Bill Text: CA AB2654 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Emergency plan: access and functional needs: cities and counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-05 - Re-referred to Com. on G.O. [AB2654 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2654-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
May 04, 2020 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2654
| Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes |
February 20, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2654, as amended, Cervantes.
Emergency services. Emergency plan: access and functional needs: cities and counties.
Existing law requires a county, including a city and county, to, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan, by addressing, at a minimum, how the access and functional needs population is served by emergency communications, evacuation, and sheltering. Existing law requires a county, including a city and county, to include representatives from the access and functional needs population when making this update to integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan. Existing law defines the access and functional needs population for these purposes as consisting of certain individuals, including seniors, children, and those who are low income.
This bill would also require the 10 most populous cities in the state, according to data from the United States Census Bureau, to, in their next update to their emergency plans, integrate access and functional needs into their emergency plans and include representatives of the access and functional needs population when making the updates. The bill would also include foster youth in the definition of the access and functional needs population. By imposing these requirements on cities and counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
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bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law required, on or before July 31, 2015, the Office of Emergency Services to 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.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would respond to the California State Auditor’s Office’s December 2019 report, entitled “California is Not Adequately Prepared to Protect its Most Vulnerable Residents from Natural Disasters,” that discusses its audit of the Office of Emergency Services and specified counties for emergency preparedness and protection of vulnerable populations.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8593.3 of the Government Code is amended to read:8593.3.
(a) A county,(1) Emergency communications, including the integration of interpreters, translators, and assistive technology.
(2) Emergency evacuation, including the
identification of transportation resources and resources that are compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) for individuals who are dependent on public transportation.
(3) Emergency sheltering, including ensuring that designated shelters are compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) or can be made compliant through modification and that showers and bathrooms are fully accessible to all occupants.
(b) For purposes of this section, the “access and functional needs population” consists of individuals who have developmental or intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, chronic conditions, injuries, limited English proficiency or who are non-English speaking, seniors, children,
foster youth, people living in institutionalized settings, or those who are low income, homeless, or transportation disadvantaged, including, but not limited to, those who are dependent on public transit or those who are pregnant.
(c) A county, or city and county, and, according to data from the United States Census Bureau, the 10 most populous cities in the state, upon the next update to its emergency plan, regarding the integration of access and functional needs into that emergency plan, shall include representatives from the access and functional needs population, pursuant to subdivision (b), including, but not limited to, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, and transportation
providers.
SEC. 2.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to respond to the California State Auditor’s Office’s December 2019 report, entitled “California is Not Adequately Prepared to Protect its Most Vulnerable Residents from Natural Disasters,” that discusses its audit of the Office of Emergency Services and specified counties for emergency preparedness and protection of vulnerable populations.
