California Government Code CHAPTER 12.1 - The California Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act

• Section 8871.
  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(a) California is situated on the rim of the Circum-Pacific seismic belt and it is inevitable that earthquakes along the...
• Section 8871.1.
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as The California Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1986.(Added by renumbering Section 8871 by Stats. 1991,...
• Section 8871.2.
  (a) There is hereby established a coordinated program pursuant to which the state shall implement new and expanded activities to significantly reduce the earthquake threat to...
• Section 8871.3.
  (a) The office shall establish an interim state operations center in southern California to coordinate response to a major earthquake. The office shall also develop an...
• Section 8871.4.
  The commission shall prepare the California Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services, the Division of Mines and Geology in...
• Section 8871.5.
  The disastrous effects and after effects of the Mexico City earthquake of September 19, 1985, have increased the urgency for development of local plans to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018