Reports and Mitigation Planning Resources

ABAG Mitigation Policy Review Documents
NEW Natural Hazards and CLIMATE CHANGE - Risk Management and Public Policy Opportunities - available as 8 1/2" x 11" PDF
WILDFIRES and Residential Development - Risk Management and Public Policy Opportunities - available as 8 1/2" x 11" PDF or 11"x17" PDF
LAND USE in Hazard Areas - Risk Management and Public Policy Opportunities - available as 8 1/2" x 11" PDF or 11"x17" PDF
INFRASTRUCTURE in Hazard Areas and Disasters- Risk Management and Public Policy Opportunities - available as 8 1/2" x 11" PDF or 11"x17" PDF
SINGLE-FAMILY Homes in Earthquakes - Risk Management and Public Policy Opportunities - available as 8 1/2" x 11" PDF or 11"x17" PDF
SOFT-STORY Residential Buildings in Earthquakes - Risk Management and Public Policy Opportunities - available as 8 1/2" x 11" PDF or 11"x17" PDF
State Hazard Mitigation Plan
State of California
Other Resource Materials
Federal Register CFR 44 - FEMA Rules for Hazard Mitigation Planning and Hazard Mitigation Grants (PDF)
PowerPoint Slide Show on Preparation of Local Government Annex (ppt)
USGS Report on need for hazard assessment - Look Before You Build! - Geologic Studies for Safer Land Development in the San Francisco Bay Area (PDF)
2003 Paper on "Earthquake Loss Estimates for the San Francisco Bay Area - Discussion of HAZUS prepared by USGS, OES, CGS and ABAG (PDF)
ABAG Report on 2002 Survey of Existing Mitigation Efforts by Cities and Counties in the Bay Area Related to Earthquakes
Speaker Notes - January 20, 2004 ABAG/EERI Workshop on Retrofit Funding for Public Buildings
Speaker Notes - June 18, 2004 EERI/ABAG Workshop on Dealing with FEMA - Before and After (including resources on funding) (coming soon)

ABAG, the Association of Bay Area Governments, is the regional planning and services agency for the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area.

This page was last updated 3/5/06 by jbp.