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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	David Twa, County Administrator
Date:	March 13, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

SB 833 (McGuire): Emergency Alerts: Evacuation Orders: Operators--SUPPORT

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/13/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

L. DeLaney, 925-335-1097

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 13, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT a position of "Support" on SB 833 (McGuire): Emergency Alerts: Evacuation Orders, a bill that would provide for a red alert system designed to issue and coordinate alerts following an evacuation order and requires the red alert system to incorporate a variety of notification resources and developing technologies that may be tailored to the circumstances and geography of the underlying evacuation, as recommended by the Fire Chief of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

FISCAL IMPACT:

It is not anticipated that the passage of this bill would have a fiscal impact on Contra Costa County.

BACKGROUND:

SB 833

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Author:

Mike McGuire (D-002)

Coauthor

Hill (D) , Levine (D) , Wood (D) , Aguiar-Curry (D) , Dodd (D)

Title:

Emergency Alerts: Evacuation Orders: Operators

Fiscal Committee:

yes

Urgency Clause:

Introduced:

01/04/2018

Disposition:

Pending

Location:

Senate Governmental Organization Committee

Summary:

Provides for a red alert system designed to issue and coordinate alerts following an evacuation order. Requires the red alert system to incorporate a variety of notification resources and developing technologies that may be tailored to the circumstances and geography of the underlying evacuation, as appropriate.

Status:

01/16/2018

To SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.

Chief Carman and the Metro Fire Chiefs are in support of SB 833 and recommend that the Board of Supervisors support the bill as well. Though there are some amendments that the Chiefs will be seeking, including the requirement of an "opt-out" enrollment for mobile device users, the general framework of the bill is supported.

The County's Community Warning System Manager indicated that the requirements in the bill are in line with Contra Costa County's system implementation and would not require substantive changes.

The text of the bill is included in Attachment A. The Fact Sheet for the bill is Attachment B.

Due to the cancellation of the March meeting of the Legislation Committee, there is no Committee recommendation on the bill. It is recommended by staff that the Board of Supervisors adopt a position of "Support" on the bill.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

There will be no official position of "Support" on this bill.