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Mono County extends Pac Fire emergency while weighing county‑run debris removal
Summary
The board voted to continue a local emergency for the Pac Fire and asked staff to return with options after staff warned state reimbursement (CDAA) is unlikely; officials said phase‑2 hazardous cleanup could cost up to about $100,000 per parcel and that a county‑run program would carry financial risk.
The Mono County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 13 voted to continue the county’s local state of emergency for the Pac Fire while staff pursues additional information about state thresholds and cleanup options.
Assistant CAO Christine, briefing the board, said her conversation with Cal OES that morning suggested the county “doesn’t look likely” to meet the dollar threshold for CDAA reimbursement and that, if the county ran a phase‑2 debris removal program, property owners would have to assign insurance debris‑removal proceeds to the county. “Preliminary estimates indicate…
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