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.

Written comments on any of this materials should be provided using the comments link below or by contacting the applicable agency.

 

HAZARD MAPS AND INFORMATON

2005 PLAN
2010 PLAN UPDATE
Earthquake Shaking Documents & Appendices Cover and Introduction
Additional Local Materials - City, County, & Special District
Earthquake Liquefaction 2005- Local Government Mitigation Strategies Chapter 1 - Infrastructure Mitigation Strategies - City, County, & Special District
Earthquake Faults Critical Facilities Exposures Chapter 2 - Health Care Appendix A- The Planning Process
Flooding FLOOD Repetitive Losses Chapter 3 - Housing Appendix B - Plan Update Process
Wildfires Building Loss Exposure Chapter 4 - Economy
Appendix C - Risk Assessment and Map Plates
Landslides   Chapter 5 - Government Appendix D- Past Disaster Declarations
Tsunamis PLANNING PROCESS Chapter 6 - Schools and Education
Appendix E- Land Use Change & Hazards
Induced Hazards - Hazmat and Dam Failure Land Use in Hazard Areas for BOTH 2005 and Update Chapter 7 - Environment
Appendix F - Private Property Loss Exposure
  Local Resources for Mitigation Planning   Chapter 8 - Land Use Appendix G- Mitigation Strategies, with Priorities & Hazards Mitigated

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 1/6/10 by dlh.