funding of mitigation measures are necessary to increase the adoption and implementation of
natural hazard mitigation measures.
The next chapter will examine to what extent local governments in Southern California
succeed in their hazard mitigation obligations. As said before, local governments in California
must include natural hazard mitigation in their general plan in the form of a safety element.
The general plans of 2 counties in Southern California and 16 cities therein will be examined in
order to find out what the quality of their natural hazard mitigation efforts is.
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