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Council to add public-facing preface as it adopts state wildfire maps; sets effective date to give residents extra time
Summary
After public comment, the council directed staff to add clear explanatory language to the city’s adoption materials for newly released Cal Fire Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps, scheduled a first-reading action in June and set an effective date that preserves a 30‑day statutory transition period ending July 24.
San Clemente’s City Council discussed updated state Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps at length on May 20 and directed staff to add a clear, explanatory cover page for residents that describes what the maps do and do not mean. Councilmembers and members of the public raised concerns that the state maps do not account for local hardening and defensible-space efforts by HOAs and homeowners and that casual readers might assume the maps change insurance rates for individual properties.
Councilmember Cabral said he had…
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