{"id":505681,"date":"2026-10-23T19:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505681\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T19:30:07","slug":"el-nino-san-francisco-declares-local-emergency-to-prepare-for-potential-severe-storms-coastal-flooding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505681\/","title":{"rendered":"El Ni\u00f1o: San Francisco declares local emergency to prepare for potential severe storms, coastal flooding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) &#8212; San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a local emergency on Friday as the city prepares for potential severe storms and coastal flooding associated with El Ni\u00f1o this winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The declaration temporarily waives certain city contracting requirements, allowing departments to secure supplies more quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">WATCH: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/el-nino-effect-how-climate-pattern-could-reshape-californias-winter\/19885429\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Ni\u00f1o Effect: How climate pattern could reshape California&#8217;s winter<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In a statement released Friday, Mayor Lurie said he was declaring the emergency to ensure that San Francisco is ready for the impacts El Ni\u00f1o could bring this winter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We are acting now to make sure our departments have the resources they need to protect San Franciscans quickly throughout the season,&#8221; said Lurie. &#8220;We will continue preparing across city departments, and I&#8217;m asking every San Franciscan to do their part so we can keep our communities safe\u2014because the time to prepare for a major storm is before it arrives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The declaration streamlines procurement and contract-awarding processes for several departments, including San Francisco Public Works, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, the Port of San Francisco, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the Recreation and Park Department, San Francisco International Airport and the Office of Contract Administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Stay with ABC7 News for the latest details on this developing story.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) &#8212; San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie declared a local emergency on Friday as the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[195486,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-505681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-195486","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}