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From:Mendoza, Louie
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Subject:FW: USDA Drought Declaration
Date:Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:42:13 AM
Attachments:California Drought Disaster March 5, 2021.pdf
FYI
Louie
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Subject: USDA Drought Declaration
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Commissioners,
I hope you are well!
I have attached a USDA drought disaster declaration for the State of California. Every county has
been designated as a primary or contiguous county. This means farmers are eligible for certain
assistance through their local FSA office. I just wanted to make you aware of this in case this may
help farmers in your county.
Thank you!
Hyrum Eastman
CDFA County/State Liaison
1220 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Office: 916-403-6700
Cell:
United States Department of Agriculture
Office of the Secretary
Washington, D.C. 20250
March 5, 2021
The Honorable GavinNewsom
Governor
State of California
Sacramento,California95814
Dear GovernorNewsom:
In accordance with 7 CFR 759.5(a), I am designating 50Californiacounties as primary natural disaster
areas due to a recent drought.
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor (see http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/),these countiessuffered
from adrought intensity value during the growing season of1)D2 Drought-Severefor 8 or more
consecutive weeksor2)D3 Drought-ExtremeorD4 Drought-Exceptional.
In accordance with section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, additional
areas of your state and adjacent states are named as contiguous disaster counties. Enclosed you will
find documentation that provides a detailed list of all primary and contiguous counties impacted by this
disaster.
A Secretarial disaster designation makes farm operators in primary countiesand those counties
contiguous to such primary counties eligible to be considered for certain assistance from the Farm
Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. This assistance includes FSA
emergency loans. Farmers in eligible counties have 8 months from the date of a Secretarial disaster
declaration to apply for emergency loans. FSA considers each emergency loan application on its own
merits, taking into account the extent of production losses on the farm and the security and repayment
ability of the operator.
Local FSA offices can provide affected farmers with further information.
Sincerely,
Thomas J. Vilsack
Secretary
Enclosure
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Disaster Designation Areas for California and Contiguous States
Primary Counties:
California (50)
Alameda Glenn Marin Riverside Solano
Alpine Humboldt Mariposa Sacramento Sonoma
Amador Imperial Mendocino San Bernardino Stanislaus
Butte Inyo Merced San Francisco Sutter
Calaveras Kern Modoc San Joaquin Tehama
Colusa Kings Mono San Mateo Trinity
Contra Costa Lake Napa Santa Clara Tulare
Del Norte Lassen Nevada Shasta Tuolumne
El Dorado Los Angeles Placer Sierra Yolo
Fresno Madera Plumas Siskiyou Yuba
Contiguous Counties:
California (8)
Monterey San Benito San Luis Obispo Santa Cruz
Orange San Diego Santa Barbara Ventura
In addition, in accordance with section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
counties in adjacent states are named as contiguous disaster areas. Those states, counties, and numbers
are:
Contiguous Counties in Adjacent States:
Arizona (3)
La Paz Mohave Yuma
Nevada (8)
Clark Esmeralda Mineral Washoe
Douglas Lyon Nye Carson City
Oregon (5)
Curry Josephine Lake
Jackson Klamath