The State of California is a highly prepared and capable “at-risk” State with a history of severe earthquake and related seismic activity.  It has a highly diverse and important economy, a highly diverse and heterogeneous population, and includes a demographic with large special needs populations.  California’s unique geography is a peninsula with severe geographic restrictions on transportation, evacuation, and logistics, a highly sensitive environment and ecology, and demanding climate and weather conditions complicated by the likelihood of secondary incidents and consequences such as landslides.  Continue on with points on Slide 18…