Advocacy Work

The RDPO Policy Committee has worked together to provide a unified voice on a number of state and federal advocacy initiatives.

2019 Advocacy

CEI Hub Fact Sheet

• A tool for RDPO committee members and government relations staff to help guide them in their discussions with local, state, and federal legislators, the public, and others about the risks in the CEI Hub and efforts to address them.

HB 2206 A: Post-Disaster Building Assessment Program

• Letter to House Committee on Veterans and Emergency Preparedness (May)

ShakeAlert and ALERTWildfire

• Letter to Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Sub-Committee on Capital Construction (May)

HB 2208: Unreinforced Masonry Buildings

• Letter to House Committee on Veterans and Emergency Preparedness (March)

Resiliency 2025 Report

• Letter to Gov. Kate Brown (January)

2018 Advocacy

SB 850 Mass Care/Displacement

• Letter to Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission (October)

2017 Advocacy

NEHRP Reauthorization

• Letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein (September)

Earthquake Early Warning

• Letter to U.S. Senators (April)

Federal Funding Cuts

• Letter to U.S. Senators and Members of Congress (March)