ABAG San Francisco Bay Area
Regional Long-Term Disaster Recovery Initiative
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).

 
STATUS OF EXISTING RECOVERY PLANNING - Oct. 2008 BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ISSUES
Executive Summary - Long-Term Disaster Recovery Planning Issue Paper - Recovery of Business and the Economy
Full Report - Long-Term Disaster Recovery Planning by Cities and Counties in the San Francisco Bay Area OES BAREPP/SCEPP Program (1991)- Earthquake Recovery and Reconstruction Planning Guidelines - Chapter on Local Business Recovery
RPC Presentation - Long-Term Disaster Recovery Planning
RPC Presentation - Long-Term Economic Impacts - June 2008
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
GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND SERVICES
LIFELINE RECOVERY ISSUES
Issue Paper - Recovery of Government Facilities and Services
Issue Paper - Not Yet Prepared
RPC Presentation - Be Prepared! San Francisco Controller's Office Plan for Sustaining Business Operations in the Wake of a Disaster - August 2008
RPC Presentation - Water Systems Recovery - East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) - Dec. 2008
EDUCATION AND SCHOOL RECOVERY ISSUES
RPC Presentation - Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) - Dec. 2008
DRAFT Issue Paper - School System Mitigation and Recovery - June 2009 RPC Presentation - Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) - Dec. 2008
RPC Presentation - Overview - April 2009 RPC Presentation - Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) - Dec. 2008
RPC Presentation - K - 12 Schools - April 2009
HEALTH CARE RECOVERY ISSUES
RPC Presentation - U.C. Berkeley - April 2009 Issue Paper - Health Care System Mitigation and Recovery
LESSONS FROM PAST DISASTERS
RPC Presentation - Overview - June 2009
Issue Paper - Recovery After Katrina - Tales of Four Cities
RPC Presentation - Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development - June 2009
Issue Paper - Recovery After the 2008 Pisco, Peru Earthquake RPC Presentation - Alameda County Medical Center - June 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 6/3/09 by jbp.