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

Buildings
2025 HCR Update

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 and it is available at the links below. 

2025 Draft Executive Summary

2025 Full Draft Plan

The Public Comment period closed on September 30, 2024 and the 2025 Draft HCR was presented at the following public meetings: 

The Project Team is currently revising the 2025 Draft Plan in preparation for submitting the Plan to CalOES and FEMA. Please check back here for updates later this Fall. 

2020 HCR Plan Chapters
HCR Plan Appendix

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.

DEM    SFE    ONESF     DPH   SF Planning

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