California Government Code ARTICLE 5 - Office of Emergency Services

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 Services.(b) “California Emergency Management Agency”...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 engaged...
• Section 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...
• Section 8585.7.
  The office may certify the accredited status of local disaster councils, subject to the requirements of Section 8612.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 124....
• Section 8586.
  The Governor shall assign all or part of his or her powers and duties under this chapter to the Office of Emergency Services.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 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...
• Section 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 Transportation for federal...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 Commission, shall develop...
• Section 8587.8.
  (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the California Geological Survey, the University of California, the United States...
• Section 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 programs in the...
• Section 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 Early Warning Advisory Board.(b) The following definitions...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 office...
• Section 8588.2.
  (a) The office may establish a statewide registry of private businesses and nonprofit organizations that are interested in donating services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or dispensaries...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 disaster...
• Section 8588.7.
  (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall procure mobile communication translators to enable mutual-aid emergency response agencies to communicate effectively while operating on incompatible frequencies.(b) Translators shall...
• Section 8588.10.a.
  (a) The director shall establish a Curriculum Development Advisory Committee to advise the office on the development of course curricula, as specified by the director.(b) The committee...
• Section 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 responsibilities of...
• Section 8588.12.
  (a) The Curriculum Development Advisory Committee, described in Section 8588.10, shall recommend criteria for terrorism awareness curriculum content to meet the training needs of state and...
• Section 8588.15.
  (a) The director shall appoint representatives of the disabled community to serve on the evacuation, sheltering, communication, recovery, and other pertinent Standardized Emergency Management System committees,...
• Section 8589.
  The Office of Emergency Services shall be permitted the use of all state and local fair properties as conditions require.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352,...
• Section 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 collection and dissemination...
• Section 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 for the...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 8589.6.
  (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop model guidelines for local government agencies and community-based organizations planning to develop a disaster registry program. Adoption of...
• Section 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 state...

Last modified: October 22, 2018