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Los Altos Hills committee refines landscaping guide to prioritize wildfire hardening and clear references
Summary
The EDPC spent two hours revising language in the town's landscaping guide to clarify defensible-space guidance, prefer authoritative links to changing standards and recommend mulch, spacing and tree-clearance practices that balance wildfire safety and habitat preservation.
The Environmental Design and Protection Committee reviewed a revised landscaping guide focused on reducing wildfire risk and agreed to tighten the document's language and references while avoiding overly prescriptive rules that might quickly go out of date. The meeting opened with members resolving technical issues and then moved into a line-by-line review of the proposed text.
Committee members debated whether to cite specific agencies such as Cal Fire or the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and concluded that the guide should point readers to recognized safety standards and link to authoritative sources rather than echoing lengthy requirements inline. "If you keep it a little more vague, I think it's less apt to be something you have to go back…
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