Bill > SB465

This bill requires the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) to establish a statewide emergency alert system called California Alert, which will utilize Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS). The system will send emergency alerts to mobile phones within a designated cell tower's coverage area and will also contract with a private vendor to send alerts to registered phone numbers that are not location-based. While local city and county emergency warning systems will retain primary responsibility for sending alerts, California Alert will serve as a backup system and provide assistance to local governments when requested. The bill mandates that OES develop standards for issuing emergency alerts across local jurisdictional boundaries, with the overall legislative intent of improving emergency alert systems to ensure timely, clear, and effective delivery of emergency notifications and evacuation orders while preventing the spread of erroneous alerts.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB465