WHEREAS California's salmon runs are a vital component of our great State's resources that provide significant environmental, recreational, commercial, and economic benefits to the people; and

PROCLAMATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

WHEREAS Klamath River Basin Chinook Salmon have been significantly impacted by poor ocean conditions, drought, water management, water quality, water flows, disease, and the elimination of access to historical spawning habitat; and

WHEREAS the Klamath Basin Chinook Salmon that commingle with other runs of salmon in ocean waters off of California and Oregon have been declining in abundance to a point where California's and Oregon's recreational, commercial, and tribal fisheries are being significantly constrained to conserve Klamath River Chinook Salmon; and

WHEREAS Klamath River Basin Chinook Salmon are predicted to have extremely low ocean abundance for 2006 in waters from Cape Falcon in Oregon to Point Sur in Monterey County, California, and in the Klamath River Basin; and

WHEREAS restoration of habitat and improved water quality and flows are critical to restoring an environment suitable to the long-term sustainability of the Klamath River Basin Chinook Salmon and other anadromous fish species; and

WHEREAS appropriate management of the Klamath River Basin Chinook Salmon population is critical to California's businesses, and local communities that provide goods and services in support of California's salmon fisheries; and

WHEREAS on April 5, 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggar requested Secretary of Commerce, Carlos Gutierrez, to use his authority under the Magnusen-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to determine that there has been a commercial fishery failure due to a fishery resource disaster; and

WHEREAS on April 28, 2006, the National Marine Fisheries Service adopted an emergency rule to implement the recommendations of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council that resulted in severe restrictions on the commercial ocean salmon and Klamath Basin tribal and recreational fisheries and included restrictions on the recreational ocean salmon fishery; and

WHEREAS these restrictions will have significant impacts to California's commercial ocean salmon and in-river salmon fisheries and will result in severe economic losses within the County of San Luis Obispo; and

WHEREAS it is recognized that the fishing fleet based in San Luis Obispo County and elsewhere throughout the state are transitory and must fish up and down the coast of California without regard to political or geographical boundaries;

WHEREAS the serious circumstances of the Klamath River Chinook Salmon run and the resulting restrictions put at risk the livelihoods of families and businesses dependent upon them, including businesses that would usually provide support services to the fishing fleet or as a result of the fish being brought to market;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, hereby PROCLAIM A LOCAL EMERGERNCY in that area of the County of San Luis Obispo described as follows: the entire county; all pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act (starting with Government Code Section 8550) and to Chapter 2.80 of Title 2 of the San Luis Obispo County Code.

In furtherance of this Proclamation of Local Emergency, there is hereby invoked within the above-described area of the County of San Luis Obispo, all of the powers and mechanisms set forth in the California Emergency Services Act and in the San Luis Obispo County Code Chapter 2.80, as said powers and mechanisms may be hereafter be used by authorized personnel of the County of San Luis Obispo.

It is hereby ordered that a copy of this Proclamation of Local Emergency shall be posted on major outside public access doors of the County Government Center and in one public place within any area of the County of San Luis Obispo within which this Proclamation applies, and that personnel of said county shall endeavor to make copies of this Proclamation available to news media.

This Proclamation of Local emergency shall be effective 3:00 P.M., June 27, 2006 and shall remain in effect for a period of 14 days from the date hereof, unless further extended, or unless sooner terminated. As the Board of Supervisors will be unavailable for the next 14 days, authority to extend the Proclamation beyond 14 days is delegated to County Administrator David Edge.

Upon motion of Supervisor Bianchi , seconded by Supervisor Ovitt, , and

AYES: Supervisors Shirley Bianchi, Harry L. Ovitt, Jerry Lenthall, James R. Patterson and Chairperson K.H. “Katcho” Achadjian

The forgoing proclamation is hereby adopted.

Original signed by Katcho Achadjian

Chair, Board of Supervisors

ATTEST: JULIE L. RODEWALD

Clerk, Board of Supervisors

By: Original signed by C.M. Christensen, Deputy Clerk

I, David Edge, County Administrator and Director of Emergency Services of the County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, do hereby request that you make a finding that there exists in the area of the County of San Luis Obispo described as follows: entire county; a condition of extreme peril within the meaning of Section 8558© of the Government Code of the State of California, because of the existence therein of the following conditions:

Due to the poor ocean conditions, drought, water management, water quality, water flows, disease, and the elimination of access to historical spawning habitat and resulting from the significant restrictions that have been imposed on the State's salmon fisheries.

The conditions currently exist within said area of the County of San Luis Obispo and are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of the County of San Luis Obispo and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat. These conditions are not a result of labor controversy.

On June 27, 2006, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors proclaimed a Local Emergency due to the above conditions.

This is a request that after making the above said finding, you add San Luis Obispo County to your proclamation of a State of Emergency made June 6, 2006 due to the poor ocean conditions, drought, water management, water quality, water flows, disease, and the elimination of access to historical spawning habitat and resulting from the significant restrictions that have been imposed on the State's salmon fisheries.

I further request that San Luis Obispo County’s inclusion in your June 6 proclamation includes your direction to the Secretary of the Business, Housing and Transportation Agency, with the cooperation of the Department of Finance, to activate the Small Business Disaster Assistance Loan Guarantee Program to guarantee loans to prevent business insolvencies and loss of employment in the County of San Luis Obispo.