SANTA CRUZ — The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors approved a motion that declares a local state of emergency, as a result of last week’s rainstorms and resulting damage.
“As a result of the storms that we experienced in January 2021, we have experienced significant flooding and damage to property, including but not limited to Valencia School Road, White Road, Schulte’s Road and Buena Vista Drive. And then there have also been other roads damaged due to fallen trees, power lines, debris flow, landslides, slip outs and flooding from rivers and creeks,” said Carlos Palacios, county administrative officer, in Tuesday’s board meeting.
The motion passed unanimously. According to Palacios, the local declaration will be forwarded to Gov. Gavin Newsom, in hopes of not only receiving state funding, but also federal funding to assist with repairs.
“We are recommending that the board consider adoption of a resolution establishing the local state of emergency upon adoption, direct staff to direct the resolution and forward the resolution to the governor of California, with the request that he proclaim the county of Santa Cruz to be in a state of emergency, and further that the governor request a presidential declaration and request both state and federal funding assistance and inform the applicable state legislators of the board’s action,” Palacios said.
January’s atmospheric river storm, which dropped high levels of precipitation in parts of Santa Cruz over short time periods, resulted in millions of dollars of damage, according to county staff.
“We don’t have a firm estimate yet, but it’s definitely in the millions of dollars. And so relying on our own local funds, that would be very difficult to try and repair these roads,” Palacios said.
Though no major debris flows occurred, according to County Communications Manager Jason Hoppin, some small debris flows have been documented near Big Creek and Berry Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains. That movement did not result in damage to property, and field investigations are ongoing.
By declaring a state of emergency for the January 2021 storms, Palacios said it will allow the County to get funding specifically for repairs that must be made as a result of this most recent storm.
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