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Josephine County to file appeal of state wildfire hazard map under SB 762
Summary
The Board of Commissioners authorized county legal counsel to file an appeal of the statewide wildfire hazard map produced under Senate Bill 762, citing process concerns and including a signature sheet of affected property owners.
Josephine County commissioners on a Wednesday in March 2025 authorized county legal counsel to file an appeal of the statewide wildfire hazard map developed under Senate Bill 762, citing concerns about the process used to draw hazard zones.
Wally Hicks, county legal counsel, presented the item and declared a potential conflict of interest because he owns property within the wildland-urban interface that is implicated by the proposed map. Hicks said the state law implementing the map (described in the packet as Senate Bill 762 and related provisions of the…
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