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Laguna Hills council authorizes expanded vegetation management to reduce wildfire risk; staff to amend contract and budget

Laguna Hills City Council · July 8, 2025
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Summary

Following staff recommendations, the council unanimously authorized work on seven additional upslope areas, directed staff to prepare contract documents with Specialty Mowing Services, and approved a budget amendment path to fund roughly $333,000 in proposals drawn from general fund reserves if needed.

Laguna Hills City Council unanimously authorized city staff to proceed with expanded vegetation management on identified city-owned parcels intended to reduce wildfire risk and better align with Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) vegetation management guidelines.

Assistant City Manager Joseph Ames told the council staff identified seven additional areas (three along Cabot Road, three along La Paz Road and one along Oso Parkway) that would benefit from pruning, thinning and removal of debris. Staff showed before-and-after…

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