ARTICLE 6.5. Accessibility to Emergency Information and Services
Heading of Article 6.5 amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 520, Sec. 1.
§§ 8593–8594.16 · 22 sections
- § 8593 The Office of Emergency Services shall work with advocacy groups representing the deaf and hard of hearing, including, but not limited to, the California…
- § 8593.1 The Office of Emergency Services shall investigate the feasibility of, and the funding requirements for, establishing a “Digital Emergency Broadcast System”…
- § 8593.2 The Office of Emergency Services shall investigate the feasibility of establishing a toll-free 800 telephone hotline, including TDD (telecommunications device…
- § 8593.25 (a) (1) A county, including a city and county, shall, in advance of the next update to its emergency plan, use the plan developed pursuant to subdivision (a)…
- § 8593.3 (a) A county, including a city and county, shall, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan by…
- § 8593.3.2 (a) A county shall send a copy of its emergency plan to the Office of Emergency Services on or before March 1, 2022, and upon any update to the plan after that…
- § 8593.3.5 (a) A county, including a city and county, shall, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate cultural competence into its emergency plan by…
- § 8593.4 (a) A local government may enter into an agreement to access the contact information of resident accountholders through the records of a public utility for the…
- § 8593.5 (a) A governing body of a postsecondary institution that receives state funds, including funds for student financial assistance, may access its own enrollment,…
- § 8593.6 (a) No later than six months after securing funding for the purposes of this section, the Director of Emergency Services shall convene a working group for the…
- § 8593.7 (a) On or before July 1, 2022, the Office of Emergency Services, in consultation with, at minimum, telecommunications carriers, the California cable and…
- § 8593.8 (a) (1) A county, including a city and county, may enter into an agreement with an adjacent county, upon the request of the adjacent county, for purposes of…
- § 8593.9 (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall, by January 1, 2022, develop best practices for counties developing and updating a county emergency plan. (b) The…
- § 8593.10 (a) For the purposes of this section, all of the following definitions apply: (1) “Cooling center” means a facility established to mitigate the public health…
- § 8593.11 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Evacuation order” means an order from the Governor, or a county emergency…
- § 8594 (a) If a law enforcement agency receives a report that an abduction has occurred or that a child has been taken by anyone, including, but not limited to, a…
- § 8594.5 (a) For purposes of this section, “blue alert” means a quick response system designed to issue and coordinate alerts following an attack upon a law enforcement…
- § 8594.10 (a) For purposes of this section, “Silver Alert” means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts…
- § 8594.11 (a) For purposes of this section, “Endangered Missing Advisory” means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and…
- § 8594.13 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms apply: (1) “Feather Alert” means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (d), designed…
- § 8594.14 (a) For purposes of this section, “Ebony Alert” means a notification system, activated pursuant to subdivision (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts…
- § 8594.16 (a) Translating emergency notifications into the most commonly spoken language other than English is a critically important governmental activity. In order for…