BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2384 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 4, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Lorena Gonzalez, Chair AB 2384 (Gallagher) - As Amended April 6, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Governmental Organization |Vote:|20 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No SUMMARY: This bill requires the Office of Emergency Services (CalOES), in the first update of the State Emergency Plan (SEP) after January 1, 2017, to develop a plan to enhance the public's knowledge about how to identify and report terrorist activity. FISCAL EFFECT: AB 2384 Page 2 Minor and absorbable costs to CalOES. COMMENTS: 1)Purpose. According to the author, AB 2384 will help enhance the public's knowledge about how to identify and report suspicious activity in order to maintain community safety. 2)Background: In 2009, the California Legislature merged the powers, purposes, and responsibilities of the former OES with those of OHS into the newly- created California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA).On July 1, 2013, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s Reorganization Plan #2 eliminated Cal EMA and restored it to the Governor's Office, renaming it the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES), and merging it with the Office of Public Safety Communications. Today, CalOES is responsible for overseeing and coordinating emergency preparedness, response, recovery and homeland security activities within the state. 3)SEP. The SEP addresses the state's response to extraordinary emergency situations associated with natural disasters or human-caused emergencies. In accordance with the California Emergency Services Act, the plan describes the methods for carrying out emergency operations, the process for rendering mutual aid, the emergency services of governmental agencies, how resources are mobilized, how the public will be informed, and the process to ensure continuity of government during and emergency or disaster. The plan is a management document intended to be read and understood before an emergency occurs. It is designed to AB 2384 Page 3 outline the activities of all California jurisdictions within a statewide emergency management system and it embraces the capabilities and resources in the broader emergency management community that includes individuals, businesses, non-governmental organizations, tribal governments, other states, federal government and international assistance. 4)Related legislation. AB 1346 (Gray) in 2015 would require CalOES to update the SEP on or before January 1, 2018, and every 5 years thereafter, and would require the plan to be consistent with specified state climate adaptation strategies. AB 1346 is pending hearing in the Senate Governmental Organizations Committee. Analysis Prepared by:Luke Reidenbach / APPR. / (916) 319-2081