ARTICLE 5. Office of Emergency Services

Heading of Article 5 amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 70.

§§ 8585–8589.7 · 43 sections

§ 8585 (a) (1) There is in state government, within the office of the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services. The Office of Emergency Services shall be under the…
§ 8585.01 The Office of Emergency Services shall be the lead agency for emergency response to a large, ongoing leak or release of natural gas and associated gases from a…
§ 8585.05 Unless the context otherwise requires, for purpose of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agency” or “office” means the Office of Emergency…
§ 8585.1 (a) The director shall be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor. The appointment of the director is subject to confirmation by the…
§ 8585.2 (a) All employees serving in state civil service, other than temporary employees, who are engaged in the performance of functions transferred to the office or…
§ 8585.5 The office shall establish by rule and regulation various classes of disaster service workers and the scope of the duties of each class. The office shall also…
§ 8585.7 The office may certify the accredited status of local disaster councils, subject to the requirements of Section 8612.
§ 8585.8 (a) The office may enter into an agreement directly with one or more certified community conservation corps to perform emergency or disaster response services…
§ 8586 The Governor shall assign all or part of his or her powers and duties under this chapter to the Office of Emergency Services.
§ 8586.5 (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall establish and lead the California Cybersecurity Integration Center. The California Cybersecurity Integration…
§ 8586.7 (a) (1) The office and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall jointly establish and lead the Wildfire Forecast and Threat Intelligence…
§ 8586.8 (a) For purposes of this section, “office” means the Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Development. (b) The Office of Wildfire Technology Research and…
§ 8586.9 (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall administer the Special District Fire Response Fund established pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of…
§ 8587 (a) During a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency, the secretary shall coordinate the emergency activities of all state agencies…
§ 8587.5 (a) The Department of Transportation shall, in cooperation with interested cities with Traffic Signal Override Systems, apply to the United States Secretary of…
§ 8587.6 (a) Prior to January 1, 2018, the office shall adopt a public education program to enhance the public’s knowledge about how to identify and report suspected…
§ 8587.7 (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, the Department of General Services, and the Seismic Safety…
§ 8587.8 (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the California Geological Survey, the University…
§ 8587.9 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a critical need for a consistent and coordinated approach to seismic safety and earthquake-related…
§ 8587.11 (a) There is in state government, within the office, both of the following: (1) The California Earthquake Early Warning Program. (2) The California Earthquake…
§ 8587.12 (a) On or before February 1, 2018, the office, in consultation with the board, shall develop and submit a business plan for the program to the Senate Committee…
§ 8588 Whenever conditions exist within any region or regions of the state that warrant the proclamation by the Governor of a state of emergency and the Governor has…
§ 8588.1 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that this state can only truly be prepared for the next disaster if the public and private sector collaborate. (b) The…
§ 8588.2 (a) The office shall establish a statewide donations system for private businesses and nonprofit organizations that are interested in donating services, goods,…
§ 8588.3 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the responsibility of the State of California to protect and preserve the right of its citizens to a safe and…
§ 8588.5 To promote an increase in the number of trained disaster search dog teams, the office shall do all of the following: (a) Provide instruction to California…
§ 8588.7 (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall procure mobile communication translators to enable mutual-aid emergency response agencies to communicate effectively…
§ 8588.8 Upon the proclamation of a state of emergency declared by the Governor, the Office of Emergency Services shall include, on an appropriate Internet Web site,…
§ 8588.9 (a) The California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the director to improve the physical security of…
§ 8588.10 (a) The director shall establish a Curriculum Development Advisory Committee to advise the office on the development of course curricula, as specified by the…
§ 8588.11 (a) The office shall contract with the California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Program to develop a fire service specific course of instruction on the…
§ 8588.12 (a) The Curriculum Development Advisory Committee, described in Section 8588.10, shall recommend criteria for terrorism awareness curriculum content to meet…
§ 8588.15 (a) The director shall appoint representatives of the access and functional needs population to serve on the evacuation, sheltering, communication, recovery,…
§ 8589 The Office of Emergency Services shall be permitted the use of all state and local fair properties as conditions require.
§ 8589.1 (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall plan to establish the State Computer Emergency Data Exchange Program (SCEDEP), which shall be responsible for…
§ 8589.2 (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with the California Highway Patrol and other state and local agencies, shall establish a statewide plan…
§ 8589.3 (a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within a special flood hazard area (any type Zone “A” or “V”)…
§ 8589.4 (a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within an area of potential flooding shown on an inundation map…
§ 8589.45 (a) In every lease or rental agreement for residential property entered into on or after July 1, 2018, the owner or person offering the property for rent shall…
§ 8589.5 (a) For the purposes of this section, “emergency action plan” means a written document that outlines actions to be undertaken during an emergency in order to…
§ 8589.6 (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop model guidelines for local government agencies and community-based organizations planning to develop a…
§ 8589.65 (a) The Office of Emergency Services and California Volunteers, in coordination with Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, also referred to as VOADs and…
§ 8589.7 (a) In carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8574.17, the Office of Emergency Services shall serve as the central point in…