2805-2808
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE
SECTION 2805-2808
2805. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Earthquake Education Act of 1984. 2806. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) California has recently experienced and will continue to experience in the foreseeable future damaging earthquakes of moderate to great magnitude. Efforts have been needed to increase the awareness of earthquake hazards through education so that future losses of life, injuries, loss of property, and social disruption will be minimized when those events occur. (b) Because of a lack of any state or local earthquake safety education program, it has been necessary for the state to assume leadership through the policy and guidance of the Seismic Safety Commission to develop and test earthquake safety programs which provide informational material to schools and the general public for minimizing potential disruption and loss of life. (c) Since the pilot earthquake safety education and preparedness programs developed under the California Earthquake Education Act of 1981 have been tested, their effectiveness analyzed, and they have been deemed successful by the Seismic Safety Commission, the Legislature believes that it is appropriate, as stated by the Earthquake Education Act of 1981, that those programs be distributed and implemented throughout the earthquake-prone areas of the state. (d) It is necessary that funds be appropriated to the Seismic Safety Commission from the General Fund for the purpose of expanding the earthquake safety program for statewide implementation over the next three years which, when completed, will constitute for the first time in history, a comprehensive, statewide self-supporting earthquake safety education program. 2807. (a) There is hereby established a project for the implementation of a statewide program of earthquake safety education and preparedness entitled the California Earthquake Education Project (CALEEP). The Seismic Safety Commission may contract with the University of California to carry out the project. The project shall focus on identifying state and local leadership interested in using the CALEEP materials, disseminating those materials, and utilizing the materials. (b) The project shall develop a relationship with the State Department of Education, interested teacher's education computer centers statewide, and interested counties and school districts. 2808. The objectives of the project are all of the following: (a) Developing public awareness regarding the causes of earthquakes, the forces and effects of earthquakes, and the need for school and community action in coping with earthquake hazards. (b) Promoting understanding of the impact of earthquakes on natural features and man-made structures. (c) Motivating the public to establish measures prior, during, and after earthquakes to ensure their public safety. (d) Disseminating, as widely as possible throughout the state, the program and project materials.