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Board committee backs disaster-preparedness recommendations but conditions funding on budget process
Summary
Committee members praised a civil grand jury review that called for more authority and funding for coordinated disaster planning, directed the Department of Emergency Management to lead cross-department preparedness, and agreed to forward the response to the full Board while flagging budget constraints and separate environmental review for a proposed helipad.
The Government Audits and Oversight Committee considered a February 2007 civil grand jury report that examined San Francisco’s readiness for large-scale disasters and recommended clearer authority, better funding and improved coordination across departments, particularly the Department of Emergency Management and the Department of Public Health.
Julia Hanson, chair of the grand jury continuity committee, told the panel the jury concluded that authority to coordinate and monitor disaster preparedness "should rest with the Department of Emergency Management," and that EMSA/IMSA should be empowered and funded to develop mass-casualty plans. The jury emphasized that some recommendations will require budget commitments in future cycles.
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