Chapter 1 - Hazard Mitigation Web Portal - State of California

State of California Multi‐Hazard Mitigation PlanChapter 1 – The Planning ProcessClick Here ToComment On:Chapter 1Section 5.31.5.3 Related Planning EffortsThe following cooperative efforts served as models for the development of this SHMP. Cal EMAand the SHMT reviewed and incorporated elements from numerous plans and documents in thedevelopment of the SHMP, including:• California Fire Alliance outreach and coordination efforts• OPR General Plan Guidelines• OPR technical advice publications• Sacramento‐San Joaquin River Basins Comprehensive Study• California Floodplain Management Task Force• Hazardous materials plans• Integrated Watershed Planning Principles• Drought Task Force Report• State of California Homeland Security Strategy• Delta Risk Management Study (DRMS) report• California Climate Change Adaptation StrategyClick Here ToComment On:Chapter 1Section 5.41.5.4 Cal EMA Local Hazard Mitigation Planning ProgramThrough Cal EMA, the state has implemented a program to promote and support local hazardmitigation planning and local participation in state hazard mitigation planning. Principal amongits own local hazard mitigation responsibilities is Cal EMA’s coordination of the planningrequirements of the HMGP, FMA, PDM and SRL grant programs to promote multi‐hazardmitigation planning by local governments. Project grants funded through these programs arebased upon priorities identified in this SHMP, as interpreted through Notices of Interestdistributed to local jurisdictions after disasters.Cal EMA is working with the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) to incorporateinformation on hazard mitigation planning into the General Plan Guidelines, which provideguidance to California cities and counties in the preparation of their general plans. Assembly Bill2140 (AB 2140), adopted by the California legislature in the fall of 2006, provides post‐disasterfinancial incentives for local jurisdictions adopting their Local Hazard Mitigation Plans as part oftheir general plan safety elements.For more information on AB 2140, see Chapter 3 and Appendix C of the 2010 SHMP.Assembly Bill 162, adopted by the California legislature in the fall of 2007, requires inclusion offlood hazard inundation mapping as part of general plan safety, land use, housing, andconservation elements. The Department of Water Resources has prepared user guidelines forimplementation, in coordination with OPR, Cal EMA and other agencies. For more informationon AB 162 and related legislation, see Chapter 3 and Appendix D of the 2010 SHMP.Additionally, OPR, Cal EMA, CAL FIRE, and the Regional Council of Rural Counties havedeveloped a guidance document for incorporating wildland fire hazard mitigation language intogeneral plans. OPR, CAL FIRE, and Cal EMA are providing outreach to local jurisdictions onwildfire mitigation planning through the Firewise Communities workshops and the CaliforniaPublic Comment Draft – July 2010 18