San Andreas, CA…Today, the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to ratify the December 31, 2022 Calaveras County Office of Emergency Services Local Emergency Proclamation. Additionally, the County and the City are working together to identify and assist businesses and residents with storm damaged properties. It is extremely important that owners or renters of residential and commercial properties document and report what damages and costs they have incurred.

This will allow the County and City to determine whether they meet the Small Business Administration (SBA) criteria for assistance. A declaration by the SBA would bring in low interest disaster loan program to the County/City. If the criteria for SBA is not met, assistance to individuals may be limited to services available from local and nonprofit agencies.

The County has on online information portal and fillable forms which are located at
https://www.calaverasgov.us/Calaveras-County/Emergency-Operations

The City has an online information portal and fillable forms that are located at https://angelscamp.gov/emergency-operations/

The two types of SBA Disaster Declarations are as follows:
Physical Disaster Declaration: For businesses or other eligible institutions, each sustaining uninsured losses of at least 40 percent or more of the estimated fair replacement value or pre-disaster fair market value of the damaged property. Damage must be confirmed through a formal assessment process prior to a request moving forward. If warranted, a request for an SBA disaster declaration will be submitted by the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) Director.

Note: homes and businesses can include renters and home based businesses; a rental property can be counted as a business and as a renter; when assessing apartments, each unit with at least 40 percent of uninsured personal property losses will be counted as one.

Economic Injury Disaster Declaration: This will assist small businesses in a disaster area that have suffered substantial economic injury as a result of the disaster. Cal OES will work with the local government to survey businesses in the affected area for economic losses by completing an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) worksheet.

The Community Information call line continues to be available from 9AM to 5PM and running through January 10, 2023. The number is 209-754-2855. The call center will be available to answer questions, provide information on shelters, and additional resources. Additional resources include:
• County snowplow information line 209-754-6017
• Public Works Roads line 209-754-6401
• Calaveras County Animal Services small animal evacuation 209-754-6866
• Calaveras County Fairgrounds large animal/livestock evacuation 209-736-2561
• County GIS Community Information Center provides citizens with address specific information https://calaveras-gis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=da5475a4457b46129f63349d49eb0a85
Sandbag locations: Please limit the number of sandbags to 10 per resident and remember to bring your own shovel.
• Arnold Maintenance Yard, 1119 Linebaugh Rd. (Closes at 3:30pm)
• Glencoe Maintenance Yard, 16151 Hwy 26 (Closes at 3:30pm)
• Calaveras Consolidated Fire Station #3, 6501 Jenny Lind Rd. – NOTE: prefilled sandbags may be available
• Jenny Lind Yard, 11558 Milton Rd. (Closes at 3:30pm)
• San Andreas Rd Yard, 891 Mt Ranch Rd. in the parking lot below the shop building (Closes at 3:30pm)
• Mokelumne Hill Fire Protection District, 8160 Church St., Mokelumne Hill, CA
• Mountain Ranch Community Center Parking lot, 7869 Whiskey Slide Rd.
• Murphys Fire Station, 37 Jones St. – NOTE: prefilled sandbags may be available
• Vista Del Lago Cul-De-Sac near Valley Springs Dental, 313 Vista Del Lago –
• Mangili Rd. Cul-De-Sac at Power Up Fitness gym, 145 Mangili Rd. – prefilled sandbags may be available
• Copperopolis Fire Department, 370 Main St.
• West Point Volunteer Fire Department, 195 Spink Rd.
• Angels Camp, sand and sandbags are available at 200 Monte Verda (behind the Police Department)
Lastly, residents of Calaveras County could possibly qualify for assessed tax value relief due to calamity damage caused by storm damage and flooding. Please call the Calaveras County Assessor’s Office at 209-754-6356 for more information.

The County and City will continue to monitor the situation. For more information contact Kathy Gallino at 209-754-6742 or by email at Kgallino@co.calaveras.ca.us
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