The County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) is a multi-jurisdictional effort that inventories the natural hazards that Yolo County is most vulnerable to, assesses risks to community members, resources, buildings, and critical facilities, and identifies and prioritizes actions for risk reduction based on a comprehensive area-wide mitigation strategy. Every five years, the local Hazard Mitigation Plan is updated and submitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for review and approval.
An approved hazard mitigation plan is required under the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390) to ensure continued eligibility for future disaster grant funding opportunities under the Robert T. Stafford Act., including FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC), and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA).
The 2023 Yolo County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved by FEMA on October 15, 2024.
2023 Yolo County HMP
There were several jurisdictions that participated in this update by submitting an separate Jurisdictional Annex for our 2023 HMP Update. These jurisdictions included:
- City of West Sacramento
- Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
- Reclamation Districts 108
- Sacramento River West Side Levee District
- Knights Landing Ridge Drainage District
The next step is for participating jurisdictions to formally adopt the 2023 HMP update through their governing boards.
