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Board backs moving forward with optional AB 518 low-impact camping framework

Lake County Board of Supervisors · February 12, 2026
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Summary

County staff recommended and the board agreed to pursue the state's optional low-impact camping framework (AB 518): parcels of at least two acres may host up to nine low-impact campsites with a limit of four RVs; the board asked staff to hold a stakeholder meeting and return an ordinance draft if needed.

County staff described Assembly Bill 518 (AB 518) as an option for Lake County to authorize "low-impact camping" on agricultural and rural parcels. Mireya Turner told supervisors the state law permits up to nine campsites on qualifying parcels (minimum two acres) with a cap of four RVs among the nine sites; counties may adopt the baseline framework and add local restrictions if needed. "The law itself does not make it mandatory that jurisdictions enact this,…

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