Marin County declares local emergency over drought conditions: Grim and deteriorating
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The water level is historically low at Phoenix Lake in Kentfield, Calif., on Monday, April 19, 2021. Marin County officials declared a drought emergency on Tuesday in light of deteriorating conditions already hitting some farms hard.Scott Strazzante/The Chronicle
Amid deepening anxieties over worsening drought conditions throughout California, Marin County officials declared a state of emergency Tuesday.
The unanimous vote by the Board of Supervisors makes the county eligible for state funding and other resources as residents brace for a hot, dry summer.
Parched conditions are already “severely affecting” West Marin farms, the county said, where officials have described the situation as “grim and deteriorating.”