BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 4, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
AB
2384 (Gallagher) - As Amended April 6, 2016
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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:
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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
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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