CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1200Introduced by Assembly Member CalozaFebruary 21, 2025 An act to add Article 4.2 (commencing with Section 8580) to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1200, as introduced, Caloza. State Lifelines Council.Existing law establishes the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission in the Office of Emergency Services and requires the commission to, among other things, work with specified agencies to identify key activities and responsibilities related to seismic safety. This bill would require the Seismic Safety Commission to enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster, and would require the council to compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop postevent performance standards for public and private utility providers. The bill would state related findings and declarations of the Legislature.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:(1) The Federal Emergency Management Agency created Community Lifelines to reframe incident information, understand and communicate incident impacts using plain language, and promote unity of effort across the whole community to prioritize efforts to stabilize the lifelines during incident response. While lifelines were developed to support response planning and operations, the concept can be applied across the entire preparedness cycle.(2) Efforts to protect lifelines, prevent and mitigate potential impacts to them, and build back stronger and smarter during recovery will drive overall resilience of the nation. Applying the lifelines construct allows decision-makers to (A) prioritize, sequence, and focus response efforts towards maintaining or restoring the most critical services and infrastructure, (B) utilize a common lexicon to facilitate unity of purpose among all stakeholders, (C) promote a response that facilitates unity of purpose and better communication among the whole community, including federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, and private sector and non-governmental entities, and (D) clarify which components of the disaster are complex or complicated, requiring cross-sector coordination.(3) Lifelines are used to enhance the ability to gain, maintain, and communicate situational awareness for the whole community in responding to disasters; analyze impacts to the various lifelines and develop priority focus areas for each operational period during response; and identify and communicate complex interdependencies to identify major limiting factors hindering stabilization.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish the State Lifelines Council, to be cochaired by the Seismic Safety Commission, the Strategic Growth Council, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to identify what investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster to compliment the work of similar local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.SEC. 2. Article 4.2 (commencing with Section 8580) is added to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: Article 4.2. State Lifelines Council8580. (a) The Seismic Safety Commission shall enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish the State Lifelines Council to identify the investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster. (b) The council shall compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1200Introduced by Assembly Member CalozaFebruary 21, 2025 An act to add Article 4.2 (commencing with Section 8580) to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1200, as introduced, Caloza. State Lifelines Council.Existing law establishes the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission in the Office of Emergency Services and requires the commission to, among other things, work with specified agencies to identify key activities and responsibilities related to seismic safety. This bill would require the Seismic Safety Commission to enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster, and would require the council to compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop postevent performance standards for public and private utility providers. The bill would state related findings and declarations of the Legislature.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1200
Introduced by Assembly Member CalozaFebruary 21, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Caloza
February 21, 2025
An act to add Article 4.2 (commencing with Section 8580) to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to emergency services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1200, as introduced, Caloza. State Lifelines Council.
Existing law establishes the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission in the Office of Emergency Services and requires the commission to, among other things, work with specified agencies to identify key activities and responsibilities related to seismic safety. This bill would require the Seismic Safety Commission to enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster, and would require the council to compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop postevent performance standards for public and private utility providers. The bill would state related findings and declarations of the Legislature.
Existing law establishes the Alfred E. Alquist Seismic Safety Commission in the Office of Emergency Services and requires the commission to, among other things, work with specified agencies to identify key activities and responsibilities related to seismic safety.
This bill would require the Seismic Safety Commission to enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster, and would require the council to compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop postevent performance standards for public and private utility providers. The bill would state related findings and declarations of the Legislature.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:(1) The Federal Emergency Management Agency created Community Lifelines to reframe incident information, understand and communicate incident impacts using plain language, and promote unity of effort across the whole community to prioritize efforts to stabilize the lifelines during incident response. While lifelines were developed to support response planning and operations, the concept can be applied across the entire preparedness cycle.(2) Efforts to protect lifelines, prevent and mitigate potential impacts to them, and build back stronger and smarter during recovery will drive overall resilience of the nation. Applying the lifelines construct allows decision-makers to (A) prioritize, sequence, and focus response efforts towards maintaining or restoring the most critical services and infrastructure, (B) utilize a common lexicon to facilitate unity of purpose among all stakeholders, (C) promote a response that facilitates unity of purpose and better communication among the whole community, including federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, and private sector and non-governmental entities, and (D) clarify which components of the disaster are complex or complicated, requiring cross-sector coordination.(3) Lifelines are used to enhance the ability to gain, maintain, and communicate situational awareness for the whole community in responding to disasters; analyze impacts to the various lifelines and develop priority focus areas for each operational period during response; and identify and communicate complex interdependencies to identify major limiting factors hindering stabilization.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish the State Lifelines Council, to be cochaired by the Seismic Safety Commission, the Strategic Growth Council, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to identify what investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster to compliment the work of similar local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.SEC. 2. Article 4.2 (commencing with Section 8580) is added to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: Article 4.2. State Lifelines Council8580. (a) The Seismic Safety Commission shall enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish the State Lifelines Council to identify the investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster. (b) The council shall compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:(1) The Federal Emergency Management Agency created Community Lifelines to reframe incident information, understand and communicate incident impacts using plain language, and promote unity of effort across the whole community to prioritize efforts to stabilize the lifelines during incident response. While lifelines were developed to support response planning and operations, the concept can be applied across the entire preparedness cycle.(2) Efforts to protect lifelines, prevent and mitigate potential impacts to them, and build back stronger and smarter during recovery will drive overall resilience of the nation. Applying the lifelines construct allows decision-makers to (A) prioritize, sequence, and focus response efforts towards maintaining or restoring the most critical services and infrastructure, (B) utilize a common lexicon to facilitate unity of purpose among all stakeholders, (C) promote a response that facilitates unity of purpose and better communication among the whole community, including federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, and private sector and non-governmental entities, and (D) clarify which components of the disaster are complex or complicated, requiring cross-sector coordination.(3) Lifelines are used to enhance the ability to gain, maintain, and communicate situational awareness for the whole community in responding to disasters; analyze impacts to the various lifelines and develop priority focus areas for each operational period during response; and identify and communicate complex interdependencies to identify major limiting factors hindering stabilization.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish the State Lifelines Council, to be cochaired by the Seismic Safety Commission, the Strategic Growth Council, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to identify what investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster to compliment the work of similar local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:(1) The Federal Emergency Management Agency created Community Lifelines to reframe incident information, understand and communicate incident impacts using plain language, and promote unity of effort across the whole community to prioritize efforts to stabilize the lifelines during incident response. While lifelines were developed to support response planning and operations, the concept can be applied across the entire preparedness cycle.(2) Efforts to protect lifelines, prevent and mitigate potential impacts to them, and build back stronger and smarter during recovery will drive overall resilience of the nation. Applying the lifelines construct allows decision-makers to (A) prioritize, sequence, and focus response efforts towards maintaining or restoring the most critical services and infrastructure, (B) utilize a common lexicon to facilitate unity of purpose among all stakeholders, (C) promote a response that facilitates unity of purpose and better communication among the whole community, including federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, and private sector and non-governmental entities, and (D) clarify which components of the disaster are complex or complicated, requiring cross-sector coordination.(3) Lifelines are used to enhance the ability to gain, maintain, and communicate situational awareness for the whole community in responding to disasters; analyze impacts to the various lifelines and develop priority focus areas for each operational period during response; and identify and communicate complex interdependencies to identify major limiting factors hindering stabilization.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish the State Lifelines Council, to be cochaired by the Seismic Safety Commission, the Strategic Growth Council, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to identify what investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster to compliment the work of similar local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:
### SECTION 1.
(1) The Federal Emergency Management Agency created Community Lifelines to reframe incident information, understand and communicate incident impacts using plain language, and promote unity of effort across the whole community to prioritize efforts to stabilize the lifelines during incident response. While lifelines were developed to support response planning and operations, the concept can be applied across the entire preparedness cycle.(2) Efforts to protect lifelines, prevent and mitigate potential impacts to them, and build back stronger and smarter during recovery will drive overall resilience of the nation. Applying the lifelines construct allows decision-makers to (A) prioritize, sequence, and focus response efforts towards maintaining or restoring the most critical services and infrastructure, (B) utilize a common lexicon to facilitate unity of purpose among all stakeholders, (C) promote a response that facilitates unity of purpose and better communication among the whole community, including federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, and private sector and non-governmental entities, and (D) clarify which components of the disaster are complex or complicated, requiring cross-sector coordination.(3) Lifelines are used to enhance the ability to gain, maintain, and communicate situational awareness for the whole community in responding to disasters; analyze impacts to the various lifelines and develop priority focus areas for each operational period during response; and identify and communicate complex interdependencies to identify major limiting factors hindering stabilization.(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish the State Lifelines Council, to be cochaired by the Seismic Safety Commission, the Strategic Growth Council, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to identify what investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster to compliment the work of similar local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
(2) Efforts to protect lifelines, prevent and mitigate potential impacts to them, and build back stronger and smarter during recovery will drive overall resilience of the nation. Applying the lifelines construct allows decision-makers to (A) prioritize, sequence, and focus response efforts towards maintaining or restoring the most critical services and infrastructure, (B) utilize a common lexicon to facilitate unity of purpose among all stakeholders, (C) promote a response that facilitates unity of purpose and better communication among the whole community, including federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local governments, and private sector and non-governmental entities, and (D) clarify which components of the disaster are complex or complicated, requiring cross-sector coordination.
(3) Lifelines are used to enhance the ability to gain, maintain, and communicate situational awareness for the whole community in responding to disasters; analyze impacts to the various lifelines and develop priority focus areas for each operational period during response; and identify and communicate complex interdependencies to identify major limiting factors hindering stabilization.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish the State Lifelines Council, to be cochaired by the Seismic Safety Commission, the Strategic Growth Council, and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to identify what investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster to compliment the work of similar local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
SEC. 2. Article 4.2 (commencing with Section 8580) is added to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read: Article 4.2. State Lifelines Council8580. (a) The Seismic Safety Commission shall enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish the State Lifelines Council to identify the investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster. (b) The council shall compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
SEC. 2. Article 4.2 (commencing with Section 8580) is added to Chapter 7 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.
Article 4.2. State Lifelines Council8580. (a) The Seismic Safety Commission shall enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish the State Lifelines Council to identify the investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster. (b) The council shall compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
Article 4.2. State Lifelines Council8580. (a) The Seismic Safety Commission shall enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish the State Lifelines Council to identify the investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster. (b) The council shall compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
Article 4.2. State Lifelines Council
Article 4.2. State Lifelines Council
8580. (a) The Seismic Safety Commission shall enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish the State Lifelines Council to identify the investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster. (b) The council shall compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.
8580. (a) The Seismic Safety Commission shall enter into a partnership with the Strategic Growth Council and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish the State Lifelines Council to identify the investments the State of California should make to ensure a rapid recovery from a major disaster.
(b) The council shall compliment the work of local and regional lifelines councils and bring lifeline providers together to develop a unified set of postevent performance standards, both individually and collectively, for public and private utility providers.