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Gov. Newsom Discusses Emergency Response to Southern California Oil Spill

HUNTINGTON BEACH – On Oct. 5, Gov. Gavin Newsom traveled to Bolsa Chica State Beach for a briefing by U.S. Coast Guard, Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and California Natural Resources Agency officials on the emergency response to the oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach. 

Gov. Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency in Orange County Oct. 5, to support the urgent work underway to protect public health and the environment from the spill, which originated in federal waters.

At the Governor’s direction, the state has deployed personnel from the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to the incident command in Long Beach to closely coordinate with the U.S. Coast Guard, local agencies and responsible parties on the response, cleanup and mitigation of the oil spill. In addition, agencies from across the administration are on the ground actively supporting various elements of the response, including staff from California State Parks, California Volunteers, California State Lands Commission, CAL FIRE and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, among others.

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