REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
November 3, 2026
FROM
CRISANTA GONZALEZ, Director of Emergency Management, Office of Emergency Services
SUBJECT
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Termination of the Proclamation of Local Emergency - 2025 December Adverse Weather Event
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Terminate the Local Emergency Proclamation within San Bernardino County related to the 2025 December Adverse Weather Event that was initially proclaimed by the Director of Emergency Services on December 25, 2025 and ratified by the Board of Supervisors on December 29, 2025.
(Presenter: Crisanta Gonzalez, Director of Emergency Management, 658-2847)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
Enhance Readiness for Major Emergency Responses.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost) as there is no cost or financial impact associated with the termination of this local emergency.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Beginning on December 24, 2025, the start of an extreme weather event impacted various sections of the County and Los Angeles County. This event produced conditions of peril to the safety of persons and property within the County, in the form of infrastructure damage from extreme weather.
Due to the extensive damage resulting from this weather event, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), while serving as the Director of Emergency Services, proclaimed the existence of a local emergency on December 29, 2025 (Item No. 1), the Board of Supervisors (Board) ratified the action taken by the CEO.
Pursuant to Government Code section 8630, subdivision (c), the Board “shall review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days until [the Board] terminates the local emergency.” The Board last reviewed this item on August 4, 2026 (Item No. 49).
Pursuant to Government Code section 8630, subdivision (d), the Board “shall proclaim the termination of the local emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant.” The local emergency related to the December 2025 Adverse Weather Event no longer exists within the County. Therefore, this item recommends the Board terminate this local emergency.
PROCUREMENT
Not applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by County Counsel (Miles A. Kowalski and Grace B. Parsons, Deputies County Counsel, 387-5455) on October 9, 2026; Public Works (Noel Castillo, Director, 387-7906) on October 9, 2026; and County Finance and Administration (Carl Lofton, Administrative Analyst, 387-5404) on October 14, 2026.