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                                                                  AB 472
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          Date of Hearing:   May 13, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

               AB 472 (Blumenfeld) - As Introduced:  February 24, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                              Governmental  
          Organization Vote:                            16 - 0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires all state agencies, departments, and  
          commissions that maintain websites to prominently display a link  
          on their homepage with the phrase "Preparing for Disasters."   
          That link is required to connect to a website created and  
          maintained by the California Emergency Management Agency (Cal  
          EMA) in consultation with the Seismic Safety Commission. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Cal EMA already maintains a disaster preparedness website;  
          therefore any additional workload would be minor and absorbable  
          within existing resources. 

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . The author intends for this bill to increase access and  
          exposure to information on earthquake preparedness and educate  
          the public on how to be ready in the event of a disaster by  
          requiring all state agencies, departments, and commissions to  
          display a link on their homepage with the phrase "Preparing for  
          Disasters." 

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081