Natural hazard mitigation in Southern California

The planning and zoning expenditures of Orange County average $43 million over the period
1996-2000 (see table 4.2). This might be an indication of the county’s planning and non-
structural mitigation efforts.

Table 4.2 Orange County expenditures for planning and zoning 1996-2000 in $1000 (CICG)

4.2.2 Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County takes up 4,079 square
miles, of which about two-thirds consists of
unincorporated areas (LAC 2004). The cities
that were selected in Los Angeles County are
Carson, El Segundo, Glendale, Long Beach,
Los Angeles, Malibu, Pasadena and Sierra
Madre (see figure 4.2). Like the cities in Orange
County, these cities form a good profile of Los
Angeles County: they vary in population and in
per capita income, so that not only small or only
large cities were selected, and not only poor or
only rich cities (see table 4.3).

Table 4.3 Census data Los Angeles County (US Census 2000)

The planning and zoning expenditures of Los Angeles County average $7.8 million over the
period 1996-2000 (see table 4.4).

Table 4.4 Los Angeles County expenditures for planning and zoning 1996-2000 in $1000 (CICG)

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