California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today proclaimed a state of emergency and directed the California Office of Spill Prevention and Response to tap into a state-maintained, industry-supported trust fund to ensure that all possible resources are being utilized to expedite the cleanup of a 58,000-gallon oil spill in the San Francisco Bay. (Click to watch video.)

"I have signed an emergency proclamation, so all the state's resources can be coordinated to address this oil spill. I have also directed my Office of Spill Prevention and Response to work with the ship owner and

federal and local authorities to bring in whatever resources are needed to clean this up immediately," said Schwarzenegger in a prepared statement.

The spill occurred when a 900-foot container ship clipped the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Wednesday causing about 58,000 gallons of oil to leak into the San Francisco Bay.

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Schwarzenegger was in the Bay Area today visiting the site of the spill, which has spread out of the bay and along the coastline.

A proclamation of emergency allows the Governor's Office of Emergency Services to deploy emergency personnel, equipment and facilities and provide local government assistance under the authority of the California Disaster Assistance Act.

The state of emergency includes the city and county of San Francisco and the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Solano and Sonoma.

— Bay City News contributed to this report