Emergency Response
Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency In Marin Following Severe March Storms
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an emergency proclamation for Marin County following a series of storms in March that swept across California, bringing heavy rain, high winds and flooding. The full text of the emergency proclamation is...
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Governor Brown Announces California Assistance for Montana Pipeline Spill
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that California has dispatched a team of experts to assist in the Yellowstone River oil spill response. The deployment of California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) staff was approved after the State of...
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Governor Brown Orders Wildfire Awareness and Prevention
SACRAMENTO - In anticipation of wildfire season, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today issued an Executive Order giving state agencies and departments additional resources to prepare for and prevent wildfires in California. The text of the Executive Order is below:...
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A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
I, EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor of the State of California, having found pursuant to Government Code section 8629 that the conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property declared in the state of emergency proclamations listed below no longer exist,...
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Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring “Wildfire Awareness Week”
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 1-7, 2011, as “Wildfire Awareness Week” in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below:PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHEREAS between 5,000...
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Governor Brown Requests Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to Help Communities Recover from March Storms
SACRAMENTO - In a letter to President Barack Obama, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today requested a Presidential major disaster declaration for the state following a series of storms last month that brought heavy rain and snow, high winds and flooding, destroying and...
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PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY
PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHEREAS between March 15 and 27, 2011, a series of severe rainstorms swept across California, bringing high winds and excessive precipitation and flooding; and WHEREAS these severe storms harmed people and property by damaging...
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Governor Brown Declares State of Emergency in 19 Counties Following Severe March Storms
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued an emergency proclamation for Alameda, Amador, Butte, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Sierra, Stanislaus, Sutter, Trinity,...
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Governor Brown Requests Presidential Major Disaster Declaration to Help Tsunami Recovery Efforts in California
SACRAMENTO - In a letter to President Barack Obama, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today requested a Presidential major disaster declaration for the state following the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Japan, which generated a water surge that...
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Tsunami Awareness Week Proclamation
PROCLAMATIONBY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, high ocean waves created by a seismic event, known as tsunami, have lately placed the lives, homes, and livelihoods of California’s coastal residents in grave peril; and WHEREAS, since 1812, the coast of...
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