Lompoc Planning Commission adopts updated Safety Element after changes; commissioners delete two seismic policies

The Lompoc Planning Commission reviewed and recommended adoption of the updated Safety Element for the 2030 General Plan at a public hearing on July 9, 2025, and approved a resolution forwarding the updated document to the City Council with edits recorded at the meeting.

Laurie Tamora, the city’s contract planner, described the Safety Element update as required by state planning law and triggered by recent updates to the housing element, the local hazard mitigation plan and climate-change requirements. Tamora said the document incorporates technical reviews by Cal Fire and added measures required by state review. “Measures 14 through 22 were added by the direction of CAL FIRE,” Tamora said, “and those are mostly in regards to fire safety, wildfires, hazards, and working requirements… Measures 32 to 39 were added to address climate change and the resiliency… and measure 44 was added in regards to consistency with the…