Our Mission
The California Association of GHADs shall work to improve, enhance and promote the effectiveness of GHADs in California and will promote the utilization of GHADs in the prevention, mitigation, abatement, and control of geologic hazards.
About Us
Founded in 2001 as a 501(c)6, the California Association of GHADs periodically comes together to combine resources, knowledge, and influence to increase the understanding, effectiveness, and power of GHADs in the State.
What is a GHAD?
The 1979 Beverly Act (GHAD Law) provided for the establishment of Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts (GHADs) as independent, state-level public agencies to oversee geologic hazards in defined geographic areas. GHADs operate with a focus on the prevention, mitigation, and abatement of geologic hazards to protect communities. GHAD Law broadly defines a “geologic hazard” as an actual or threatened landslide, land subsidence, soil erosion, earthquake, fault movement or any other natural or unnatural movement of land or earth. More general information about GHADs can be found here.
Existing GHADs
There are over 50 GHADs throughout California working to prevent, mitigate and abate geologic hazards. Even though most GHADs tend to be located in the Bay Area and Southern California, GHADs can be formed anywhere geologic hazards have the potential to impact communities.
GHAD News
Commissioner Lara announces pioneering project with City of Isleton to create community-based flood insurance initiative
SACRAMENTO, CA — Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara today announced a community-based flood insurance initiative for the City of Isleton — a first-of-its-kind for the state — as part of a two-year $200,000 grant. This innovative approach to insurance will provide payouts to Isleton residents if floodwaters reach a pre-determined depth.
Isleton, a small city in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, is prone to flooding and lies within a 100-year floodplain. The pilot project is spearheaded by the California Department of Insurance, funded by the California Department of Water Resources, and implemented by the City of Isleton’s Delta Region Geologic Hazard Abatement District.
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