The Legislature finds and declares that the disaster response of state agencies does not adequately focus on the economic impact of a natural disaster on the business community.

(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1410, Sec. 2.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 8695.5

  • disaster: means those conditions specified in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 8558 if the estimated damage exceeds three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000) or the Governor orders the Director of Emergency Services to carry out the provisions of this chapter. See California Government Code 8696.5
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18