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Santa Cruz adopts state wildfire hazard maps; most city falls in ‘moderate’ zone
Summary
Council adopted state‑mapped fire hazard severity zones for local responsibility areas, which places most of the city in the ‘moderate’ category; state mapping triggers specified building, defensible‑space and disclosure rules for higher hazard zones.
The Santa Cruz City Council voted Tuesday to adopt the state’s wildfire hazard severity maps for local responsibility areas, a change mandated by state law that assigns areas into moderate, high or very high hazard levels.
Tim Shields, division chief for prevention and the city fire marshal, told the council the updated maps incorporate new modeling inputs added by the state in 2021 — burn probability, slope, proximity to…
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