ABAG San Francisco
Bay Area
Local Hazard Mitigation Planning
Local Hazard Mitigation Planning
Tools
for Local Governments to Tame Disasters
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ABAG San Francisco
Bay Area
Local Hazard Mitigation Planning |
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Tools
for Local Governments to Tame Disasters
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Major natural disasters will strike the Bay Area again during the next several years. Lives will be lost, property damage will occur, and our economy will suffer. The following information shows how Bay Area local governments are working to mitigate those losses through the multi-jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJ-LHMP) for the Bay Area. The UPDATE of the 2005 MJ-LHMP is now occurring. Cities, counties, and special districts planning on participating in the MJ-LHMP should DOWNLOAD the Letter of Committment and turn into ABAG and CalEMA by June 30, 2009. The UPDATE process includes several workshops and forums. The next two forums to discuss priorities for mitigation strategies are open to the public. They are: - Fire Hazards Workshop - Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. at the ABAG Offices - MetroCenter Building, Conference Room B, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA - Discussion of Regional Priorities for Mitigation of Natural Hazards Impacts. Registration begins at 1:15 p.m. - Flooding Hazards Workshop - Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - 9:00 - noon at the ABAG Offices - MetroCenter Building, Conference Room B, 101 Eighth Street, Oakland, CA - Discussion of Regional Priorities for Mitigation of Natural Hazards Impacts. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m. |
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HAZARD MAPS AND INFORMATON |
RISK ASSESSMENT
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| Earthquake Shaking | |
| Earthquake Liquefaction | Land Use in Hazard Areas |
| Earthquake Faults | Exposure of Critical Facilities |
| Flooding | Data on Repetitive Loss Properties in Floods |
| Wildfires | Building Loss Exposure in Hazard Areas |
| Landslides (due to storms and earthquakes) |
MITIGATION
AND THE PLANNING PROCESS
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| Tsunamis | Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Documents |
| Induced Hazards - Hazmat and Dam Failure | Resources for Mitigation Planning |
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ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) requires that cities, counties, and special districts have a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to be eligible to receive FEMA hazard mitigation funds. To assist local governments in meeting this requirement, ABAG is the lead agency on the multi-jurisidctional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJ-LHMP) for the San Francisco Bay Area. Cities and counties can adopt and use all or part of this multi-jurisdictional plan in lieu of preparing all or part of a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan themselves. They need to have participated in the development of the multi-jurisdictional plan to adopt it, however. The Plan and ABAG Annex were adopted by ABAG's Executive Board on March 17, 2005. This plan is currently being updated. This page was last updated 5/27/09 by jbp.