San Francisco declares state of emergency to prepare for coronavirus

Re:San Francisco declares state of emergency to prepare for ... by d1zzy on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:48PM (#22419550)

I'm curious how this "state of emergency" declaration works when everyone is doing it. AFAIK a lot of "state of emergency" declarations are about fund allocations from central sources (state, federal) and that works fine when it's used for exceptional cases/natural disasters but I doubt this will scale well when the entire country enters a state of emergency. I guess we shall see.

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Re:San Francisco declares state of emergency to prepare for ... by Retric on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @10:36PM (#22420068)

Local governments in disaster prone areas tend to have significant emergency funds they can tap into. Doing so now to do an inventory of supplies, run some disaster planning, and possibly fill in any gaps is completely reasonable.

They are unusually likely to see a small scale outbreak and effective early responses could make a huge difference.

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Re:San Francisco declares state of emergency to prepare for ... by AstralStorm on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @06:57AM (#22422216)

Most importantly this allows using the emergency funds to boost local healthcare in case of an epidemic. Without the declaration the local government is unable to do so, just use it to bolster standard plans.

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Re:San Francisco declares state of emergency to prepare for ... by rolph on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @09:02PM (#22419613)

its not just fund allocations but there is a change in operational stance for local governments and service providers its a different machine state than default mode

if theres not enough money around the emergency rules will still be in effect

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Re:San Francisco declares state of emergency to prepare for ... by dahfizz on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:55PM (#22419585)

Maybe that's why SF is declaring emergency so early

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