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Resolution Designating City Manager as Emergency Agency Representative

This authorization allows the city to quickly apply for federal and state disaster relief funds when emergencies affect your neighborhood.

Oct 8, 2024

Purchase Order: Hazard Mitigation Plan Update and Revision

This hazard mitigation plan helps protect you and your home by identifying natural disaster risks in Compton and developing strategies to prevent or reduce damage from earthquakes, floods, and other emergencies.

Jul 11, 2023

Contract with Emergency Planning Consultants for hazard mitigation plan update

Updating this hazard mitigation plan protects your neighborhood by helping the city prepare for natural disasters and secure FEMA recovery funds if disasters occur.

Mar 1, 2022

Contract with Emergency Planning Consultants for Hazard Mitigation Plan Update

This hazard mitigation plan helps the City prepare for and respond to natural disasters like earthquakes and floods—keeping you and your family safer in emergencies.

Feb 22, 2022

Accept California Office of Emergency Services Fire Engine

Your fire department will gain additional equipment to better respond to emergencies and protect your neighborhood.

Jun 22, 2021

Designate City Manager as authorized agent for FEMA and Cal OES disaster assistance

Apr 28, 2020

Designate City Manager as Authorized Agent for Federal Emergency Assistance

This allows your city to access federal disaster assistance funds that help rebuild and recover from emergencies, protecting your property and community.

Apr 28, 2020

Reimbursement from Cal OES for 75% of hazard mitigation plan update cost

Cal OES grant reimbursement for 75% of hazard mitigation plan costs

Grant reimbursement from California Operations Emergency Services (Cal OES) for 75% of plan update costs

Oct 8, 2024

city council

No new spending was approved at the October 8, 2024 Compton City Council meeting. The council took two action votes: Item 3, a 5-0 approval designating the city manager as the authorized agent with FEMA and Cal OES for disaster-related financial assistance (no spending attached); and Item 4, approving a 12-month lease of city-owned property at 202 North Long Beach Boulevard to nonprofit Sylvia Nunn Angels — Councilman Spicer moved Option B, setting the rate at $1 per year rather than the agenda's standard rate of $3,492 per month ($41,904 annually), with Duhart, Spicer, Darden, and Mayor Sharif recorded as yes and Bowers' vote absent from the transcript; agenda materials listed Sylvia Nunn Angels in two separate line items totaling $45,396, representing the same deal expressed as both an annual figure ($41,904) and a monthly rate ($3,492). The remainder of the meeting was informational: a United Way of Greater LA presenter projected $825,888 annually flowing directly to Compton and approximately $23 million to the Gateway Cities COG if Measure A passes in November — revenue projections tied to a ballot measure, not city spending approvals — and Councilwoman Duhart separately noted the city treasurer generated over $10 million in interest earnings, also not a spending decision. Eleven residents addressed the council during public comment, raising concerns about illegal dumping, potholes, the Artesia Bridge construction timeline, prostitution along Long Beach Boulevard, gang violence, and the disputed legal basis of a District 1 council appointment.