Emergency plan: access and functional needs: cities and counties.

Existing law requires a county, including a city and county, to, upon the next update to its emergency plan, integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan, by addressing, at a minimum, how the access and functional needs population is served by emergency communications, evacuation, and sheltering. Existing law requires a county, including a city and county, to include representatives from the access and functional needs population when making this update to integrate access and functional needs into its emergency plan. Existing law defines the access and functional needs population for these purposes as consisting of certain individuals, including seniors, children, and those who are low income. This bill would also require the 10 most populous cities in the state, according to data from the United States Census Bureau, to, in their next update to their emergency plans, integrate access and functional needs into their emergency plans and include representatives of the access and functional needs population when making the updates. The bill would also include foster youth in the definition of the access and functional needs population. By imposing these requirements on cities and counties, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.