AB 536: Office of Emergency Services: mutual aid gap analysis.
- Session Year: 2021-2022
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2021-02-10
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, creates, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for addressing natural, technological, or man-made disasters and emergencies, including responsibility for activities necessary to prevent, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of emergencies and disasters to people and property.
This bill would require the office to prepare a gap analysis of the states mutual aid systems on a biennial basis, beginning on January 1, 2022. The bill would require the gap analysis to be prepared as specified and would require the gap analysis to be provided to specified committees of the Legislature no later than February 1, 2022, and by February 1 thereafter on a biennial basis.
(a)The office shall prepare a gap analysis of the states mutual aid systems on a biennial basis, beginning on January 1, 2022.
(b)(1)The gap analysis shall be based, among other things, on the firefighting, law enforcement, emergency medical services, mass care, shelter, and hospital surge capacity required to respond to two simultaneous, major disasters occurring in California.
(2)At a minimum, the gap analysis shall do all of the following:
(A)Use a disaster scenario of two simultaneous major incidents, such as a major earthquake in an urban area and a wildfire siege that would result in thousands of evacuations.
(B)Estimate response requirements for the state to fully respond to the disaster events.
(C)Measure baseline preparedness of the emergency management resources and capabilities maintained at the state level, by local jurisdictions, mutual aid partners, nongovernmental resources, and private sector partners.
(D)Develop and implement strategies to reduce or eliminate response capability shortfalls.
(E)Establish target priority areas where improvements to resource levels and capabilities are most needed.
(F)Evaluate and apply lessons learned from local, state, national, and international disasters.
(c)The gap analysis shall be provided to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, Assembly Committee on Budget, Assembly Committee on Emergency Management, and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization no later than February 1, 2022, and by February 1 thereafter on a biennial basis.
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| Aug 26, 2021 | In committee: Held under submission. |
| Jul 15, 2021 | In committee: Referred to suspense file. |
| Jul 6, 2021 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| May 27, 2021 | Referred to Com. on G.O. |
| May 13, 2021 | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
| May 13, 2021 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1408.) |
| May 6, 2021 | Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. |
| May 5, 2021 | From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). |
| Apr 21, 2021 | Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. |
| Apr 20, 2021 | From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 19). |
| Feb 18, 2021 | Referred to Com. on E.M. |
| Feb 11, 2021 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 13. |
| Feb 10, 2021 | Read first time. To print. |
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| May 13, 2021 | AB 536 Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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