Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Board of Supervisors' Response to the 2020-2021 Civil Grand Jury Report "Where's the Plan for the San Mateo County Emergency Alert System?"
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Board of Supervisors' response to the 2020-2021 Civil Grand Jury Report, "Where's the Plan for the San Mateo County Emergency Alert System?"
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BACKGROUND:
On August 11, 2021, the 2020-2021 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury issued a report titled "Where's the Plan for the San Mateo County Emergency Alert System?" The Board of Supervisors is required to submit comments on the findings and recommendations pertaining to the matters over which it has decision-making authority within 90 days. The Board's response to the report is due to the Honorable Amarra A. Lee of the Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo, no later than November 11, 2021.
DISCUSSION:
The Grand Jury made six findings and six recommendations in its report. Staff has reviewed the Grandy Jury's report and assisted in drafting the County's response. The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors (Board) responses follow each finding and recommendation that the Grand Jury requested that the Board respond to within 90 days.
FINDINGS
Finding 1:
An Emergency Alert System Plan has not been completed in a timely fashion as recommended by the California Office of Emergency Services ("Alert and Warnings Guidelines") published March 2019.
Response: The County of San Mateo agrees with this finding. While a draft was quickly created in 2019 based on the example local plan template contained in the state plan, it was not completed to produce a final version. The template provided by the state has not been used as the basis for any alert and warning plans in the 12 greater Bay Area counties. The newly-formed San Mateo County Department of Emergency Management (DE...
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