This hearing will assess San Francisco's preparedness for extreme heat events, focusing on planning, infrastructure improvements, and risk reduction efforts. It also requests reports from various city departments on their progress and strategies related to these issues.
Hearing on San Francisco's readiness for extreme heat events, including operational planning/procedures, infrastructure investments, and progress on risk mitigation; and requesting the Departments of Emergency Management, Public Health, Environment, and the Office of Resilience and Capital Planning to report.
How it got here
The legislation originated from a need to address San Francisco's preparedness for extreme heat events, prompted by increasing frequency and severity of such events.
DEM and FEMA coordinated a heat and air quality resilience tabletop exercise with community organizations to enhance preparedness for extreme heat events.
Supervisor Rafael Mandelman introduced a hearing request to assess San Francisco's readiness for extreme heat events, including operational planning and infrastructure investments.
The committee referred the hearing request to the Departments of Emergency Management, Public Health, Environment, and the Office of Resilience and Capital Planning for reporting.
The committee scheduled a hearing to discuss the findings and recommendations from the referred departments regarding extreme heat preparedness.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
