Chapter VII: Section 1: Section 8895.1 is added to the

Government Code, to read:

8895.1. The commission shall initiate, with the
assistance and participation of other state,
federal, and local government agencies, a
comprehensive program to prepare the state for
responding to a major earthquake prediction. The
program should be implemented in order to result
in specific tools or products to be used by
governments in responding to an earthquake
prediction, such as educational materials for
citizens. This program may be implemented on a
prototypical basis in one area of the state
affected by earthquake predictions, provided that
it is useful for application in other areas of the
state upon its completion.

SEC. 2. Section 8897 of the Government Code is
amended to read:

8897. The commission is responsible for all of
the following in connection with earthquake hazard
mitigation:

(a) Setting goals and priorities in the public
and private sectors.

(b) Requesting appropriate state agencies to
devise criteria to promote earthquake and disaster
safety.

(c) Scheduling a report on disaster mitigation
issues from the Office of Emergency Services, on
the commission agenda as required. For the
purposes of this subdivision, the term disaster
refers to all natural hazards which could have
impact on public safety.

(d) Recommending program changes to state
agencies, local agencies, and the private sector
where such changes would improve earthquake
hazards and reduction.

(e) Reviewing the recovery and reconstruction
efforts after damaging earthquakes.

(f) Gathering, analyzing, and disseminating
information.

(g) Encouraging research.

(h) Sponsoring training to help improve the
competence of specialized enforcement and other
technical personnel.

(i) Helping to coordinate the earthquake safety
activities of government at all levels.

(j) Establishing and maintaining necessary
working relationships with any boards,
commissions, departments, and agencies, or other
public or private organizations.

SEC. 3. Section 8898 of the Government Code is
amended and renumbered to read:

8897.1. To implement the foregoing
responsibilities, the commission may do any of the
following:

(a) Review state budgets and review grant
proposals, other than those grant proposals
submitted by institutions of postsecondary
education to the federal government, for
earthquake related activities and to advise the
Governor and Legislature thereon.

(b) Review legislative proposals, related to
earthquake safety to advise the Governor and
Legislature concerning such proposals, and to
propose needed legislation.

(c) Recommend the addition, deletion, or
changing of state agency standards when, in the
commission's view, the existing situation creates
undue hazards or when new developments would
promote earthquake hazard mitigation, and conduct
public hearings as deemed necessary on the
subjects.

(d) In the conduct of any hearing,
investigation, inquiry, or study which is ordered
or undertaken in any part of the state, to
administer oaths and issue subpoenas for the
attendance of witnesses and the production of
papers, records, reports, books, maps, accounts,
documents, and testimony.

(e) In addition, the commission may perform any
of the functions contained in subdivisions (a) to
(d), inclusive, in relation to other disasters, as
defined in subdivision (c) of Section 8897, in
connection with issues or items reported or
discussed with the Office of Emergency Services at
any commission meeting.

SEC. 4. The sum of seven hundred fifty thousand
dollars ($750,000) is hereby appropriated from the
General Fund to the Seismic Safety Commission for
carrying out the provisions of Section 8895.1 of
the Government Code as added by this act,
contingent upon receipt of matching federal funds.

SEC. 5. This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health, or safety within the meaning of
Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting such
necessity are:

In order to protect the public safety against
earthquakes, including the imminent possibility of
major earthquake predictions being made within the
next 12 months, it is necessary that this act take
effect immediately.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

=National Security Council Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment of Consequences and Preparation for a Major California Earthquake=

_Dr. Frank Press_, Chairperson, President's Science Advisor _Clifton Alexander, Jr._, Secretary of the Army _Roderick Renick_, Department of Defense _Cecil Andres_, Secretary of the Department of Interior _H.W. Menard_, Department of Interior (USGS) _W. Bowman Cutter_, Executive Associate Director for Budget, Office of Management and Budget _Lynn Daft_, Associate Director for Domestic Policy Staff, White House _Peter Hamilton_, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Department of Defense _Ted Hodkowski_, Intergovernmental Assistant to the President, White House _John W. Macy, Jr._, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency _Richard Green_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _Frank Camm_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _William Odom_, Military Assistant, National Security Council, White House _Robert P. Pirie, Jr._, Assistant Secretary for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics, Department of Defense

=Working Group Members=

_Philip Smith_, Chairperson, Office of Science and Technology Policy _Clarence G. Collins_, Department of Transportation _Richard DiConti_, National Communications System _Joseph Mullinix_, Office of Management and Budget _Chris Shoemaker_, National Security Council _Charles C. Thiel_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _Stephen Travis_, Domestic Policy Staff _Robert L. Wesson_, Office of Science and Technology Policy

=Selected Contributors=

_Richard E. Adams_, State of California, OES Region V _James Alexander_, State of California, OES Region I _William Anderson_, National Science Foundation _Ralph Archuleta_, United States Geological Survey _Roger D. Borcherdt_, United States Geological Survey _Robert D. Brown, Jr._, United States Geological Survey _James Brown_, George Washington University _Richard J. Buzka_, United States Geological Survey _Maria D. Castain_, United States Geological Survey _Lloyd Cluff_, Woodward-Clyde Consultants _John Crawford_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _Alex Cunningham_, State of California, OES _Donna Darling_, State of California, OES Region II _Gardner Davis_, State of California, OES Region VI _Henry Degenkolb_, H.J. Degenkolb & Associates _Joseph Domingues_, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IX _Russell Dynes_, American Sociological Association _Raymond R. Eis_, United States Geological Survey _Susan Elkins_, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IX _Jack F. Evernden_, United States Geological Survey _Charles Fritz_, National Academy of Sciences _Thomas E. Fumal_, United States Geological Survey _James T. Haigwood_, State of California, OES Region I _Jane Victoria Hindmarsh_, State of California, OES _Connie E. Hooper_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _William B. Joyner_, United States Geological Survey _Harry King_, State of California, OES Region II _Henry Lagorio_, University of California _Richard P. Liechti_, United States Geological Survey _Terry Meade_, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IX _Ugo Morelli_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _William Myers_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _Robert A. Page_, United States Geological Survey _Daniel J. Ponti_, United States Geological Survey _H. Roger Pulley_, State of California, OES _F. Joseph Russo_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _Louis Schwalb_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _Wanda H. Seiders_, United States Geological Survey _Paul A. Spudich_, United States Geological Survey _Frank Steindl_, Oklahoma State University _Karl Steinbrugge_, Private Consultant _Christopher Stephens_, United States Geological Survey _Robert Stevens_, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IX _John Sucich_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _Hurst Sutton_, Private Consultant _Richard Traub_, State of California, OES Region I _Monica L. Turner_, United States Geological Survey _Robert E. Wallace_, United States Geological Survey _Kay M. Walz_, United States Geological Survey _William W. Ward_, State of California, OES Region II _Robert R. Wilson_, Federal Emergency Management Agency _Robert P. Yerkes_, United States Geological Survey _Mark D. Zoback_, United States Geological Survey

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