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Public °ewe,,, Hearing Draft Hazard: An event or physical condition that has the potential to cause fatalities, injuries, property damage, infrastructure damage, agricultural losses, damage to the environment, interruption of business, or other types of harm or loss.13 Hazard Mitigation: Sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property through actions that reduce hazard, exposure, and vulnerability.14 Impact: The effects (especially the negative effects) of a hazard or other conditions associated with climate change. Just transition: A sustainable and equitable economic transition to carbon neutrality, shifting economic activities to sustainable models in a way that prioritizes job quality, equity, and economic opportunity for affected and disadvantaged communities. 15 Reach code: A local municipal code that exceeds the state building code. A reach code must be at least as stringent as the statewide code, cost-effective, approved by the California Energy Commission, and updated and re -approved with each state Energy Code update. Resilience: The capacity of any entity —an individual, a community, an organization, or a natural system —to prepare for disruptions, to recover from shocks and stresses, and to adapt and grow from a disruptive experience. Community resilience is the ability of communities to withstand, recover, and learn from past disasters to strengthen future response and recovery efforts. Risk: The potential for damage or loss created by the interaction of hazards with assets such as buildings, infrastructure, or natural and cultural resources. Sensitivity: The level to which a species, natural system, or community, government, etc., would be affected by changing climate conditions.16 Social Vulnerability: The susceptibility of a given population to harm from exposure to a hazard, directly affecting its ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover.17,18 Susceptibility: A person or population's potential for vulnerability due to demographic, socioeconomic, and geolocation characteristics. Vulnerability: Climate vulnerability describes the degree to which natural, built, and human systems are susceptible "...to harm from exposure to stresses associated with environmental and social change and from the absence of capacity to adapt."19 Vulnerability Assessment: An analysis of how a changing climate may harm a community and which elements —people, buildings and structures, resources, and other assets —are most vulnerable to its effects based on an assessment of exposure, sensitivity, the potential impact(s), and the community's adaptive capacity. Vulnerable Communities: Vulnerable communities experience heightened risk and increased sensitivity to climate change and have less capacity and fewer resources to Page viii San Leandro 2021 Climate Action Plan