Comprehensive Strategies

Participants in this project identified the following 10 “comprehensive strategies,” designed to address multiple impacts, sectors, assets, and time frames. In addition to these comprehensive strategies, a set of “targeted strategies” were developed to address the specific vulnerabilities of each community sector; these targeted strategies are described in the main body of the adaptation strategy document.

1. Create a staff‐level regional sea level rise (SLR) adaptation working group consisting of representatives from public agencies around San Diego Bay to implement the Adaptation Strategy.
2. Provide regular opportunities for stakeholder engagement around implementation of the Adaptation Strategy.
3. Create and enhance existing outreach, education, training, and peer exchange programs tailored to public agency staff, stakeholders, and the general public.
4. Establish and promote a regional research agenda to advance understanding of sea level rise impacts, vulnerabilities, and adaptation responses in the San Diego region.
5. Engage regulatory agencies to advocate for clear and consistent regulatory guidance on how to address sea level rise impacts in development permitting.
6. Engage the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to encourage the incorporation of future risks from sea level rise into non‐regulatory maps associated with upcoming Flood Insurance Studies (FIS).
7. Institutionalize or mainstream sea level rise adaptation by incorporating sea level rise and associated impacts into relevant local and regional plans and projects.
8. Consistently utilize guidance provided by the State of California Climate Action Team in developing sea level rise assumptions for planning purposes.
9. Perform more detailed vulnerability assessments at a site‐specific level as significant plans or capital projects are undertaken.
10. Develop decision‐making frameworks in each jurisdiction for selecting and implementing appropriate management practices in communities vulnerable to inundation or regular flooding, utilizing such frameworks as risk management and cost/benefit analysis.