CC RES 2026-019 RESOLUTION NO. 2026-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2026 PALOS
VERDES PENINSULA MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL
HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN VOLUME NO. 1
AND THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES PORTION
OF VOLUME NO. 2
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes is vulnerable to natural hazards
which may result in loss of life and property, economic hardship, and threats to public
health and safety; and
WHEREAS, Section 322 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000)
requires state and local governments to develop and submit for approval a mitigation plan
that outlines processes for identifying their respective natural hazards, risks, and
vulnerabilities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes acknowledges the requirements of
Section 322 of DMA 2000 to update the 2020 Hazard Mitigation Plan in order to be eligible
for pre- and post-disaster federal hazard mitigation grant funds; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes developed a Multi-Jurisdictional
Hazard Mitigation Plan with the Cities of Rolling Hills Estates, Rolling Hills, and Palos
Verdes Estates, and the Abalone Cove and Klondike Canyon Landslide Hazard
Abatement Districts as the two state-recognized Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts in
the City; and
WHEREAS, the coalition of Peninsula cities have completed a planning process
that engages the public and pertinent stakeholders, assesses the risk and vulnerability to
the impacts of natural hazards, develops a mitigation strategy consistent with a set of
uniform goals and objectives, and creates a plan for implementing, evaluating, and
revising this strategy; and
WHEREAS, a public involvement process consistent with the requirements of
DMA 2000 was conducted to develop the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the 2026 Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard
Mitigation Plan recommends mitigation activities that will reduce or eliminate long-term
risk to life and property by natural hazards that the City faces; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes (City) does
hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1. Adopts in its entirety, Volume I, the Rancho Palos Verdes annex,
and appendices of Volume II of the 2026 Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional
Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Section 2: The City will use the adopted and approved portions of the 2026
Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan to guide pre- and
post- disaster mitigation of the hazards identified.
Section 3: The City will coordinate the strategies identified in the 2026 Palos
Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan with other planning
programs and mechanisms under its jurisdictional authority.
Section 4: The City will continue its support of the on-going areawide mitigation
efforts and continue to participate in the Planning Partnership as described by the 2026
Palos Verdes Peninsula Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Section 5: The City will promote and support the mitigation efforts of all Planning
Partners.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 17th day of March 2026.
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P I Seo, Mayor
Attest:
Cferes aoka, City C rk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I
I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby
certify that the above Resolution No. 2026-19 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on March 17, 2026.
res aoka, City Clerk
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