The City of West Hollywood Invites Community Members to Participate in Updating the City’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. The meeting will be held in-person at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at the West Hollywood Park Aquatic and Recreation Center Doheny Room, located 8750 El Tovar Place, adjacent to the West Hollywood library. RSVP by emailing safety@weho.org. 

A hazard mitigation plan provides a road map for a community to identify hazards that could impact a community and to take actions to reduce negative impacts on residents, businesses, and the community as a whole. Hazard mitigation plans also provide an opportunity to access funding for specified actions to mitigate hazards identified in the plan.  Hazards included for consideration in this update will include wildfire, earthquake, extreme heat and rainfall, flooding, high winds, drought, terrorism, and hazardous materials incidents. To remain approved, plans must be updated every five years and reviewed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

This meeting will allow community members to provide input to the City’s Hazard Mitigation Plan, ensuring that community concerns are represented as the process to update the Plan moves forward.  For those not able to attend either meeting, participation is also available by taking a survey in either English, Spanish, or Russian by visiting http://go.weho.org/hazardsurvey through July 31, 2023.

For more information, please contact Margarita Kustanovich, the City of West Hollywood’s Emergency Management Coordinator, by phone at (323) 848-6414 or by email at safety@weho.org. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.