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<TD class=title align=left>Proclamation </TD>
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<TD class=header vAlign=top align=left
width=571>Governor Schwarzenegger Proclaims Assistance
Measures for California Salmon Fishermen</TD>
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<P class=subtitle align=center>EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT </P>
<P class=subtitle align=center>STATE OF CALIFORNIA </P>
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<P class=subtitle align=center>P R O C L A M A T I O N
<BR>by the <BR>Governor of the State of California </P>
<P class=subtitle align=center>WHEREAS California's
salmon runs are a vital component of our great State's
resources that provide significant environmental,
recreational, commercial, and economic benefits to the
people; and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS Klamath River Basin Chinook
Salmon have been significantly impacted by poor ocean
conditions, drought, water management, water quality,
water flows, disease, and the elimination of access to
historical spawning habitat; and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS the Klamath Basin Chinook
Salmon that commingle with other runs of salmon in ocean
waters off of California and Oregon have been declining
in abundance to a point where California's and Oregon's
recreational, commercial, and tribal fisheries are being
significantly constrained to conserve Klamath River
Chinook Salmon; and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS Klamath River Basin Chinook
Salmon are predicted to have extremely low ocean
abundance for 2006 in waters from Cape Falcon in Oregon
to Point Sur in Monterey County, California, and in the
Klamath River Basin; and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS restoration of habitat and
improved water quality and flows are critical to
restoring an environment suitable to the long-term
sustainability of the Klamath River Basin Chinook Salmon
and other anadromous fish species; and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS appropriate management of the
Klamath River Basin Chinook Salmon population is
critical to California's businesses, and local
communities that provide goods and services in support
of California's salmon fisheries; and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS on April 5, 2006, I requested
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez to use his
authority under the Magnusen-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act to determine that there
has been a commercial fishery failure due to a fishery
resource disaster; and </P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS on April 28, 2006, the National
Marine Fisheries Service adopted an emergency rule to
implement the recommendations of the Pacific Fisheries
Management Council that resulted in severe restrictions
on the commercial ocean salmon and Klamath Basin tribal
and recreational fisheries and included restrictions on
the recreational ocean salmon fishery; and </P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS these restrictions will have
significant impacts to California's commercial ocean
salmon and in-river salmon fisheries and will result in
severe economic losses throughout the State; and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS the Department of Finance has
determined that approximately $778,000 is continuously
appropriated and available in the Small Business
Expansion Fund (Fund 918) for disaster purposes under
the Corporations Code section 14030 et seq.; and </P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS the Small Business Expansion
Fund's available monies can be leveraged to guarantee up
to approximately $9.2 million in loans for disasters,
including guaranteeing loans to prevent business
insolvencies and loss of employment in an area affected
by a state of emergency within the State; and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS Governor Ted Kulongoski of
Oregon and I signed The Klamath River Watershed
Coordination Agreement along with the responsible
federal agencies in order to address the impacts to the
fisheries in the region and to develop a long-term
management approach, common vision, and integrated
planning associated with the Klamath Basin; and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS on June 6, 2006, I proclaimed a
state of emergency for the California counties of
Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin,
Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, and Siskiyou
counties due to the poor ocean conditions, drought,
water management, water quality, water flows, disease,
and the elimination of access to historical spawning
habitat and resulting from the significant restrictions
that have been imposed on the State's salmon fisheries;
and</P>
<P class=content>WHEREAS the serious circumstances of
the Klamath River Chinook Salmon run put at risk the
livelihoods of families and businesses dependent upon
them. </P>
<P class=content>NOW, THEREFORE, I, ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER, Governor of the State of California,
find that conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to
the safety of persons and property exist within the
additional California counties of San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara, and Trinity due to the poor ocean conditions,
drought, water management, water quality, water flows,
disease, and the elimination of access to historical
spawning habitat and resulting from the significant
restrictions that have been imposed on the State's
salmon fisheries. Because the magnitude of this disaster
will likely exceed the capabilities of the services,
personnel, and facilities of these counties, I find
these counties to be in a state of emergency, and under
the authority of the California Emergency Services Act,
I hereby proclaim that a State of Emergency exists in
these counties. </P>
<P class=content>I DIRECT the Secretary of the Business,
Housing and Transportation Agency, with the cooperation
of the Department of Finance, to activate the Small
Business Disaster Assistance Loan Guarantee Program to
guarantee loans to prevent business insolvencies and
loss of employment in the counties of San Luis Obispo,
Santa Barbara, and Trinity as a result of this State of
Emergency.</P>
<P class=content>I FURTHER DIRECT that to ensure that
adequate assistance is available to individuals who have
lost their jobs in the 13 counties where I have
proclaimed a State of Emergency, the Secretary of the
Labor and Workforce Development Agency and the Director
of the Employment Development Department shall make
available additional assistance grants in those
circumstances where the local Dislocated Worker formula
allocation is not adequate to cover the demand for
services to individuals who have lost their jobs as a
result of this State of Emergency and my previous June
6, 2006 State of Emergency. </P>
<P class=content><BR>I FURTHER DIRECT the Director of
the Department of Fish and Game to refund any fishing
license fee issued for the current 2006 commercial
salmon season and to waive fishing license fees for the
2007 commercial salmon season.</P>
<P class=content>I FURTHER DIRECT that as soon as
hereafter possible, this proclamation be filed in the
Office of the Secretary of State and that widespread
publicity and notice be given of this proclamation. </P>
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<TD class=content vAlign=top width=300><B>IN
WITNESS WHEREOF</B> I have here unto
set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State
of California to be affixed this the twenty-ninth
day of June 2006.<BR><BR>/s/ Arnold
Schwarzenegger<BR><BR>Governor of
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