0:19
Ryan O'Shaughnessy
8:05 - 8:24
"the CBJ is currently operating under an emergency declaration, and the intent and the purpose of that is to utilize resources that wouldn't be available to us as a local government ordinarily."
“the CBJ is currently operating under an emergency declaration, and the intent and the purpose of that is to utilize resources that wouldn't be available to us as a local government ordinarily.”
- Speaker
- Ryan O'Shaughnessy
- Timestamp
- 8:05 – 8:24
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- July 9, 2026
From the transcript
Sure, yeah, thanks, Ashley. So I just wanted to share a little bit about the effect of emergency declarations, and the CBJ is currently operating under an emergency declaration, and the intent and the purpose of that is to utilize resources that wouldn't be available to us as a local government ordinarily.
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