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Adoption of the Los Angeles Unified School District 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
Office of Environmental Health & Safety
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Brief Description:
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(Adoption of the Los Angeles Unified School District 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan) Recommends adoption of the 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). This plan supports the District with the eligibility for certain federal disaster assistance. The District received conditional approval of the LHMP update from the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) pending formal adoption by the Board of Education (Board).
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Recommendation
Action Proposed:
Approve and adopt the Resolution of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education (Attachment A) adopting the Los Angeles Unified School District 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (Attachment B) prepared pursuant to the requirements of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390), the implementing regulations set forth by the Interim Final Rule published in the Federal Register on February 26, 2002, (44 CFR ?201.6) and finalized on October 31, 2007, and the latest FEMA guidance effective April 2025.
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Background:
In 2004, the District developed a LHMP, which received FEMA approval in 2005. Subsequent LHMPs were prepared and received FEMA approval, and the latest version was adopted and approved in November 2018. The LHMP is typically valid for a period of five years and in order to keep it current, an update is required to reflect the current responsibilities of the District's divisions, departments and offices and address major natural and human-caused disasters that have the potential to impact District facilities and operations. The updated plan was prepared to ensure the District would be eligible for FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation and Hazard Mitigation Grant programs, explicitly, FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP); Pre-Disas...
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