Finding F5.5
The City EMD and County OEM do not have a fully functional Alternate Emergency Operations Center, resulting in a lack of operational effectiveness and redundancy should the primary EOC be unusable.
Jury report: Emergency Management Preparedness for the City and County of Los Angeles · PDF page 232
Permanent linkOfficial response
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
County disagrees for County operations, stating Public Works' EOC can serve during an emergency. A new EOC location is being evaluated; using the current EOC as alternate is conditional on developing a new one.
Read official response · PDF page 45Explicit disagreement identifies an existing claimed backup and distinguishes conditional future arrangements, directly engaging redundancy. No readiness assessment or operational record is cited for the asserted backup capability. Report physical PDF page(s) 232; County response physical PDF page(s) 45. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.