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Comprehensive Disaster Leadership Plan Letter of Promulgation
LETTER OF PROMULGATION
April 21, 2020
To the Citizens, Visitors, Employees and Officials of the City of San Luis Obispo:
The preservation of life, property and the environment is an inherent responsibility of local, state, and
federal government. The City of San Luis Obispo has prepared this Comprehensive Disaster Leadership
Plan to help ensure that responsibility is met.
While no plan can completely anticipate all events, good plans and procedures carried out by
knowledgeable and trained personnel can minimize losses. This plan provides policy and guidance for
the coordination of planning efforts involving the many City emergency and related organizations
serving the citizens of, and visitors to, the City of San Luis Obispo.
The Comprehensive Disaster Leadership Plan is an extension of the State Emergency Plan, and is written
to be compliant with the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response
Framework. It will be reviewed and exercised periodically and revised as necessary to meet changing
conditions. Experiences based upon and gained from emergency drills and exercises, actual emergencies
or other incidents, or lessons learned from other sources, can result in a need to change or update the
Comprehensive Disaster Leadership Plan and/or related documents. As a result, changes to the Plan
which do not result in changes to policies made and/or approved by the City Council can be made by the
City’s Fire Chief and/or other agencies, as appropriate; however such changes can be reviewed by the
County Office of Emergency Services (OES) to verify uniformity with the San Luis Obispo County
Emergency Operations Plan. It may also be modified if responsibilities, procedures, laws, rules, or
regulations pertaining to emergency management and operations change.
The Council gives its full support to this plan and urges all officials, employees and citizens, individually
and collectively, to do their share in the total emergency preparedness effort of the City of San Luis
Obispo.
This letter promulgates the City of San Luis Obispo Comprehensive Disaster Leadership Plan, constitutes
the adoption of the City of San Luis Obispo Comprehensive Disaster Leadership Plan. This
Comprehensive Disaster Leadership Plan becomes effective on approval by the City of San Luis Obispo
Council on the date indicated below.
Original copy signed by Heidi Harmon, Mayor, on behalf of the City and the Emergency Services Director.
Heidi Harmon, Mayor Date
City of San Luis Obispo
Derek Johnson, City Manager/Emergency Services Director Date
City of San Luis Obispo