Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Council introduces ordinance adopting CAL FIRE’s 2025 fire‑hazard severity maps; public warned of Zone 0 rules
Summary
Laguna Beach introduced an ordinance to adopt CAL FIRE’s 2025 fire‑hazard severity zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas, a state‑required step that updates which properties are considered moderate, high or very high wildfire risk.
The Laguna Beach City Council introduced — and directed staff to bring back for adoption on the consent calendar — an ordinance adding the California Department of Forestry (CAL FIRE) 2025 fire hazard severity designations for Local Responsibility Areas (LRA) to the city municipal code. City fire staff told the council the action meets a state legal obligation to adopt the maps within 120 days of CAL FIRE’s formal transmission.
What the maps do: CAL FIRE’s 2025 LRA maps classify portions of the city as moderate, high, or very high wildfire hazard severity based on long‑term fire science: vegetation, slope, ember transport modeling and historic fire behavior. The update reduces very‑high acreage…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
