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Board ratifies mayor’s emergency proclamation after intense storms; city highlights sheltering and stormwater projects
Summary
The Board of Supervisors unanimously ratified Mayor London Breed’s proclamation declaring a local emergency from New Year’s storms so the city can seek FEMA funding and streamline emergency procurement. Officials reported sandbag distribution, shelter activation and ongoing stormwater projects.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously concurred on January 10 with Mayor London Breed’s proclamation declaring a local emergency from the late-December storms and authorized related expedited procurement and emergency measures. The ratification was taken as an imperative item and approved 11-0.
Mayor Breed told the board she issued the proclamation — retroactive to New Year’s Eve — to make emergency work eligible for federal reimbursement. “This proclamation is primarily about being eligible for federal funding,” Breed said, adding that the declaration is retroactive to New Year’s Eve so “the critical work and the support our city has provided in…
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