ABAG San Francisco Bay Area
Local Hazard Mitigation Planning
Tools for Local Governments to Tame Disasters

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.

Opportunities for Public Comments and Participation

Links to the 2010 UPDATE are in the table below. This updated LHMP has been submitted to CalEMA and FEMA for review on September 2, 2010. Written comments on any of this materials should be provided using the contact us link below or by contacting the applicable agency.

 

Hazard Maps and Information
2005 Plan
2010 Plan Update
Earthquake Shaking The Plan and Jurisdiction Annexes The Plan - Table of Contents and Chapters
Map Plates
Earthquake Liquefaction Mitigation Strategies Appendix A - The Planning Process Exposure Tables
Earthquake Faults Data and Resources Appendix B - Plan Update Process Jurisdiction Annexes - City, County, & Special Districts
Flooding Land Use and Infrastructure in Hazard Areas (2005 and 2010) Appendix C - Risk Assessment Mitigation Strategies
Wildfires
Repetitive Flood Losses (2005 and 2010)
 Appendix D - Past Disaster Declarations
Landslides 2005 Critical Facilities Exposure Appendix E - Land Use Change & Hazards  
Tsunamis 2010 Critical Facilities Exposure Appendix F - Private Property Loss Exposure
Induced Hazards - Hazmat and Dam Failure Building Loss Exposure (2005) Appendix G - Mitigation Strategies, with Priorities & Hazards Mitigated
Climate Change - Sea Level Rise Local Resources for Mitigation Planning   Appendix H and I not included

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 9/3/10 by dlh.