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§ 8593.25

535 words·~2 min read·/ca/government-code/8593-25

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(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)of Section 107250 of the Health and Safety Code and develop a county-specific plan that addresses all of the recommendations and guidelines of the plan developed pursuant to subdivision
(a)of Section 107250 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2)A county, including a city and county, shall also assign a role, department, or agency to serve as a lead with regard to each recommendation and guideline in the event of significantly poor air quality caused by wildfires or other sources. If a county, including a city and county, has an existing hierarchy to assign responsibilities in the event of significantly poor air quality caused by wildfires or other sources, the county may incorporate its existing process into its county-specific plan to fulfill this requirement.
(b)A county, including a city and county, shall, in advance of the next update to its emergency plan, establish criteria, locations, and measurements of effectiveness for public respite facilities during poor air quality and other weather-related events.
(c)A county-specific plan developed pursuant to subdivision
(a)shall incorporate a plan to identify personnel to rapidly deploy aid and expertise to disaster areas, and a plan for public outreach to promptly and effectively inform the public about the health threat and what the public should do in response.
(d)A county-specific plan developed pursuant to subdivision
(a)shall incorporate a process to provide emergency provisions of respiratory protection, air purifiers, medications, and oxygen for people with respiratory and pulmonary diseases, and people suffering symptoms of respiratory and pulmonary diseases. If a county, including a city and county, has an existing process to acquire and distribute emergency provisions, the county may incorporate its existing process into its county-specific plan to fulfill this requirement.
(e)A county-specific plan developed pursuant to subdivision
(a)shall incorporate a process to conduct outreach and communicate to the public and with key stakeholders about the plan, what it includes, how it will be implemented, and steps stakeholders and other members of the public need to take to be prepared in the event of an air quality event caused by wildfires or other sources.
(f)Two or more counties may establish a multicounty agreement to develop and implement a regional multicounty plan in lieu of each individual county implementing its own plan. A multicounty plan shall be approved by each of the counties’ boards of supervisors.
(g)After a county-specific plan or a regional multicounty plan is approved by the county’s board of supervisors, a copy of the plan shall be distributed to all of the following:
(1)The chief executive, who may be a city manager or a mayor of each city within the county, and to the county executive of the respective county, including a city and county.
(2)The director of the county’s department of public health, and the director of the department of public health for any city in their county that has its own public health department.
(3)The State Public Health Officer.
(4)The Director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
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