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Foreword 12014 Direct --- °r�'s Messa� I am pleased to present you with the FY 2014 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) — Cahfornia Supplement to the Federal Program Funding Opporhmity Announcement. This Program will serve to expand your efforts that continue to make California a national leader in emergency management and homeland security, As a direct result of leveraging effective partnerships, developing our workforce, enhancing our technology, maintaining a culture of continuous improvement and through collaboration with our federal partners at the U.S, Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency we are realizing our vision of building towards a safer more resilient California. This year, HSGP changes have been implemented to allow greater flexibility, envelop greater areas of risk, and pinpoint capability gaps, in an effort to improve our ability to protect our state from all hazards and threats. Last year, the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) was renamed, underwent an organizational structure change, and merged with the Public Safety Communications Office, all of which have enabled us to strengthen our capabilities and sharpen our focus to ensure that we are prepared for when disaster strikes. This year's HSGP has also gone through some changes, as it now encompasses more urban areas for its Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI), and has shifted away from identifying program- specific priorities and instead directs grantees to prioritize grant funds to increase a jurisdiction's capabilities based on the annual Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment and capability gaps identified through the annual State Preparedness Report. These changes will help us accomplish our mission ofprotecting lives and property, build capabilities, and support our cormmurilias for a resilient California. The capable and dedicated staff at Cal OES continues to serve as a resource for you as we develop a united and innovative combined effort to serve the public, our communities, and the state of California, I encourage you to contact them for guidance and advice throughout the duration of the grant. MARK S. GHILARDUCCI Director 55B -13