California Emergency Management Agency

Government AdministrationCalifornia, United States201-500 Employees

The California Emergency Management Agency, or Cal EMA, is a state government agency responsible for coordinating overall state-level disaster response in support of local governments. It aims to ensure readiness to respond to and recover from natural, man-made, and war-related emergencies, and to assist California’s local jurisdictions with emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and hazard mitigation. Based in Rancho Cordova and employing several hundred staff, Cal EMA operates through multiple divisions that each have their own focused missions.

Among these, the Grants Management Directorate handles timely reimbursements for homeland security subgrantees and provides programmatic assistance to ensure grant expenditures comply with state and federal requirements. The agency began in 2009, formed when the Governor's Office of Homeland Security merged with the Office of Emergency Services, and it positions itself to protect lives and property through leadership, collaboration, and partnerships.

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