The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors this week proclaimed a local emergency about the invasive golden mussel and its impacts on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

The board at its meeting Tuesday made the declaration, which called on county staff to coordinate with local, state and federal partners to pursue funding, technical assistance and other resources to address the problem.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.