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Board ratifies emergency proclamation as county tallies storm damage
Summary
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously ratified a local emergency declaration tied to early February storms, citing flooding, infrastructure damage and anticipated reimbursement requests to state and federal agencies.
Shasta County supervisors on Tuesday voted 5-0 to adopt a resolution ratifying the county director of emergency services’ Feb. 5, 2025, proclamation of a local emergency related to winter storms and associated flooding.
The declaration, explained during the meeting by Shasta County Sheriff Johnson, is intended to preserve the county’s ability to seek state and federal reimbursement and to authorize use of county resources as damage assessments continue. “We put forth to the State is based largely on, the anticipation of the damages that are coming in,” Sheriff Johnson said during his report to the board.
The nut graf: County officials said storm-related flooding has already damaged roads, utilities and public facilities across the county and that an emergency proclamation helps preserve reimbursement eligibility if additional infrastructure damage is discovered after the immediate event.
Sheriff Johnson…
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