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locations. However, some forms of civil unrest may result in widespread injury, death, and property
<br />damage, as well as disruptions of key services and infrastructure networks.
<br />Acts of small-scale civil unrest have happened occasionally in the City. There is no record of large-scale civil
<br />unrest in the City, although such events have happened in the wider region, most prominently the 1964
<br />Free Speech Movement in Berkeley and the Hunters Point Riot in San Francisco in 1966. City law
<br />enforcement resources have responded to mutual aid request due to civil unrest in Oakland and San
<br />Francisco. Small-scale civil unrest will likely continue to occur in the City, and there is a possibility of larger -
<br />scale events in the community at a future time.
<br />2.2.10 TERRORISM
<br />Terrorism is the use of force or threat of force to intimidate the general public, government agencies,
<br />and/or private organizations to achieve a particular political or social purpose. There is no specific
<br />template for terrorist attacks, although efforts to kill or injure people, damage or destroy property or
<br />infrastructure, disrupt government operations, and interrupt key services are all common characteristics.
<br />Most acts of terror involve conventional firearms or explosives, although alternative forms can be used
<br />(for example, cyberterrorism, which involves damaging, destroying, reprogramming, or stealing from
<br />computer networks). Although the prospect of a terrorist attack that uses weapons of mass destruction
<br />(biological agents, chemical weapons, radioactive materials, or high -yield explosives) receives a great deal
<br />of attention, such attacks are extremely rare.
<br />Terrorist attacks often target prominent sites such as military bases, corporate headquarters, government
<br />offices, major commercial facilities, institutions, industrial sites, strategic infrastructure, and festivals or
<br />other large gatherings. However, lower -profile facilities such as homes, schools, or places of worship are
<br />sometimes targeted. It is difficult to say with any certainty how high the risk of terrorism is in the City. It is
<br />likely a lower target than sites of national or international importance elsewhere in the Bay Area but also
<br />likely a higher target than other regional communities.
<br />The Global Terrorism Database, a record of world-wide terror attacks from 1970 to 2016, identifies two
<br />terrorism attacks in the City. In 2000, the Animal Liberation Front took credit for an attempted arson at
<br />the facilities of a company that made equipment for laboratory research on animals. There are no records
<br />of whether the attack resulted in any damage. In 1975, a group called the New World Liberation Front
<br />used explosives against a PG&E electrical transmission line. Neither attack caused any injuries. The Global
<br />Terrorism Database also identifies another 20 attacks in San Mateo County, although none caused any
<br />fatalities, and only two (a 1972 attack in Menlo Park and a 1976 attack in San Mateo) resulted in injuries.
<br />It is likely that terrorism will continue to remain a possibility in the City and San Mateo County in the
<br />future.
<br />2.2.11 PIPELINE EMERGENCIES
<br />Pipelines transport water, natural gas, petroleum products, chemicals, and other substances. At times a
<br />pipeline fails and causes a spill of the materials it contains, which can occur through general infrastructure
<br />failure, human error, a consequence of other emergency events, or a deliberate act. If the released
<br />material poses a health or safety hazard, either due to the nature of the substance or the quantity
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