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Plumas County planning staff outlines work plan to update overdue public health and safety element; state laws to be incorporated
Summary
Senior planner Tim Evans told the commission the county's 2035 general plan safety element is overdue and must be updated to comply with multiple state laws (including SB 379 and AB 2140). Staff described a staged timeline: drafting Feb'July 2026, planning commission workshops July'Aug 2026, Cal Fire formal review in Oct'Nov, and a general plan amendment process slated for 2027.
Senior planner Tim Evans presented the public health and safety element work plan and explained why Plumas County must update the 2035 general plan safety element. The county adopted the 2035 general plan in 2013 and, per state law, a safety element requires periodic updates; Evans said the county is about 12 years past the last update and must now incorporate new state requirements.
Evans listed eight state bills and statutes staff must address during the update, including SB 99 (evaluate residential developments in hazard areas lacking multiple evacuation routes), AB 162 (coordination with housing element updates), SB 379 (climate adaptation, requiring a climate-change vulnerability assessment), SB 1241 (addressing fire hazard risk in state responsibility areas and very…
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