LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday ended more than two dozen states of emergency, including several impacting Lake County.
Newsom signed a proclamation terminating 26 open states of emergency dating back to 2017.
The emergencies include various fires, prior storms and other incidents including the mpox emergency proclaimed in August of last year, coinciding with the termination of the federal public health emergency on mpox that took place on Tuesday.
In addition, the state’s COVID-19 State of Emergency will end on Feb. 28, as announced by the governor in October.
The emergencies that impacted Lake County that are included in the Tuesday proclamation include the Sulphur fire, which was declared an emergency on Oct. 9, 2017; the Pawnee fire, June 25, 2018; the River and Ranch fires, July 28, 2018; storms that were declared an emergency on Feb. 28, 2017; statewide forest conditions, declared an emergency on March 22, 2019; fire weather conditions, declared an emergency on Oct. 27, 2019; and the mpox emergency, declared Aug. 1, 2022.
The full list of emergencies terminated by Newsom’s Tuesday action, along with their original declaration dates and counties impacted, is below.
Feb. 12, 2017: Spillway at Oroville Dam; Butte, Sutter and Yuba counties.
Oct. 9, 2017: Cherokee, LaPorte, Sulphur, Potter, Cascade, Lobo and Canyon fires; Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Nevada and Orange counties.
Oct. 9, 2017: Tubbs and Atlas fires; Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties.
Oct. 10, 2017: Atlas fire; Solano County.
Dec. 5, 2017: Thomas fire; Ventura County.
June 25, 2018: Pawnee fire; Lake County.
July 5, 2018: Klamathon fire; Siskiyou County.
July 26, 2018: Ferguson fire; Mariposa County.
July 28, 2018: River, Ranch and Steele fires; Lake, Mendocino and Napa counties.
Aug. 9, 2018: Holy fire; Orange and Riverside counties.
Nov. 29, 2018: Mendocino Complex fires; Colusa County.
Feb. 21, 2019: Storms; Calaveras, El Dorado, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Shasta, Tehama, Trinity, Ventura and Yolo counties.
Feb. 28, 2019: Storms; Amador, Glenn, Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties.
March 22, 2019: Forest conditions; statewide.
April 12, 2019: Storms; Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Mariposa, Napa, Santa Cruz, Solano and Tuolumne counties.
July 4, 2019: Earthquake; Kern County.
July 5, 2019: Earthquake; San Bernardino County.
Oct. 11, 2019: Eagle, Reche, Saddleridge, Sandalwood and Wolf fires; Los Angeles and Riverside counties.
Oct. 25, 2019: Tick and Kincade fires; Los Angeles and Sonoma counties.
Oct. 27, 2019: Fire weather conditions; statewide.
July 30, 2021: Energy; statewide.
Oct. 4, 2021: Pipeline spill; Orange County.
July 1, 2022: Colorado Fire; Monterey County.
July 16, 2022: Storms; Plumas and Tehama counties.
Aug. 1, 2022: Monkeypox; statewide.
Nov. 19, 2022: Route fire; Los Angeles County.