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Carson Planning Commission recommends amending General Plan to incorporate 2024 hazard mitigation plan
Summary
The Carson Planning Commission voted 8-0 to recommend that the City Council adopt a general plan amendment to incorporate the City’s 2024 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, a step necessary to secure certain state and federal disaster-related funding.
Senior Planner Gerard Coleman presented a proposed general plan amendment to incorporate the City of Carson’s 2024 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and recommended that the Planning Commission forward the amendment to the City Council for adoption.
The Planning Commission’s recommendation would amend the safety element of the general plan to replace the existing link to the earlier hazard mitigation plan with a link to the 2024 plan. Coleman told the commission that the California Office of Emergency Services approved the plan in mid‑2024 and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved the plan on 01/27/2025, pending the city’s formal adoption. Coleman also said, “the local hazard mitigation plan 2024 is located on the public safety department on our website in its entirety.”
Why it matters: adoption of the general plan amendment is a prerequisite for the city to formally adopt the updated mitigation plan and thereby maintain…
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