California Emergency Services Act (California Government Code: Title 2 - Government of the State of California; Division 1 - General; Chapter 7 (secs. 8550 - 8669.7)

This act confers upon the Governor and upon the chief executives and governing bodies of political subdivisions of this state the emergency powers provided herein; provides for state assistance in the organization and maintenance of the emergency programs of such political subdivisions; provides for a state office to be known and referred to as the Office of Emergency Services, within the office of the Governor, and prescribes the powers and duties of the director of that office; provides for the assignment of functions to state entities to be performed during an emergency and for the coordination and direction of the emergency actions of those entities; provides for the rendering of mutual aid by the state government and all its departments and agencies and by the political subdivisions of this state in carrying out the purposes of this act; and authorizes the establishment of such organizations and the taking of such actions as are necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this act. It is further declared to be the purpose of this act and the policy of this state that all emergency services functions of this state be coordinated as far as possible with the comparable functions of its political subdivisions, of the federal government including its various departments and agencies, of other states, and of private agencies of every type, to the end that the most effective use may be made of all manpower, resources, and facilities for dealing with any emergency that may occur.