Bill > AB986

This bill amends the California Emergency Services Act to explicitly include landslides as a condition that can trigger a state of emergency or local emergency declaration. The bill builds upon existing law that defines three types of emergencies: state of war emergency, state of emergency, and local emergency. Specifically, the bill adds landslides to the list of conditions that can constitute a state of emergency or local emergency, such as fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, and others. This means that if a landslide causes extreme peril to the safety of persons and property, and the situation is beyond the control of local services and requires combined regional forces to address, government officials can now more clearly declare an official emergency. The addition of landslides to the emergency conditions is significant, particularly in light of increasing climate change-related risks and geological instability in California, as it provides a formal mechanism for local and state governments to respond to and seek resources for landslide-related disasters.

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