Title
Adopt a resolution continuing for an additional sixty (60) days, the Proclamation of a Local Emergency for the 2026 Late August Fire Weather and Wildfire Events that started on August 8, 2026.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors: Adopt a resolution continuing for an additional sixty (60) days, the Proclamation of a Local Emergency for the 2026 Late August Fire Weather and Wildfire Events that started on August 8, 2026.
SUMMARY:
The Timber and Plasket Fires continue to burn in the County of Monterey, creating a local emergency as detailed in the resolution.
DISCUSSION:
A local emergency related to the Timber Fire was proclaimed on August 10, 2026, and ratified on August 11, 2026. A local emergency related to the Timber and Plaskett Fires, known as the “2026 Late August Fire Weather and Wildfire Events” was proclaimed on August 28, 2026, and ratified on September 1, 2026. This is the first continuation resolution of the combined emergency declarations.
Pursuant to California Government Code section 8630, subdivision (a), and Monterey County Code section 2.68.025 the County Administrative Officer may proclaim the existence of a local emergency when the County is affected by or threatened to be affected by a public calamity. The Government Code requires that an emergency proclamation be ratified by the Board of Supervisors within 7 days of its issuance and be reviewed at least once every (60) days until the emergency is terminated.
The County requested that the Director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) and the Governor of California, pursuant to the Emergency Services Act, issue a proclamation declaring an emergency in the County of Monterey related to the 2026 Late August Weather and Wildfire Events,” also known as the “2026 August Big Sur Wildfires” and requested recovery assistance under the California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA) and under the Small Business Administration Econo...
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