Citing Storm Damages, City Of Fremont Declares Local Emergency

FREMONT, CA — Fremont City Manager Karena Shackelford proclaimed a local emergency for the city Monday, Jan. 9, following a series of storms that dumped record-setting rainfall amounts, caused numerous mudslides and other damages.

The move, the city said, is in "response to significant impacts, as well as anticipated continuation, of severe weather throughout the remainder of the week."

Fremont now joins a group of Bay Area counties and cities, including San Francisco, in declaring a Local Emergency, which gives the city legal authority and flexibility to mobilize resources and "help ensure critical services and operations continue."

Thanks to President Joe Biden's approval of California's proclaimed state of emergency, the city is now eligible for disaster relief efforts from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Federal agencies will coordinate all flood mitigation efforts and provide 75 percent of funding directly.

The proclamation will be heard for ratification during the Jan. 10, regularly scheduled Fremont City Council meeting at 7 p.m.

View the proclamation here.