California declares emergency after oil spill.
“This declaration of emergency breaks through the bureaucracy and helps the state quickly mobilize all available resources,” said California Governor Jerry Brown, regarding Santa Barbara County, where crews are working to clean up the largest oil spill on the local coast in nearly two decades.
(Reuters) California Governor Jerry Brown issued a state of emergency proclamation Wednesday for Santa Barbara County, where crews are working to clean up the largest oil spill on the local coast in nearly two decades.
“This declaration of emergency breaks through the bureaucracy and helps the state quickly mobilize all available resources,” Brown said in a statement. “We will do everything necessary to protect the California coast,” he added.
(Reporting by Daniel Wallis in Denver)