UKIAH — At its meeting Tuesday, June 22, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors updated the county’s general plan, focusing primarily on safety. The board also worked its way through the cannabis agricultural issues, with proposed caps cultivation site sizes and fines for illegal water hauling. Unfortunately, the meeting extended late into the evening and past this paper’s deadline.
State law mandates that each county has a general plan with seven mandatory elements. The safety element focuses on identifying potential risks that could potentially endanger the public health, safety, and welfare of the community. The safety element was last updated in 2009.
The Supervisors focused on three updates: the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, a Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment, and the policies in the Development and Resource Management element.
The Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan is one of the pre-requisites for jurisdictions pursuing funding from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program. The Mitigation Plan focuses on identifying hazards related to natural disasters and finding mitigation strategies. With the adoption of the Mitigation Plan, Mendocino County is now eligible for future FEMA hazard mitigation grants.
The Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment looked at how severely climate change hazards are likely to impact Mendocino County. According to the Vulnerability Assessment, many Mendocino County citizens are highly…
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UKIAH — At its meeting Tuesday, June 22, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors updated the county’s general plan, focusing primarily on safety. The board also worked its way through the cannabis agricultural issues, with proposed caps cultivation site sizes and fines for illegal water hauling. Unfortunately, the meeting extended late into the evening and past this paper’s deadline.
State law mandates that each county has a general plan with seven mandatory elements. The safety element focuses on identifying potential risks that could potentially endanger the public health, safety, and welfare of the community. The safety element was last updated in 2009.
The Supervisors focused on three updates: the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan, a Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment, and the policies in the Development and Resource Management element.
The Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan is one of the pre-requisites for jurisdictions pursuing funding from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program. The Mitigation Plan focuses on identifying hazards related to natural disasters and finding mitigation strategies. With the adoption of the Mitigation Plan, Mendocino County is now eligible for future FEMA hazard mitigation grants.
The Climate Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment looked at how severely climate change hazards are likely to impact Mendocino County. According to the Vulnerability Assessment, many Mendocino County citizens are highly…
