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Residents press county on evacuation, language access and proprietary modeling after Moss Landing fire
Summary
During a Monterey County public kickoff, residents described delayed evacuation orders, sheltering problems and model transparency gaps from the January Moss Landing incident, and urged county requirements for exercised emergency plans, reproducible plume modeling and equipment inspection. County staff committed to stronger guidance and technical review.
Residents and county staff used a public kickoff meeting on April 4, 2026, to air continuing concerns about the January battery‑storage incident at Moss Landing, focusing on evacuation timing, language access and the limits of proprietary modeling.
At the meeting, a resident asked about the timing of evacuation orders. An agency official responded: "The evacuation orders were issued by the sheriff, about 3 hours after the incident began." The official explained initial health alerts were sent to a limited area because modeling and air‑monitoring data were not yet available, and that orders were expanded as monitoring improved.
Several attendees said Spanish‑speaking residents were not effectively reached during the…
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