A Call to Action
	Based on ABAG "On Shaky Ground" Reports

Better maps can only be truly better if they lead to actions that save lives, reduce suffering and economic hardship, and help protect our environment. What you do to prepare for shaking can minimize or completely eliminate these effects.

We believe that it is imperative that these revised maps be used for earthquake hazard mitigation and disaster response planning now.

Each of the following sections contains general information and recommends additional reports to help you prepare mitigation programs.

ABAG staff are already working to ensure that these maps are used fully by the city and county governments in the Bay Area, by those planning for a better more earthquake-resistant transportation system including the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), and by relief agencies such as the American Red Cross. But more is needed. It is in this spirit of a call for more mitigation that the following maps showing the extent of our hazard are provided to you, the local governments, business owners, homeowners and residents of the San Francisco Bay Area.

We all need to take responsibility for making our own homes and workplaces safer so that we can better prepare for the ride of our lives.

jbp 10/15/03