The plan must be a living document. The California plan is evaluated continuously to refine its direction, measure its results, and consider new points of view. It is revised annually and is reprinted in its entirety every five years. The plan and its updates are distributed to the California legislature, the executive office, state agencies, and local governments. It is available to anyone who requests it.
Mitigation is cost effective.
Stakeholder communities and the public and private sectors should work with regional disaster research centers where they exist to accelerate the pace of mitigation. Incentives are needed to encourage mitigation. As others have pointed out, many existing policies encourage the status quo. Incentives in the areas of land-use planning, legal liability, financing, insurance, taxes, loans, building permits, and interest rates, for example, would help encourage people to take hazard mitigation seriously. Conversely, insurance companies should consider increasing premiums for those who fail to mitigate.