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2021 Multijurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Executive Summary <br /> <br /> <br />oversee the plan update, consisting of both governmental and non-governmental stakeholders within the planning <br />area. Coordination with other local, state, and federal agencies involved in hazard mitigation occurred throughout <br />the plan update process. Organization efforts included a review of the County’s 2016 hazard mitigation plan, the <br />California statewide hazard mitigation plan, and existing programs that may support hazard mitigation actions. <br /> <br />Equity Focus <br />Disparities in health outcomes, inequities in living conditions, and lack of political power place many low income <br />communities, people of color, people with disabilities, pregnant women, and historically disadvantaged people, <br />among others, at greater risk from hazards. The County prepared a framework for addressing equity through the <br />2021 hazard mitigation planning process. The County developed a resource paper titled “Recommendations for <br />Addressing Equity in Hazard Mitigation Planning” to educate planning partners and the Steering Committee on <br />disparities of underserved communities in hazard planning. Each partner received tools to apply the equity lens <br />perspective. The use of these tools was left to the discretion of each planning partner. Partners who chose to apply <br />the equity lens include the County, nine cities, and four special purpose districts. <br /> <br />Public Outreach <br />The planning team implemented a multi-media public involvement strategy utilizing the outreach capabilities of <br />the planning partnership that was approved by the Steering Committee. The strategy included public meetings, a <br />hazard mitigation survey, a project website, the use of social media, and multiple media releases. <br /> <br />Plan Document Development <br />he planning team and Steering Committee assembled a document to meet federal hazard mitigation planning <br />requirements for all partners. The updated plan contains two volumes. Volume 1 contains components that apply <br />to all partners and the broader planning area. Volume 2 contains all components that are jurisdiction-specific. <br />Each planning partner has a dedicated annex in Volume 2. <br /> <br />Adoption <br />Once pre-adoption approval has been granted by the California Office of Emergency Services and FEMA <br />Region IX, the final adoption phase will begin. Each planning partner will individually adopt the updated plan. <br /> <br />RISK ASSESSMENT <br />Risk assessment is the process of measuring the potential loss of life resulting from natural hazards, as well as <br />personal injury, economic injury, and property damage, in order to determine the vulnerability of people, <br />buildings, and infrastructure. For this update, risk assessment models were enhanced with new data and <br />technologies. The Steering Committee used the risk assessment to rate risk and to gauge the potential impacts of <br />each hazard of concern in the planning area. The risk assessment included the following: <br /> Hazard identification and profiling <br /> Assessment of the impact of hazards on physical, social, and economic assets <br /> Identification of particular areas of vulnerability <br /> Estimates of the cost of potential damage. <br /> <br /> <br />xx