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Disaster Council reorganization and Lifelines Council aim to improve citywide recovery coordination
Summary
DEM outlined a reorganization to clarify the Disaster Council’s oversight role, emphasize Disaster Preparedness Coordinators and mission-area work groups, and introduced a Lifelines Council co-chaired by Ed Lee to coordinate utility restoration priorities across agencies.
The Department of Emergency Management presented an organizational update to the Disaster Council aimed at clarifying roles, reducing duplication, and improving accountability for preparedness and recovery work.
Vicky Hennessy reviewed the Disaster Council’s mandate under City Administrative Code Chapter 7 and described an effort to align the council, the Homeland Security Executive Steering Committee, mission-area steering groups and Disaster Preparedness Coordinators so that operational work is conducted by subject-matter experts and decisions are…
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