Cities, counties, water, transit and school districts have opportunities to mitigate risk and thus lessen potential problems in future disasters, as well as to speed the recovery from those disasters. This information is intended to assist those organizations in that process.
Mitigation Planning
- 2010 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
- Survey of existing mitigation efforts by Cities and counties related to earthquakes, ABAG 2002
- Hazard mitigation grants for local governments
- State of California Hazard Mitigation Plan
Recovery Planning
- Regional issues and recommended actions
- Model Ordinance: Repair and reconstruction (CALBO)
- City of Oakland: Phase One Model Recovery Plan
- Long-Term Disaster Recovery Survey: Executive Summary | Full Report | Presentation
- Presentation: Top 10 Action Items for Regional Recovery Planning | Expanded Action Items
Housing
- Creative Ways to Strengthen Housing and Promote Community Resilience in Today’s Economy – Conference Summary, June 13, 2011
- Seismic Retrofit Incentive Programs: A Handbook for Local Governments (FEMA 254)
- Vulnerable housing types
- Potential housing losses in future earthquakes
Soft-Story Buildings
- Soft-story mitigation programs in Bay Area cities
- Risk management and public policy opportunities
- Legislation enabling cities and counties to address soft-story building hazards in their communities, AB 305 (Hancock, 2005)
Single Family Homes
San Francisco City Hall damaged after the 1906 earthquake
Land Use Planning
- Risk Management and Public Policy Opportunities
- Look Before You Build! – Geologic Studies for Safer Land Development in the San Francisco Bay Area, USGS 1995.
Infrastructure
Additional Resources
- Community Emergency Response Teams
- Additional links (state and federal agencies)
