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Gov. Newsom declares state of emergency San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara counties

February 4, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

California Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency on Sunday for eight counties, including San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara, to support storm response and recovery efforts.

“This is a serious storm with dangerous and potentially life-threatening impacts,” Newsom said. “Please pay attention to any emergency orders or alerts from local officials. California is ready with a record number of emergency assets on the ground to respond to the impacts of this storm.”

California has mobilized 8,500 emergency response assets that are ready to respond to potential flooding, landslides, travel impacts and 911 calls.

The proclamation covers Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. The proclamation authorizes a California National Guard response if needed, facilitates unemployment benefits for impacted residents, and makes it easier for residents to move forward with repairs.

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What is actually involved in these State of Emergency funding as you have to do so much paperwork and weeks at times to get a result and doesn’t take a elected official to see a disaster just ask the people With Government and businesses it’s push the can down the road instead of trying to solve them ahead of time


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State of Emergency funding is becoming the mechanism instead of a robust public works budget. Then there is differed maintenance strategy as the get ready posture.


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What do you exoect when 70+% of a budget is used for employee compensation, leaves lityle for actual work.


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The reason nothing is ever done about that is that the majority of that amount spent on employee compensation goes to public safety/prisons. So, unfortunately, many of the same people that want small government refuse to accept that it’s the part of the government they love the most that’s actually the one sucking up all the money.


As a libertarian it just makes me roll my eyes when I see Republicans making comments about “overpaid bureaucrats”.


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My statement should be amended to say “when you include local spending”


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Public safety may or may not be part of it but what definitely is is a city manager for around 15,000 residents getting almost $500,000, with three of them right next to each other, plus assistant city managers and more departments heads than needed.


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