Climate Resilience Plan
The Hazards and Climate Resilience Plan (HCR) is San Francisco’s roadmap to addressing the impacts of natural hazards and climate change on our assets and our people. It identifies the hazards and risks San Francisco faces and proposes over 90 strategies to reduce risks and adapt to climate change impacts.
The HCR serves as an update to the 2014 Hazard Mitigation Plan and is one of the key implementation plans for the Safety & Resilience Element of the San Francisco General Plan. It also complements the City's Climate Action Plan, a roadmap for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions in order to minimize the severity of climate-related hazards.
The HCR was adopted as San Francisco's 2020 Hazard Mitigation Plan by the Mayor and Board of Supervisors on June 16, 2020 and approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on July 21, 2020. The City is currently working on a 2025 update that is available for review below.
Download Full 2020 Plan
Download 2020 Summary
Download the 2023 Annual Progress Report
Download the 2022 Annual Progress Report
Download the 2021 Annual Progress Report
Learn more about the risks that 13 natural hazards pose to San Francisco
Explore the strategies San Francisco is taking to reduce risk
The Hazards and Climate Resilience Plan is updated every five years to include the latest understanding of natural hazards and climate change impacts, local risks, and the actions the City will take to improve the resilience of our buildings, communities, and infrastructure. Feedback from the public is essential to ensuring we have a living document that captures the priorities of the residents of San Francisco.
The City released the 2025 Draft Hazards and Climate Resilience Plan (HCR) in late July 2024 for public comment. The Plan was presented for feedback at six public meetings and the public comment period closed on September 30, 2024. The City took into account feedback recieved and made several revisions, including:
- Added risk data from FEMA in Chapter 5
- Highlighted the City’s Biodiversity Guidelines in Chapter 6
- Added an action to explore growing food for communities in public open spaces in Chapter 7.
- Highlighted future opportunities for public involvement in planning for sea level rise in Chapter 8.
- Incorporated information on integration with emergency response planning in Chapter 8.
The Second Draft HCR has been submitted to CalOES/FEMA for their review. It is also available at the links below:
2025 Second Draft HCR- Executive Summary
2025 Second Draft HCR - Full Plan
Executive Summary
Chapter 01
Introduction
Chapter 02
Planning Process
Chapter 03
SF Risk Landscape
Chapter 04
Hazard Analysis
Chapter 05
Vulnerability and Consequence Assessment
Chapter 06
Capabilities assessment
Chapter 07
Strategy
Chapter 08
Plan Maintenance
APPENDIX A
Vulnerability and Consequence Profiles
APPENDIX B
Out-of-County Major Assets
APPENDIX C
Materials from Stakeholder Engagement
Appendix D
Plan Maintenance Documents
APPENDIX E
Local Plan Adoption
APPENDIX F
Capabilities Assessment Details
APPENDIX G
Strategy Funding and Timelines
Key Contacts:
For more information, please contact the following staff from the SF Office of Resilience and Capital Planning:
Melissa Higbee
melissa.higbee@sfgov.org
HCR Plan Project Manager
415-554-4939
Alex Morrison
Resilience GIS Analyst
alex.morrison@sfgov.org
415-554-6075
Project Team:
The City and County of San Francisco Office of Resilience and Capital Planning is leading this effort in partnership with the Department of Emergency Management, Department of Public Health, Department of the Environment, and Planning.
The Safety and Resilience Element Update will provide a comprehensive set of policies for minimizing San Francisco’s contribution to the climate crisis and ensuring local resilience to multiple hazards.
The Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Consequences Assessment describes the vulnerability of public buildings and infrastructure to SLR and coastal flooding and the consequences on people, the economy, and the environment.
The Earthquake Safety Implementation Program (ESIP) began in early 2012, evolving out of the key recommendations of the Community Action Plan for Seismic Safety (CAPSS), a 10-year-long study evaluating the seismic vulnerabilities San Francisco faces.
The Heat and Air Quality Resilience Project (HAQR) is a cross-sectoral initiative to involve all the public, private, community, and academic stakeholders needed to identify, plan, and implement medium-to-long term extreme heat and wildfire smoke resilience strategies.
