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The planning area for the hazard mitigation plan encompasses all of Ventura County. The result of the organizational efforts has been to produce a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) approved multi -agency, multi -hazard mitigation plan. Mitigation is defined in this context as any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property from a hazard event. Mitigation planning is the systematic process of learning about the hazards that can affect the community, setting clear goals, identifying appropriate actions, and following through with an effective mitigation strategy. Mitigation encourages long-term reduction of hazard vulnerability and can reduce the enormous cost of disasters to property owners and all levels of government. Mitigation can also protect critical community facilities, reduce exposure to liability, and minimize post -disaster community disruption. The hazard identification and profiling in the hazard mitigation plan addresses the following natural hazards considered to be of significant importance within the Ventura County planning area: • Dam Failure Inundation • Drought • Earthquake • Flooding (includes Levee Failures) • Landslide &Mass Movements • Sea Level Rise/Coastal Erosion (SLR) • Severe Storms • Severe Weather Events (Heat/Freeze Events) • Tsunami • Wildfire Ventura County Office of Emergency Services secured funding for developing the hazard mitigation plan and was the lead coordinating agency for this multi -jurisdictional effort. All participating local jurisdictions have been responsible for assisting in the development of the hazard and vulnerability assessments and the mitigation action strategies for their respective jurisdictions and organizations. The plan presents the accumulated information in a unified framework to ensure a comprehensive and coordinated plan covering all planning partners within the Ventura County Planning Area. Each jurisdiction has been responsible for the review and approval of their individual sections of the plan. The plan was prepared in accordance with the Cal OES Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and FEMA preparation guidelines. The Ilan update process was overseen by a 17 -member, stakeholder Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is composed of representative stakeholders from within the planning area and is an established committee that was leveraged for this planning process. In addition, residents were asked to contribute by sharing local knowledge of their individual area's vulnerability to natural hazards based on past occurrences. Public involvement has been solicited via a multi -media campaign that included public meetings, web -based information, questionnaires, and progress updates via the news media. The Conejo Recreation and Park District section of the Ventura County Multi -Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2021 can found here: www.crpd.orq/CRPDHMP2021. The overall Ventura County Multi -Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2021 can be found here: www.crpd.org/DraftHMP1 and www.c;rpd.orq/DraftHMP2.