From a City of Piedmont press release on July 22, 2025
Share your feedback on the City’s Draft Local Hazard Mitigation Plan — a roadmap showing what Piedmont could do now to reduce or avoid potential damages from natural hazards like earthquakes, wildfires, and severe weather — online, by email, or mail, or at one of two upcoming meetings.
The Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP):
• identifies the natural hazards that pose greatest risk to Piedmont
• documents how each hazard would be likely to impact Piedmont if it were to occur
• identifies and prioritizes actions the City and community could take now that would prevent or reduce those impacts
The draft LHMP is the product of nine months of research, discussion, and publicengagement. Getting community input on the draft LHMP is the final step before finalizing the document and submitting it to Cal OES for approval.
• Read the draft LHMP
• Submit comments online or by email to lhmp@piedmont.ca.gov
• Watch a presentation about the draft LHMP at the Public Safety Committee meeting on Thursday, July 24
• Attend a meeting of the Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee on Friday, July 25
Details about upcoming meetings at available HERE.
From seismic retrofits to building codes, draft LHMP identifies 21 priority actions to reduce risk
The draft LHMP identifies 21 actions that could help reduce risk to Piedmont, including:
• Strengthening resilience of IT infrastructure through redundancy and backup systems
• Retrofitting or replacing critical facilities to meet modern seismic safety codes
• Annual fire fuel mitigation on City property
• Strengthening local building and fire codes to require wildfire-resistant construction and more stringent vegetation management standards
Including an action in the LHMP does not guarantee that it will happen. Rather, it positions the City to apply for state and federal mitigation grants that could support implementing that project.
Learn more about the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan update process and read the draft plan.
Get notified directly of upcoming meetings, events, and engagement opportunities by subscribing to email updates.
With questions, comments, or requests to get more involved, email LHMP@piedmont.ca.gov