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CA Govt Code § 8550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 1 - Purpose|Section 8550.

8550.  The state has long recognized its responsibility to mitigate the effects of natural, manmade, or war-caused emergencies that result in conditions of disaster or in extreme peril to life, property, and the resources of the state, and generally to protect the health and safety and preserve the lives and property of the people of the state. To ensure that preparations within the state will be adequate to deal with such emergencies, it is hereby found and declared to be necessary:(a) To confer upon the Governor and upon the chief executives and governing bodies of political subdivisions of this state the emergency powers provided herein; and to provide for state assistance in the organization and maintenance of the emergency programs of such political subdivisions.(b) To provide for a state office to be known and referred to as the Office of Emergency Services, within the office of the Governor, and to prescribe the powers and duties of the director of that office.(c) To provide for the assignment of functions to state entities to be performed during an emergency and for the coordination and direction of the emergency actions of those entities.(d) To provide for the rendering of mutual aid by the state government and all its departments and agencies and by the political subdivisions of this state in carrying out the purposes of this chapter.(e) To authorize the establishment of such organizations and the taking of such actions as are necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.It is further declared to be the purpose of this chapter and the policy of this state that all emergency services functions of this state be coordinated as far as possible with the comparable functions of its political subdivisions, of the federal government including its various departments and agencies, of other states, and of private agencies of every type, to the end that the most effective use may be made of all manpower, resources, and facilities for dealing with any emergency that may occur.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 111. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
CA Govt Code § 8551 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 1 - Purpose|Section 8551.

8551.  This chapter may be cited as the “California Emergency Services Act.”(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
CA Govt Code § 8555 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions|Section 8555.

8555.  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
CA Govt Code § 8556 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions|Section 8556.

8556.  “Governor” means the Governor or the person upon whom the powers and duties of the office of Governor have devolved pursuant to Section 10 of Article V of the California Constitution.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
CA Govt Code § 8557 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions|Section 8557.

8557.  (a) “State agency” means any department, division, independent establishment, or agency of the executive branch of the state government.(b) “Political subdivision” includes any city, city and county, county, district, or other local governmental agency or public agency authorized by law.(c) “Governing body” means the legislative body, trustees, or directors of a political subdivision.(d) “Chief executive” means that individual authorized by law to act for the governing body of a political subdivision.(e) “Disaster council” and “disaster service worker” have the meaning prescribed in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 3201) of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Labor Code.(f) “Public facility” means any facility of the state or a political subdivision, which facility is owned, operated, or maintained, or any combination thereof, through moneys derived by taxation or assessment.(g)  “Sudden and severe energy shortage” means a rapid, unforeseen shortage of energy, resulting from, but not limited to, events such as an embargo, sabotage, or natural disasters, and that has statewide, regional, or local impact.(h) For purposes of this chapter, a “deenergization event” means a planned power outage, undertaken by an electrical corporation, as defined in Section 218 of the Public Utilities Code, to reduce the risk of wildfires caused by utility equipment, pursuant to Public Utilities Commission Resolution ESRB-8 and any decisions issued by the commission, the Wildfire Safety Division, as set forth in Section 326 of the Public Utilities Code, the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, or any other agency with authority over electrical corporations. A deenergization event begins when an electrical corporation provides notice to any state agency or political subdivision of the potential need to initiate a planned deenergization of the electrical grid, and ends when the electrical corporation restores electrical services to all deenergized customers, or when the electrical corporation cancels the deenergization event for some or all of its affected customers, and rescinds the notice of the potential need to initiate the deenergization event. A deenergization event does not include any planned outages in connection with regular utility work.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 597, Sec. 1. (SB 52) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 8558 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions|Section 8558.

8558.  Three conditions or degrees of emergency are established by this chapter:(a) “State of war emergency” means the condition that exists immediately, with or without a proclamation thereof by the Governor, whenever this state or nation is attacked by an enemy of the United States, or upon receipt by the state of a warning from the federal government indicating that an enemy attack is probable or imminent.(b) “State of emergency” means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by conditions such as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, cyberterrorism, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, the Governor’s warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake, or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy or conditions causing a “state of war emergency,” which, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat, or with respect to regulated energy utilities, a sudden and severe energy shortage requires extraordinary measures beyond the authority vested in the California Public Utilities Commission.(c) (1) “Local emergency” means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a county, city and county, or city, caused by conditions such as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, cyberterrorism, sudden and severe energy shortage, deenergization event, plant or animal infestation or disease, the Governor’s warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake, or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of that political subdivision and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat, or with respect to regulated energy utilities, a sudden and severe energy shortage or deenergization event that requires extraordinary measures beyond the authority vested in the California Public Utilities Commission.(2) A local emergency proclaimed as the result of a deenergization event does not trigger the electric utility obligations set forth in Public Utilities Commission Decision 19-07-015 or its successor decisions as related to deenergization events. A local emergency proclaimed as the result of a deenergization event does not alter the electric utilities’ Public Utilities Commission-approved cost-recovery mechanisms for their own costs associated with deenergization events.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 597, Sec. 2. (SB 52) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 8559 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions|Section 8559.

8559.  (a) A “mutual aid region” is a subdivision of the state emergency services organization, established to facilitate the coordination of mutual aid and other emergency operations within an area of the state consisting of two or more county operational areas.(b) An “operational area” is an intermediate level of the state emergency services organization, consisting of a county and all political subdivisions within the county area.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
CA Govt Code § 8560 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions|Section 8560.

8560.  (a) “Emergency plans” means those official and approved documents which describe the principles and methods to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies. These plans include such elements as continuity of government, the emergency services of governmental agencies, mobilization of resources, mutual aid, and public information.(b) “State Emergency Plan” means the State of California Emergency Plan as approved by the Governor.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
CA Govt Code § 8561 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions|Section 8561.

8561.  “Master Mutual Aid Agreement” means the California Disaster and Civil Defense Master Mutual Aid Agreement, made and entered into by and between the State of California, its various departments and agencies, the various political subdivisions of the state, and federally recognized California Indian tribes, to facilitate implementation of the purposes of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 292, Sec. 2. (SB 816) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 8562 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 2 - General Definitions|Section 8562.

8562.  (a) “First responder” means an employee of the state or a local public agency who provides emergency response services, including any of the following:(1) A peace officer, as defined in Section 830 of the Penal Code.(2) A firefighter, as defined in Section 50925.(3) A paramedic, as defined in Section 1797.84 of the Health and Safety Code.(4) An emergency medical technician, as defined in Sections 1797.80 and 1797.82 of the Health and Safety Code.(5) A public safety dispatcher or public safety telecommunicator. For the purposes of this paragraph, “public safety dispatcher or public safety telecommunicator” means an individual employed by a public safety agency, as the initial first responder, whose primary responsibility is to receive, process, transmit, or dispatch emergency and nonemergency calls for law enforcement, fire, emergency medical, and other public safety services by telephone, radio, or other communication device, and includes an individual who promotes from this position and supervises individuals who perform these functions.(b) (1) Subdivision (a) shall not confer a right to, or entitlement upon, an employee or prospective employee to obtain a retirement benefit formula for an employment classification that is either not included in, or is expressly excluded from, that formula pursuant to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (Chapter 21 (commencing with Section 7522) of Division 7 of Title 1), the Public Employees’ Retirement Law (Division 5 (commencing with Section 20000)), or the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 3.)(2) An employer shall not offer, or indicate an ability to offer, to an employee or prospective employee a retirement benefit formula for an employment classification that is not included in, or is expressly excluded from, that formula pursuant to the California Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act of 2013 (Chapter 21 (commencing with Section 7522) of Division 7 of Title 1), Public Employees’ Retirement Law (Division 5 (commencing with Section 20000)), or the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 3), because the employment classification is included in subdivision (a).(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 68, Sec. 1. (AB 1945) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Govt Code § 8565 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8565.

8565.  The Governor shall have the powers granted by this article, which powers shall be in addition to any other powers granted to him by this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
CA Govt Code § 8565.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8565.1.

8565.1.  Nothing in this chapter shall operate to prevent the Governor from establishing a committee or board composed of heads of state agencies, should the Governor deem it necessary to aid him or her in obtaining information or advice, assisting in developing or carrying out plans, or otherwise acting in accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 36, Sec. 3. (SB 92) Effective June 30, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 36.)
CA Govt Code § 8566 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8566.

8566.  The Governor is empowered to expend any appropriation for support of the California Emergency Services Act to carry out the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
CA Govt Code § 8567 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8567.

8567.  (a) The Governor may make, amend, and rescind orders and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The orders and regulations shall have the force and effect of law. Due consideration shall be given to the plans of the federal government in preparing the orders and regulations. The Governor shall cause widespread publicity and notice to be given to all such orders and regulations, or amendments or rescissions thereof.(b) Orders and regulations, or amendments or rescissions thereof, issued during a state of war emergency or state of emergency shall be in writing and shall take effect immediately upon their issuance. Whenever the state of war emergency or state of emergency has been terminated, the orders and regulations shall be of no further force or effect.(c) All orders and regulations relating to the use of funds pursuant to Article 16 (commencing with Section 8645) shall be prepared in advance of any commitment or expenditure of the funds. Other orders and regulations needed to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall, whenever practicable, be prepared in advance of a state of war emergency or state of emergency.(d) All orders and regulations made in advance of a state of war emergency or state of emergency shall be in writing, shall be exempt from Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2. As soon thereafter as possible they shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and with the county clerk of each county.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 36, Sec. 4. (SB 92) Effective June 30, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 83 of Ch. 36.)
CA Govt Code § 8568 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8568.

8568.  The State Emergency Plan shall be in effect in each political subdivision of the state, and the governing body of each political subdivision shall take such action as may be necessary to carry out the provisions thereof.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
CA Govt Code § 8569 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8569.

8569.  The Governor shall coordinate the State Emergency Plan and those programs necessary for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency in this state; and he shall coordinate the preparation of plans and programs for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency by the political subdivisions of this state, such plans and programs to be integrated into and coordinated with the State Emergency Plan and the plans and programs of the federal government and of other states to the fullest possible extent.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1454.)
CA Govt Code § 8570 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8570.

8570.  The Governor may, in accordance with the State Emergency Plan and programs for the mitigation of the effects of an emergency in this state:(a) Ascertain the requirements of the state or its political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other necessities of life in the event of an emergency.(b) Plan for, procure, and pre-position supplies, medicines, materials, and equipment.(c) Use and employ any of the property, services, and resources of the state as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(d) Provide for the approval of local emergency plans.(e) Provide for mobile support units.(f) Provide for use of public airports.(g) Institute training programs and public information programs.(h) Make surveys of the industries, resources, and facilities, both public and private, within the state, as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.(i) Plan for the use of any private facilities, services, and property and, when necessary, and when in fact used, provide for payment for that use under the terms and conditions as may be agreed upon.(j) Take all other preparatory steps, including the partial or full mobilization of emergency organizations in advance of an actual emergency; and order those test exercises needed to insure the furnishing of adequately trained and equipped personnel in time of need.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 644, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Govt Code § 8570.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8570.3.

8570.3.  On or before July 31, 2015, the Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan to include proposed best practices for local governments and nongovernmental entities to use to mobilize and evacuate people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs during an emergency or natural disaster.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 187, Sec. 2. (AB 918) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 8570.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8570.4.

8570.4.  (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall update the State Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2019, and every five years thereafter.(b) (1) The office shall, when complying with subdivision (a), coordinate with representatives, including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation providers, from the access and functional needs population regarding the integration of access and functional needs into the State Emergency Plan.(2) As used in this subdivision, “access and functional needs population” has the same meaning as described in Section 8593.3.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 260, Sec. 1. (AB 3267) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Govt Code § 8570.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL|CHAPTER 7 - California Emergency Services Act|ARTICLE 3 - Powers of the Governor|Section 8570.5.

8570.5.  The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a guidance document to the state emergency plan to specify the response of the state and its political subdivisions to agriculture-related disasters. This document shall be completed by January 2002, and updated by January 2009, and shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(a) The roles and responsibilities of the county agricultural commissioners.(b) The roles and responsibilities of the Department of Agriculture and other relevant state agencies that are involved in the response to agriculture-related disasters.(c) Coordination of initial and ongoing crop damage assessments.(d) Disaster assistance between the time of the request for a federal disaster declaration and issuance of a federal declaration.(e) State assistance available if a requested federal declaration is not issued.(f) State assistance under a United States Department of Agriculture designation rather than a federal declaration.(g) State assistance for long-term unemployment in areas with high unemployment rates prior to an emergency.(h) Provision for the removal and elimination of extraordinary numbers of dead livestock for purposes of protecting public health and safety.(i) Strategies to assist in the development of an integrated and coordinated response by community-based organizations to the victims of agriculture-related disasters.(j) Procedures for the decontamination of individuals who have been or may have been exposed to hazardous materials, which may vary depending on the hazards posed by a particular hazardous material. The report shall specify that individuals shall be assisted in a humanitarian manner.(k) Integration of various local and state emergency response plans, including, but not limited to, plans that relate to hazardous materials, oil spills, public health emergencies, and general disasters.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 112. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)