Title GOV — California Gov. Code

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the members of the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid per diem expenses of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day’s attendance at a meeting of the commission, plus actual nece…

The commission may appoint from its membership, the engineering and design professions, the geotechnical engineering, geology, and seismology professions, the building and construction industry, the affected general public, and interested governmental agencies, to appropriate adv…

(a) The commission exists as a separate unit within the Office of Emergency Services, and may recommend policies, hold meetings, hold hearings, set dates of the meetings or hearings, and positions on proposed state and federal legislation. The commission shall retain authority to…

The commission, in the discharge of its duties, may do any of the following to support monitoring and tracking of activities outlined in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 8589.75, as well as education, research, and guidelines that promote seismic safety and mi…

In accordance with the administrative oversight and policies of the office, the commission shall appoint an executive director who shall be responsible for managing the affairs of the commission, subject to the direction and policies of the commission. The executive director shal…

(a) The personnel records of all transferred employees shall be transferred to the office. (b) The property of the commission is transferred to the office. (c) All unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds available for use in connection with any function or the admin…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the State Assistance for Fire Equipment Act.

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a growing need to find new ways to acquire firefighting apparatus and equipment for use by local agencies. Local agencies, particularly those that serve rural areas, have had, and are likely to continue to have, difficulty acqu…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Firefighting Thermal Imaging Equipment Act of 2001.

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency Services. (b) “Local agency” means any city, county, city and county, fire district, special district, or joint powers agency that provides fire suppre…

Upon appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to this article, CRMP shall fund the seismic retrofitting of affordable multifamily housing. (a) Funding provided under this section shall be limited to affordable multifamily housing and consistent with this article. (b) CRMP shall…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that there exists the California Residential Mitigation Program, also known as the CRMP, a joint powers authority created in 2012 by agreement between the California Earthquake Authority and the Office of Emergency Services. (b) The Seismic …

(a) The CRMP shall develop and administer the program in accordance with this article. (b) The program shall do all of the following: (1) Encourage cost-effective seismic retrofitting for existing affordable multifamily housing in California. (2) Provide financial assistance to o…

(a) The CRMP shall develop criteria and a scoring methodology to prioritize financial assistance provided under the program that consider, but are not limited to considering, all of the following: (1) An area’s and community’s vulnerability to earthquakes. (2) The number of low- …

(a) The CRMP may accept any federal funds granted by an act of Congress or by executive order for any of the purposes of this article. (b) Administrative expenses of developing and administering the program shall not be paid from a source other than the funds appropriated pursuan…

There is established in the office a thermal imaging equipment purchasing program under which the office shall acquire firefighting thermal imaging equipment on behalf of local and state agencies that are interested in obtaining this equipment.

(a) By January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2042, the CRMP shall submit a report to the Legislature pursuant to Section 9795 regarding the implementation of the program. The report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) An evaluation …

This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2042, and, as of January 1, 2043, is repealed.

In administering the purchasing program, the director shall do all of the following: (a) No later than 45 days after the effective date of this article, establish an advisory committee, which shall be comprised of representatives of organizations including, but not limited to, th…

(a) The director shall seek funding for the program from the private sector, grant programs, and other appropriate sources. (b) The director, after consultation with the advisory commission, shall distribute equipment purchased under the program in order to maximize its utilizati…

For the purposes of this article: (a) “Comprehensive services” means primary services that include all of the following: (1) Shelter or established referral services for shelter on a 24 hours a day, seven days a week, basis. (2) A 24 hours a day, seven days a week, telephone hotl…

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Human Trafficking Victims Assistance Fund. Moneys in the fund, including any interest earned, shall only be expended to support programs for victims of human trafficking pursuant to the requirements of this article and for rei…

Nothing in this chapter shall operate to prevent the Governor or the Office of Emergency Services from formally recognizing committees or boards established by or with segments of the private sector, public agencies, or both the private sector and public agencies, that control fa…

(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall establish, and oversee the development, approval, and adoption of, the California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command (COPPSC) to facilitate the planning, resourcing, management, and delivery of safety and security at the 2028 O…

(a) No later than January 31, 2021, the Office of Emergency Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and with other necessary parties, to implement COPPSC’s safety and security act…

This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Public Safety Communication Act of 2002.

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Backward compatibility” means that the equipment is able to function with older, existing equipment. (b) “Committee” means the Public Safety Radio Strategic Planning Committee, that was establishe…

(a) The committee shall have primary responsibility in state government for both of the following: (1) Developing and implementing a statewide integrated public safety communication system that facilitates interoperability among state public safety departments listed in subdivisi…

(a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Manny Alert Act. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to explore the establishment of a statewide system under the management of the California Office of Emergency Services that provides the ability for public safety an…

For purposes of this article, “office” means the Office of Emergency Services.

(a) The office, in consultation with any persons that the office determines are relevant experts and stakeholders, shall complete a study to determine the feasibility of developing a statewide system that would enable all Californians, including older adults, individuals with dis…

(a) The committee shall consult with the following organizations and entities: (1) California State Peace Officers Association. (2) California Police Chiefs Association. (3) California State Sheriffs’ Association. (4) California Professional Firefighters. (5) California Fire Chie…

As used in this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Critical infrastructure controls” means networks and systems controlling assets so vital to the state that the incapacity or destruction of those networks, systems, or assets would have a debilitating impact on …

(a) (1) On or before July 1, 2018, the department shall, in consultation with the office and compliance with Section 11549.3, update the Technology Recovery Plan element of the State Administrative Manual to ensure the inclusion of cybersecurity strategy incident response standar…

(a) The committee shall determine which state public safety departments listed in subdivision (b) of Section 8592.1 need new or upgraded communication equipment and shall establish a program for equipment purchase. In establishing this program, the committee shall recommend the p…

(a) Each state agency shall report on its compliance with the standards updated pursuant to Section 8592.35 to the department in the manner and at the time directed by the department, but no later than July 1, 2019. (b) At the request of the department, any local entity that rece…

The information required by subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 8592.35, the report required by subdivision (a) of Section 8592.40, the plan authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 8592.40, and any public records relating to any communication made pursuant to, or in furtherance …

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a state department that purchases public safety radio communication equipment shall ensure that the equipment purchased complies with applicable provisions of the following: (1) The common system standards for digital public safety radio…

(a) (1) The office shall direct the California Cybersecurity Integration Center to prepare a strategic, multiyear outreach plan that focuses on ways to assist the food and agriculture sector and the water and wastewater sector in their efforts to improve cybersecurity and that in…

(a) A budget proposal submitted by a state agency for support of a new or modified radio system shall be accompanied by a technical project plan that includes all of the following: (1) The scope of the project. (2) Alternatives considered. (3) Justification for the proposed solut…

A “911” call, as described in Section 2896.1 of the Public Utilities Code, from a commercial mobile radio service telecommunications device may be routed to a public safety answering point other than the Department of the California Highway Patrol only if the alternate routing me…

(a) The Office of Emergency Services shall take all necessary actions to maximize the efficiency of the “911” system. (b) The office shall require the Public Safety Communications Division to work with the Department of the California Highway Patrol and county coordinators to rev…

The Office of Emergency Services shall work with advocacy groups representing the deaf and hard of hearing, including, but not limited to, the California Association of the Deaf and the Coalition of Deaf Access Providers, California television broadcasters, city and county emerge…

The Office of Emergency Services shall investigate the feasibility of, and the funding requirements for, establishing a “Digital Emergency Broadcast System” network, to be used by local and state government agencies for the provision of warnings and instructions in digital or pri…

(a) For the purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Cooling center” means a facility established to mitigate the public health impacts of extreme heat. (2) “Emergency shelter” means a temporary or provisional safe space that provides a basic shelter…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Evacuation order” means an order from the Governor, or a county emergency management official, county sheriff, chief of police, or fire marshal, under which persons subject to the order are required to re…

The Office of Emergency Services shall investigate the feasibility of establishing a toll-free 800 telephone hotline, including TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf) accessibility, which would be accessible to the public, including deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English-sp…

(a) (1) A county, including a city and county, shall, in advance of the next update to its emergency plan, use the plan developed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 107250 of the Health and Safety Code and develop a county-specific plan that addresses all of the recommendatio…

(a) A county, including a city and county, shall, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate cultural competence into its emergency plan by addressing, at a minimum, how culturally diverse communities within its jurisdiction are served by the following: (1) Emergency c…