Dec. 1, 2025

For Immediate Release

Redwood City — San Mateo County Board of Supervisors President David Canepa and Emergency Management Director Dr. Shruti Dhapodkar are urging residents to complete the County’s Community Emergency Preparedness Survey before it closes. The anonymous survey will help guide how the County allocates emergency resources, communicates warnings and supports residents during disasters. 

Early survey returns show alarmingly low participation in some of the county’s highest-risk areas. Daly City, with more than 100,000 residents and sitting atop the San Andreas Fault, has returned just 40 surveys. East Palo Alto – at risk from flooding from the Bay and local creeks — has returned 23. Coastside communities such as Pacifica and Half Moon Bay — which face tsunami threats, storm isolation and Highway 1 closures — also trail other parts of the county.

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