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Plan Development Methodology 3.7.6 Final Public Comment Period A preliminary draft of the updated plan was made available to the general public for review and comment during an advertised 19-day public comment period. The principle means to receive comments on the draft plan was the Hazard Mitigation Plan website, where a form based on the Survey Monkey platform allowed the public to comment on specific sections of both volumes of the plan. A virtual public workshop to present the draft plan and inform the public on how to comment on it was held on July 12, 2021. 3.7.7 Media Outreach The following press releases were distributed as key milestones were achieved or before major events:  March 15, 2021—Announcement of project kick-off, including Survey #1  June 4, 2021—Announcement of project update and Survey #2  August 5, 2021—Announcement of draft plan availability and 2-week public comment period Each press release was supplemented by meeting announcements on the project website. Copies of these press releases can be found in Appendix B. 3.7.8 Public Involvement Results In total, focus groups, presentations and meetings and individual engagements reached over 600 people. Social media postings completed by community-based organizations achieved 30,300 impressions (the number of times an ad appears on a screen). The following sections provide detailed results of the public outreach activities. Summary of Survey #1 Findings The planning team summarized the findings from responses to Survey #1 as follows:  Number of completed surveys = 1,299 (most were completed via the internet; some were completed as paper surveys and entered manually into Survey Monkey)  Surveys were received from every municipality and unincorporated County community (see Figure 3-5).  Respondents rated the following hazards as those that concern them the most (in order of concern): climate change, wildfire, drought, public health, air quality, earthquakes, and power failures.  85 percent of respondents were either extremely concerned, very concerned, or concerned about impacts from climate change in the planning area.  81 percent of respondents stated that if likely impacts from natural hazards were explicitly disclosed to them prior to purchasing a home, their decision would be influenced by that kind information.  Over 60 percent of respondents stated that the presence of natural hazard risk was not disclosed to them at the time of home purchase.  The concept of incentives to promote hazard mitigation actions on a personal scale was strongly supported, with over 80 percent of the respondents supporting a property tax break or incentive to encourage them to spend money to retrofit their homes.  Over 50 percent of respondents were not sure if they had hazard-specific insurance coverage (i.e. flood or earthquake). 3-11