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Relevant Laws, Ordinances and Programs Agency, Program or Regulation Hazard Mitigation Area Affected Relevance California General Planning Law Hazard Mitigation Planning This law requires every county and city to adopt a comprehensive long-range plan for community development, and related laws call for integration of hazard mitigation plans with general plans. California Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Hazard Mitigation Planning Local hazard mitigation plans must be consistent with their state’s hazard mitigation plan. California Residential Mitigation Program Earthquake Hazard This program helps homeowners with seismic retrofits to lessen the potential for damage to their houses during an earthquake. California State Building Code Action Plan Implementation Local communities must adopt and enforce building codes, which include measures to improve buildings’ ability to withstand hazard events. Disadvantaged and Low-Income Communities Investments Action Plan Funding This is a potential source of funding for actions located in disadvantaged or low-income communities. Division of the State Architect’s AB 300 List of Seismically At-Risk Schools Earthquake Hazard, Action Plan Development The Division of the State Architect recommends that local school districts conduct detailed seismic evaluations of seismically at-risk schools identified in the inventory that was required by AB 300. Governor’s Executive Order S-13- 08 (Climate Impacts) Action Plan Implementation This order includes guidance on planning for sea level rise in designated coastal and floodplain areas for new projects. Office of the State Fire Marshal Wildfire Hazard This office has a wide variety of fire safety and training responsibilities. Senate Bill 12: Local government: planning and zoning: wildfires. Wildfire Hazard Requires safety elements to be reviewed and updated as necessary to include a retrofit strategy to reduce the risk of property loss and damage during wildfires. Requires the planning agency to submit the adopted strategy to the Office of Planning and Research for inclusion in a central clearinghouse. Senate Bill 92: Dam Emergency Action Plans; Public Resources Portion of Biennial Budget Bill Dam Failure Hazard This bill requires dams (except for low-risk dams) to have emergency action plans that are updated every 10 years and inundation maps updated every 10 years, or sooner if specific circumstances change. Senate Bill 97: Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Action Plan Implementation This bill establishes that greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of greenhouse gas emissions are appropriate subjects for California Environmental Quality Act analysis. Senate Bill 99: General Plans: Safety Element: Emergency Evacuation Routes Action Plan Implementation This bill requires the safety element to include information to identify residential developments in hazard areas that do not have at least two emergency evacuation routes. Senate Bill 379: General Plans: Safety Element—Climate Adaptation Action Plan Implementation This bill requires cities and counties to include climate adaptation and resiliency strategies in the safety element of their general plans. Senate Bill 1000: General Plan Amendments—Safety and Environmental Justice Elements Action Plan Implementation Under this bill, review and revision of general plan safety elements are required to address only flooding and fires (not climate adaptation and resilience), and environmental justice is required to be included in general plans. Senate Bill 1241: General Plans: Safety Element—Fire Hazard Impacts Wildfire Hazard This bill requires cities and counties to make findings regarding available fire protection and suppression services before approving a tentative map or parcel map. Standardized Emergency Management System Action Plan Implementation Local governments must use this system to be eligible for state funding of response-related personnel costs. Western Governors Association Ten-Year Comprehensive Strategy Wildfire Hazard This strategy implementation plan prepared by federal and Western state agencies outlines measures to restore fire-adapted ecosystems and reduce hazardous fuels. 6-5