vulnerable citizens are without resources to keep them warm and sheltered. Pollock Pines,Camino,Grizzly Flats, Somerset, Mt. Aukum,most of Georgetown and many areas along the highway 50 corridor are without power. In an effort to preserve life, the Sheriff's Office and Department of Transportation staff may need to pull in additional resources due to the local emergency. El Dorado County has not identified the full extent of damages experienced from the storm due to existing snow on the ground. This proclamation of a local emergency sets in motion El Dorado County's ability to seek assistance from State and Federal resources.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 8630, the Board of Supervisors, or an official designated by the Board by ordinance may declare a Local Emergency. Government Code 8558 defines a Local Emergency as “the proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a county, city and county, or city, caused by conditions such as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, cyberterrorism, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infe...
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