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Buellton study session highlights wildfire, flood and evacuation gaps; council presses for telecom redundancy
Summary
Consultants told Buellton elected officials that recent state laws have materially changed safety‑element requirements and that the city must update its chapter to address wildfire severity mapping, evacuation analysis, climate adaptation and extreme heat.
Consultants told Buellton elected officials that recent state laws have materially changed safety‑element requirements and that the city must update its chapter to address wildfire severity mapping, evacuation analysis, climate adaptation and extreme heat.
Erin (consultant) reviewed the safety element’s required topics and the recent legislative changes that are now central to plan updates: CAL FIRE review of wildfire hazard severity maps for communities, evacuation assessments that analyze single‑ingress/egress neighborhoods and roadway capacity, and a 2028 requirement to address extreme heat.…
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