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Pico Rivera adopts local hazard mitigation plan to unlock FEMA mitigation funding
Summary
The City Council adopted a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) that Cal OES and FEMA have approved pending the council's signed resolution. The plan identifies extreme heat, seismic shaking, flooding, epidemics and human-caused hazards, and establishes a five-year implementation window and outreach priorities.
The Pico Rivera City Council voted to adopt the city's updated Local Hazard Mitigation Plan on Oct. 28, 2025, a step officials said is required to access certain Federal Emergency Management Agency mitigation grant programs.
Atlas Planning Solutions consultant Aaron Fannons, who led the update, told the council the plan was reviewed by the California Office of Emergency Services and FEMA and that the agencies had granted approval pending the council's signed resolution. Fannons said the plan "provides access to future mitigation…
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