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
- Local Government Recovery Toolkit
- City of Oakland: Phase One Model Recovery Plan
- Long-Term Disaster Recovery Survey: Executive Summary | Full Report | 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
- A standard plan for retrofit of single family homes | Model resolution for adoption by local governments
Soft-Story Buildings
- Soft-story mitigation programs in Bay Area cities
- Legislation enabling cities and counties to address soft-story building hazards in their communities, AB 305 (Hancock, 2005)
San Francisco City Hall damaged after the 1906 earthquake
Land Use Planning
- On Solid Ground – How good land use planning can prepare the Bay Area for a strong disaster recovery, SPUR 2013
- 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)