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Emeryville adopts 2025–2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan after council debate over Cal Fire language
Summary
Council adopted the city’s 2025–2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 3–2 after debate about whether to insert Cal Fire map language clarifying Emeryville is not in high wildfire-hazard zones; a proposed amendment to insert a Cal Fire paragraph failed.
The Emeryville City Council adopted the 2025–2030 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) on Sept. 16 after a prolonged discussion about whether to insert Cal Fire language clarifying that the city is not designated on Cal Fire’s high or very-high fire hazard severity maps.
Vice mayor Kerr pushed to add Cal Fire wording and maps into the plan to help homeowners associations with pooled insurance and said she had previously requested that language: "I had asked that the hazard mitigation plan include the maps indicating Emeryville is not in the severe fire zone," she said. City staff said they had added maps and explanatory language to the city website but that changing the officially submitted LHMP would require resubmission to Cal…
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