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Commission receives staff report on safety element technical update; review scheduled next year
Summary
Planning staff briefed commissioners on a technical update to the Costa Mesa General Plan safety element — to integrate the local hazard mitigation plan, new CAL FIRE and FEMA maps and climate‑adaptation material — and the commission voted 7‑0 to receive and file the report and await a draft review early next year.
Planning staff on Sept. 8 told the Costa Mesa Planning Commission that a technical update to the city’s General Plan safety element is underway to incorporate recently revised hazard maps, the adopted local hazard mitigation plan and climate‑adaptation information.
Amber Gregg, project planner, said the update is not a full rewrite of the safety element but will add and align technical data required by state law, including 2024–2025 map updates from CAL FIRE (which introduced a very high fire hazard severity zone affecting parts…
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