Calif. governor declares state of emergency in San Bernardino

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency in San Bernardino County, citing the Dec. 2 shooting rampage in which a couple opened fire at a local social services center, leaving 14 people dead.

The proclamation orders the state Department of Public Health assist the county environmental health division until it is able to resume normal staffing levels. Additionally, the state will offer the county various forms of assistance related to the shooting, and also will suspend fees related to disposing of remains or copies of death certificates.

In the order, the governor said San Bernardino County responded to the mass shooting with all available resources, including law enforcement, fire and emergency responders, and also received help from the California Highway Patrol, the FBI and other local, state and federal agencies.

"The circumstances of this terrorist attack, by reason of its magnitude, are or likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of any single local government and require the combined forces of all appropriate mutual aid," the proclamation reads.

On the morning of Dec. 2, Syed Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire at the Inland Regional Center during a holiday party for the county Department of Public Health. In addition to those who died, 26 were injured. Farook and Malik died in a gun battle with police.