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2021 Multijurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan  Recognizes the natural and beneficial functions of the County’s natural areas  Considers impacts and benefits to community populations, especially those with increased vulnerability The project used sea level rise inundation data from the Our Coast, Our Future tool developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Point Blue, which provided the best available sea level rise data for the County at the time of the report. Three scenarios indicate the projected extent of flooding should the project area experience a 1 percent annual chance storm with or without sea level rise:  The baseline scenario shows flooding with a 1 percent annual chance storm.  The mid-level scenario shows flooding with a 1 percent chance annual storm and 3.3 feet of sea level rise.  The high-end scenario shows flooding with a 1 percent chance annual storm and 6.6 feet of sea level rise. This report identifies what is vulnerable to sea level rise among built and natural assets, explores public health and risks from cascading impacts, and discusses what these factors mean for policy and planning purposes. Its findings highlight that many of the assets have cross-cutting vulnerabilities (i.e., multiple, and indirect sources of vulnerability) and may have more than one point of exposure to sea level rise (County of San Mateo, 2018). Our Coast, Our Future Our Coast, Our Future (OCOF) is a collaborative project focused on providing coastal California resource managers and land use planners locally relevant, online maps and tools to help understand, visualize, and anticipate vulnerabilities to sea level rise and storms. The OCOF incorporates factors such as water levels, wave heights, flooding, and erosion to assess vulnerabilities to sea level rise and storms in the San Francisco Bay and on the outer coast from Half Moon Bay to Bodega Bay. The following are available on the OCOF website:  Seamless digital elevation model at 2-meter horizontal resolution for the San Francisco Bay Area  40 sea level rise and storm scenarios, plus a King Tide scenario for San Francisco Bay, using the USGS Coastal Storm Modeling System  FAQ and video tutorials, including general project information, geographic coverage, data used, model development, and how to use the flood map  Interactive maps of flood extent, depth, and duration, wave heights, and current velocity, as well as the option to compare scenarios and view georeferenced King Tide photos  Online and downloadable data access tailored to end users’ information needs. Adapting to Rising Tides The Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) program was established in 2010 to identify how current and future flooding along the Alameda County shoreline will affect communities, infrastructure, ecosystems, and economy. It was a project of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management, local, regional, state and federal agencies and organizations, and non-profit and private associations. Since then, the ART program has continued with cross-jurisdictional projects that build local and regional capacity in the San Francisco Bay Area to plan for and implement adaptation responses. The program tests and refines adaptation planning methods to integrate sustainability and decision-making from start to finish and foster collaborations that lead to action on adaptation. Each ART program project provides data, maps and analysis about the assets, asset categories and sectors evaluated. 13-2