CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN 2017-2022 Creating and maintaining a safer, more sustainable community This Page Intentionally Left Blank City of Beverly Hills Local Hazard Mitigation Action Plan, 2017-2022 Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 1 Part I: Mitigation Action Plan ....................................................................................................... 17 Section 1: Introduction .............................................................................................................. 17 Section 2: Community Profile .................................................................................................. 31 Section 3: Risk Assessment ...................................................................................................... 45 Section 4: Multi-Hazard Mitigation Strategies ......................................................................... 61 Section 5: Plan Maintenance ................................................................................................... 101 Part II: Hazard Specific Information ........................................................................................... 106 Section 6: Earthquake ............................................................................................................. 106 Section 7: Wildfire .................................................................................................................. 128 Section 8: Terrorism ............................................................................................................... 152 Section 9: Flood ...................................................................................................................... 166 Section 10: Landslide .............................................................................................................. 182 Section 11: Windstorm ........................................................................................................... 193 Section 12: Drought ................................................................................................................ 203 Section 13: Special Events ...................................................................................................... 209 Part III: Resources....................................................................................................................... 218 Appendix A: Plan Resource Directory ................................................................................... 218 Appendix B: Local Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Review Crosswalk ................................ 232 Appendix C: Natural Hazard Risk Analysis Rating Form ...................................................... 238 Appendix D: Planning and Public Involvement Meetings/Events ......................................... 242 Appendix E: CEQA Exemption/City Council Plan Adoption Resolution ............................. 246 Appendix F: Acknowledgements ............................................................................................ 248 List of Maps Map 1: City of Beverly Hills ...................................................................................................................... 20 Map 2: Geography and the Environment .................................................................................................... 32 Map 3: Metro Purple Line Extension Section 1 .......................................................................................... 37 Map 4: Current Land Use in the City of Beverly Hills ............................................................................... 41 Map 5: Public and Private Critical Facilities .............................................................................................. 52 Map 6: Public Critical Infrastructure .......................................................................................................... 54 Map 7: Seismic Hazards 3-D Animation of the Los Angeles Area. ......................................................... 107 Map 8: M3.4 Beverly Hills Earthquake - Friday, September 7, 2015 ...................................................... 108 Map 9: Earthquakes in Southern California in July 2014 ......................................................................... 110 Map 10: Topography of the Los Angeles Basin ....................................................................................... 113 Map 11: City of Beverly Hills Liquefaction Zones .................................................................................. 118 Map 12: Known Earthquake Faults Near the City of Beverly Hills ......................................................... 120 Map 13: City of Beverly Hills Fire Hazard Zones .................................................................................... 136 Map 14: Water Pressure Zones in Beverly Hills ....................................................................................... 142 Map 15: City of Beverly Hills Flood Areas .............................................................................................. 168 Map 16: Slope Instability Potential Map .................................................................................................. 188 Map 17: U.S. Drought Monitor, August 22, 2017 .................................................................................... 205 Map 18: Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta ......................................................................................... 207 Map 19: Projected Spring Precipitation Change for 2080 – 2099 Compared to 1961-1979 Under Two Emission Scenarios ................................................................................................................................... 208 Map 20: Road Closures in Beverly Hills for the Los Angeles Marathon ................................................. 215 City of Beverly Hills Local Hazard Mitigation Action Plan, 2017-2022 List of Tables Table 1: 2017-2022 Mitigation Strategies Overview .................................................................................... 7 Table 2: Occupied Housing Units in Structure ........................................................................................... 18 Table 3: FEMA Major Disaster Declarations (DR), Los Angeles County 2000 – 2017 ............................ 19 Table 4: City of Beverly Hills Disasters Since 1990 .................................................................................. 19 Table 5: Local Climate ................................................................................................................................ 32 Table 6: Number of Units Built by Year ..................................................................................................... 33 Table 7: General Demographic Information ............................................................................................... 34 Table 8: Existing Land Uses ....................................................................................................................... 42 Table 9: Regional Housing Needs Assessment 2014–2021, Beverly Hills ................................................ 43 Table 10: Net New Housing Units per Year ............................................................................................... 43 Table 11: Federal Criteria for Risk Assessment ......................................................................................... 45 Table 12: Residential Structures by Year Built .......................................................................................... 56 Table 13: Building Value in Hazard Areas ................................................................................................. 57 Table 14: Prioritization and Benefit Analysis of Mitigation Strategies ...................................................... 99 Table 15: Magnitude 5.0 or Greater Southern California Earthquakes Since 1933 .................................. 109 Table 16: Seismic Building Codes ............................................................................................................ 124 Table 17: Partial List of California Building Codes ................................................................................. 126 Table 18: Largest California Wildfires Since 2003 .................................................................................. 129 Table 19: 2007 Los Angeles and Ventura Firestorm Statistics ................................................................. 130 Table 20: The 20 Largest California Wildfires ......................................................................................... 132 Table 21: Sample Hazard Identification Rating System ........................................................................... 139 Table 22: Summary of Terrorist Incidents in California*, 2005 - Present ................................................ 154 Table 23: Significant Reservoir Failures in Southern California .............................................................. 175 Table 24: Santa Ana Wind News Stories .................................................................................................. 194 Table 25: Windstorm Incident Records for Beverly Hills ........................................................................ 195 Table 26: Beaufort Wind Scale ................................................................................................................