EMC357 State OES Evolution 4/10
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      California Governor's Office of Emergency Services

EMC357 State OES Evolution 4/10      Release 9/2/02 

"A revised Civil Defense and Disaster Plan in January 1958
gave equal emphasis to civil defense and disaster aspects of the
program. It also included the first series of Administrative
Orders issued to 16 state agencies pursuant to an Executive Order
by Governor Goodwin J. Knight summarizing emergency assignments
of state agencies whereby each agency develops its own plan,
which may delegate authority and assign responsibilities to
divisions, bureaus, field offices or other components of the
agency.

In 1959, a Civil Defense OPERATIONS Plan was issued. This plan
was developed under a federally-funded project supervised by the
California Disaster Office. lt was applicable during a state of
extreme emergency when an enemy attack was probable, imminent, or
actual.

In 1961 membership of the State Disaster Council was amended to
provide for alternates to be designated by and serve for the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the
President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
Assembly.

A complete revision of the California Civil Defense and Disaster
Plan was issued in November 1963. This provided the basic
assumptions and concepts for the development of the Supporting
Operations Plans, and legislation, executive orders,
administrative orders, and other official references affecting
civil defense and disaster activities in California.

In l968, Governor Ronald Reagan issued an Emergency Resources
Management Plan, developed by the Disaster Office with the
assistance of the private sector and government. It was designed
to enable the best possible management of available resources,
both human and material, should the nation be subjected to enemy
attack. It was based on maximum reliance on the private sector of
the economy to perform voluntarily in an emergency, under overall
guidance and direction provided by government.

1970: Emergency Council and Office of Emergency Services

The 1970 California Emergency Services Act constitutes a complete
revision of the former act. This revision established the legal
basis for the Governor's response to emergency situations with
which the state might be faced, regardless of the destructive
force involved. The major objectives of this revision are to
provide clarification of the many amendments to the Disaster Act
since it was originally enacted in 1945.

This formed California's emergency management agency as we
fundamentally know it today, with passage of the California
Emergency Services Act; which superseded the California Disaster
Act. The new act also re designated the State Disaster Council as
the California Emergency Council, with no major changes in
composition. powers, or duties. But it renamed the California
Disaster Office as the Office of Emergency Services, retaining
it in the Office of the Governor but providing civil service
status for its employees." (continues next week)

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