Section 8570.5 Of Article 3. Powers Of The Governor From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 2. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 3.
8570.5
. The Office of Emergency Services shall develop a guidance
document to the state emergency plan to specify the response of the
state and its political subdivisions to agriculture-related
disasters. This document shall be completed by January 2002, and
updated by January 2009, and shall include, but not be limited to,
all of the following:
(a) The roles and responsibilities of the county agricultural
commissioners.
(b) The roles and responsibilities of the Department of
Agriculture and other relevant state agencies that are involved in
the response to agriculture-related disasters.
(c) Coordination of initial and ongoing crop damage assessments.
(d) Disaster assistance between the time of the request for a
federal disaster declaration and issuance of a federal declaration.
(e) State assistance available if a requested federal declaration
is not issued.
(f) State assistance under a United States Department of
Agriculture designation rather than a federal declaration.
(g) State assistance for long-term unemployment in areas with high
unemployment rates prior to an emergency.
(h) Provision for the removal and elimination of extraordinary
numbers of dead livestock for purposes of protecting public health
and safety.
(i) Strategies to assist in the development of an integrated and
coordinated response by community-based organizations to the victims
of agriculture-related disasters.
(j) Procedures for the decontamination of individuals who have
been or may have been exposed to hazardous materials, which may vary
depending on the hazards posed by a particular hazardous material.
The report shall specify that individuals shall be assisted in a
humanitarian manner.
(k) Integration of various local and state emergency response
plans, including, but not limited to, plans that relate to hazardous
materials, oil spills, public health emergencies, and general
disasters.