To: Planning Commission
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Public Hearing
SUBJECT:
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Amendment to General Plan Safety Element to include updated Hazard Mitigation Plan (Chapter 14 of the General Plan); Record # LRP-2026-19541
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Planning Commission:
1. Open the public hearing,
2. Receive and consider the staff report, and accept public comment; and
3. Deliberate and comment on the draft amendments and alternatives presented; and
4. Adopt the attached Resolution to recommend the Board of Supervisors take the following actions:
a. Find the Amendment is exempt from per CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3); and
b. Make all the required findings to support amending the General Plan,
c. Adopt the proposed amendments to the General Plan.
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DISCUSSION:
The amendment to the Safety Element is to re-incorporate the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) into the Safety Element. The LHMP adopted in 2023 and incorporated into the Safety Element expired in 2025 and a new LHMP needed to be adopted and re-incorporated into the Safety Element. An updated LHMP was adopted by the Board of Supervisors in December of 2025. That action did not contemplate the need for the LHMP to be incorporated into the Safety Element of the General Plan. This action will modify the Safety Element to include the LHMP. This action is necessary for the General Plan to be in compliance with state law, and to be eligible for various types of funding. The LHMP has been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the California Office of Emergency Services.
California Government Code Section 8685.93 limits the State of California's share of disaster relief funds paid out to local governments to 75% of the funds not paid for by federal disaster relief efforts except when the jurisdiction adopted a valid hazard mitigation plan consistent with the Disaster Management Act of 2000. This plan must...
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