Eric Lane

This Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update for the City of Hawthorne serves as a roadmap to enhance community resilience against natural hazards. The plan focuses on identifying and prioritizing risks from earthquakes, drought, high winds, extreme heat, wildfires, and inland flooding. It aims to reduce potential impacts and economic losses through the development and implementation of targeted mitigation actions, thereby increasing safety, improving disaster preparedness, and securing future funding eligibility.

This document outlines an update to the City of Hawthorne's Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, designed to identify, understand, and assess community vulnerabilities to natural hazards. The plan's objective is to develop and implement strategies to reduce the risk of future damages, increase community safety, and improve preparedness for natural disasters. Key focus areas include prioritizing hazards such as Earthquakes, Drought, High Winds, Extreme Heat, Wildfires, and Inland Flooding, and outlining specific mitigation actions for each.

This Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) is an update for the City of Hawthorne, prepared to assess and reduce natural, technological, and human-caused risks. The plan outlines a commitment to creating a safer and more resilient community by identifying hazards, evaluating vulnerabilities, and developing mitigation strategies. Key goals include protecting life and property, enhancing public understanding of hazard mitigation, promoting disaster resistance in the built environment, strengthening collaborative partnerships, and improving disaster response capabilities.

This Airport Master Plan provides systematic guidelines for the overall maintenance, development, and operation of Hawthorne Municipal Airport Jack Northrop Field through 2025. It aims to satisfy future aviation demand, ensure environmental compatibility, and enhance the safety and reliability of the facility. Key initiatives include maintaining and upgrading airfield infrastructure to FAA Airport Reference Code B-II standards, ensuring critical runway landing lengths, and revitalizing airport business through new hangar development, other landside improvements, and a $16.0 million capital improvement program.

This Annual Action Plan outlines specific projects, activities, funding allocations, and performance goals for the City of Hawthorne for the program year spanning July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027. It is part of the broader 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, focusing on six high-priority needs: expanding public services for low- and moderate-income residents, improving public facilities and infrastructure, preserving and increasing the supply of affordable housing, ensuring equal access to housing opportunities through fair housing services, and promoting economic opportunities. The plan leverages CDBG and HOME funds to achieve measurable and sustainable outcomes in housing, community, and economic development.