California ‘hurriquake’ shuts down lawmaking in Sacramento
Lawmakers had trouble getting flights to work Monday at the Capitol.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The hurriquake in Southern California has wreaked havoc on the first days of school, flooded Dodger’s Stadium and now cost the California Legislature a day of voting.
Water-logged lawmakers had trouble getting back to Sacramento from their southern districts, prompting the Assembly and Senate to defer the day’s voting until Thursday, officials said.
Hilary, which has been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone, was the first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years. It caused significant flooding and prompted heavy attention from the likes of Gov. Gavin Newsom and mayors Karen Bass of Los Angeles and Todd Gloria of San Diego, among others. The magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck near Ojai on Sunday,
Los Angeles Unified canceled school Monday and San Diego Unified pushed the first day of classes to Tuesday thanks to the storm.