State of Emergency Declared - for Monrovia and LA County

Monrovia Weekly says a state of emergency has been declared for the city. I think that practically this means the city may be able to get some clean-up money from the state, assuming the state has any money, I suppose. http://goo.gl/9ayuZ . And now all of LA County is in a state of emergency: http://goo.gl/KPzGe