ABAG San Francisco Bay Area
Local Disaster Recovery Planning
Tools for Local Governments

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 resource sections are provided to help your local government recover from those losses. This web page will be updated as additional information is obtained. The materials on this web site have been prepared for the meetings of ABAG's Regional Planning Committee (RPC).

 

MAKING THE MONEY FLOW MORE EFFECTIVELY
HOUSING RECOVERY ISSUES
Issue Paper - Financing Disaster Recovery
Issue Paper - Long Term Housing Recovery
RPC Presentation - Public Assistance Issues - Dec. 2007
RPC Presentation - Mock Hearing- Impact of Repeat of 1868 Hayward Earthquake on Housing Recovery - April. 2008
RPC Handout - CALBO Model Reconstruction & Repair Ordinance - Dec. 2007
OES Earthquake Program (1998)- Post-Earthquake Housing Recovery - Issues for Local Governments and the Community
RPC Handout - Various Repair Provisions in California State Law and Regulations - Dec. 2007 OES BAREPP/SCEPP Program (1991)- Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction Planning Guidelines - Chapter on Housing Displaced Persons and Families
BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ISSUES LESSONS FROM PAST DISASTERS
Issue Paper - Recovery of Business and the Economy Issue Paper - Recovery After Katrina - Tales of Four Cities
RPC Presentation - Long-Term Economic Impacts - June 2008
FUTURE ISSUES
OES BAREPP/SCEPP Program (1991)- Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction Planning Guidelines - Chapter on Local Business Recovery Issue Papers on Infrastructure and Government - COMING IN 2008 and 2009

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 7/1/08 by jbp.