Bill Text: CA SB488 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 488

Introduced

Bill Title: Safety element: local hazard mitigation plan.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2026-02-02 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [SB488 Detail]

Download: California-2025-SB488-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 488

Introduced by Senator Limón

February 19, 2025

An act to amend Section 65302.6 of the Government Code, relating to land use.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 488, as introduced, Limón. Safety element: local hazard mitigation plan.

The Planning and Zoning Law requires the legislative body of a city or county to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan that includes various elements, including, among others, a safety element for the protection of the community from specified risks. Existing law authorizes a city or county to adopt within the safety element a local hazard mitigation plan, and requires that plan to meet specified requirements set out in the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in the provision that authorizes a city or county to adopt a local hazard mitigation plan.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 65302.6 of the Government Code is amended to read:

65302.6.

(a) A city, county, or a city and county may adopt with its safety element pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65302 a local hazard mitigation plan (HMP) specified in the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-390). The hazard mitigation plan shall include all of the following elements called for in the federal act requirements:

(1) An initial earthquake performance evaluation of public facilities that provide essential services, shelter, and critical governmental functions.

(2) An inventory of private facilities that are potentially hazardous, including, but not limited to, multiunit, soft story, concrete tilt-up, and concrete frame buildings.

(3) A plan to reduce the potential risk from private and governmental facilities in the event of a disaster.

(b) ~~Local~~ The Office of Emergency Services shall give preference to local jurisdictions that have not adopted a local hazard mitigation plan ~~shall be given preference by the Office of Emergency Services~~ in recommending actions to be funded from the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, and the Flood Mitigation Assistance Program to assist the local jurisdiction in developing and adopting a local hazard mitigation plan, subject to available funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.