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CA Govt Code § 51176 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51176.

51176.  The purpose of this chapter is to classify lands in the state in accordance with whether a very high fire hazard is present so that public officials are able to identify measures that will retard the rate of spread, and reduce the potential intensity, of uncontrolled fires that threaten to destroy resources, life, or property, and to require that those measures be taken.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Govt Code § 51177 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51177.

51177.  As used in this chapter:(a) “Defensible space” means the area adjacent to a structure or dwelling where wildfire prevention or protection practices are implemented to provide defense from an approaching wildfire or to minimize the spread of a structure fire to wildlands or surrounding areas.(b) “Director” means the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection.(c) “Fuel” means any combustible material, including petroleum-based products, cultivated landscape plants, grasses, and weeds, and wildland vegetation.(d) “Fuel management” means the act or practice of controlling flammability and reducing resistance to control of fuels through mechanical, chemical, biological, or manual means or by fire, in support of land management objectives.(e) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, or district responsible for fire protection within a very high fire hazard severity zone.(f) “Single specimen tree” means any live tree that stands alone in the landscape so as to be clear of buildings, structures, combustible vegetation, or other trees, and that does not form a means of rapidly transmitting fire from the vegetation to an occupied dwelling or structure or from an occupied dwelling or structure to vegetation.(g) “State responsibility areas” means those areas identified pursuant to Section 4102 of the Public Resources Code.(h) “Vegetation” means all plants, including trees, shrubs, grass, and perennial or annual plants.(i) “Very high fire hazard severity zone” means an area designated as a very high fire hazard severity zone by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 51178 that is not a state responsibility area.(j) “Wildfire” means an unplanned, unwanted wildland fire, including unauthorized human-caused fires, escaped wildland fire use events, escaped prescribed fire projects, and all other wildland fires where the objective is to extinguish the fire.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 382, Sec. 1.5. (SB 63) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 51178 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51178.

51178.  The State Fire Marshal shall identify areas in the state as moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. Moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones shall be based on fuel loading, slope, fire weather, and other relevant factors including areas where winds have been identified by the Office of the State Fire Marshal as a major cause of wildfire spread.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 382, Sec. 2.5. (SB 63) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 51178.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51178.5.

51178.5.  Within 30 days after receiving a transmittal from the State Fire Marshal that identifies fire hazard severity zones pursuant to Section 51178, a local agency shall make the information available for public review and comment. The information shall be presented in a format that is understandable and accessible to the general public, including, but not limited to, maps.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 382, Sec. 3.5. (SB 63) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 51179 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51179.

51179.  (a) A local agency shall designate, by ordinance, very high fire hazard severity zones in its jurisdiction within 120 days of receiving recommendations from the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 51178.(b) A local agency may, at its discretion, include areas within the jurisdiction of the local agency, not identified as very high fire hazard severity zones by the State Fire Marshal, as very high fire hazard severity zones following a finding supported by substantial evidence in the record that the requirements of Section 51182 are necessary for effective fire protection within the area.(c) The local agency shall transmit a copy of an ordinance adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) to the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection within 30 days of adoption.(d) Changes made by a local agency to the recommendations made by the State Fire Marshal shall be final and shall not be rebuttable by the State Fire Marshal.(e) The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and adopt a model ordinance that provides for the establishment of very high fire hazard severity zones.(f) Any ordinance adopted by a local agency pursuant to this section that substantially conforms to the model ordinance of the State Fire Marshal shall be presumed to be in compliance with the requirements of this section.(g) A local agency shall post a notice at the office of the county recorder, county assessor, and county planning agency identifying the location of the map provided by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 51178. If the agency amends the map, pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of this section, the notice shall instead identify the location of the amended map.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 225, Sec. 6. (AB 9) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 51180 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51180.

51180.  For the purposes of Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1, vegetation removal or management, undertaken in whole or in part, for fire prevention or suppression purposes shall not be deemed to alter the natural condition of public property. This section shall apply only to natural conditions of public property and shall not limit any liability or immunity that may otherwise exist pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Govt Code § 51181 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51181.

51181.  The State Fire Marshal shall periodically review the areas in the state identified as very high fire hazard severity zones pursuant to this chapter, and as necessary, shall make recommendations relative to very high fire hazard severity zones. This review shall coincide with the review of state responsibility area lands every five years and, when possible, fall within the time frames for each county’s general plan update. Any revision of areas included in a very high fire hazard severity zone shall be made in accordance with Sections 51178 and 51179.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 225, Sec. 7. (AB 9) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Govt Code § 51183 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51183.

51183.  (a) The local agency may exempt from the standards set forth in Section 51182 structures with exteriors constructed entirely of nonflammable materials, or conditioned upon the contents and composition of the structure, and may vary the requirements respecting the management of fuels surrounding the structures in those cases. This subdivision does not authorize a local agency to vary a requirement that is a building standard subject to Section 18930 of the Health and Safety Code, except as otherwise authorized by law.(b) An exemption or variance under subdivision (a) shall not apply unless and until the occupant of the structure, or if there is no occupant, then the owner of the structure, files with the local agency a written consent to the inspection of the interior and contents of the structure to ascertain whether Section 51182 is complied with at all times.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 366, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Govt Code § 51183.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51183.5.

51183.5.  (a) A transferor of real property that is located within a very high fire hazard severity zone, designated pursuant to this chapter, shall disclose to any prospective transferee the fact that the property is located within a very high fire hazard severity zone, and is subject to the requirements of Section 51182.(b) Disclosure is required pursuant to this section only when one of the following conditions is met:(1) The transferor, or the transferor’s agent, has actual knowledge that the property is within a very high fire hazard severity zone.(2) A map that includes the property has been provided to the local agency pursuant to Section 51178, and a notice is posted at the offices of the county recorder, county assessor, and county planning agency that identifies the location of the map and any information regarding changes to the map received by the local agency.(c) In all transactions that are subject to Section 1103 of the Civil Code, the disclosure required by subdivision (a) of this section shall be provided by either of the following means:(1) The Local Option Real Estate Disclosure Statement as provided in Section 1102.6a of the Civil Code.(2) The Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement as provided in Section 1103.2 of the Civil Code.(d) If the map or accompanying information is not of sufficient accuracy or scale that a reasonable person can determine if the subject real property is included in a very high fire hazard zone, the transferor shall mark “Yes” on the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement. The transferor may mark “No” on the Natural Hazard Disclosure Statement if he or she attaches a report prepared pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1103.4 of the Civil Code that verifies the property is not in the hazard zone. Nothing in this subdivision is intended to limit or abridge any existing duty of the transferor or the transferor’s agents to exercise reasonable care in making a determination under this subdivision.(e) Section 1103.13 of the Civil Code shall apply to this section.(f) The specification of items for disclosure in this section does not limit or abridge any obligation for disclosure created by any other provision of law or that may exist in order to avoid fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit in the transfer transaction.(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 876, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2000.)
CA Govt Code § 51184 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51184.

51184.  (a) Section 51182 shall not apply to any land or water area acquired or managed for one or more of the following purposes or uses:(1) Habitat for endangered or threatened species, or any species that is a candidate for listing as an endangered or threatened species by the state or federal government.(2) Lands kept in a predominantly natural state as habitat for wildlife, plant, or animal communities.(3) Open space lands that are environmentally sensitive parklands.(4) Other lands having scenic values, as declared by the local agency, or by state or federal law.(b) This exemption applies whether the land or water area is held in fee title or any lesser interest. This exemption applies to any public agency, any private entity that has dedicated the land or water areas to one or more of those purposes or uses, or any combination of public agencies and private entities making that dedication.(c) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the use of properly authorized prescribed burning to improve the biological function of land or to assist in the restoration of desired vegetation.(d) In the event that any lands adjacent to any land or water area described in subdivision (a) are improved such that they are subject to Section 51182, the obligation to comply with Section 51182 shall be with the person owning, leasing, controlling, operating, or maintaining the occupied dwelling or occupied structure on the improved lands. All maintenance activities and other fire prevention measures required by Section 51182 shall be required only for the improved lands, not the land and water areas described in subdivision (a).(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Govt Code § 51185 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51185.

51185.  (a) A violation of Section 51182 is an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).(b) If a person is convicted of a second violation of Section 51182 within five years, that person shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).(c) If a person is convicted of a third violation of Section 51182 within five years, that person is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500).(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Govt Code § 51186 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51186.

51186.  (a) The local agency having jurisdiction of property upon which conditions regulated by Section 51182 are being violated shall notify the owner of the property to correct the conditions. If the owner fails to correct the conditions, the local agency may cause the corrections to be made, and the expenses incurred shall become a lien on the property that is the subject of the corrections when recorded in the county recorder’s office in the county in which the real property is located. The priority of the lien shall be as of the date of recording. The lien shall contain the legal description of the real property, the assessor’s parcel number, and the name of the owner of record as shown on the latest equalized assessment roll.(b) (1) Each local agency having jurisdiction of property upon which conditions that are regulated by Section 51182 apply shall make reasonable efforts to provide notice to affected residents within the jurisdiction of the local agency describing the requirements added by the amendments to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 51182 made in Assembly Bill 3074 of the 2019–20 Regular Session before the imposition of penalties for violating those requirements.(2) (A) The requirement for an ember-resistant zone pursuant to Section 51182 shall not take effect for new structures until the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection updates the regulations, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 51182, and the guidance document, pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 51182.(B) The requirements for an ember-resistant zone pursuant to Section 51182 shall take effect for existing structures one year after the effective date for the new structures.(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 259, Sec. 3. (AB 3074) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Govt Code § 51187 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51187.

51187.  Any violation of Section 51182 may be considered a public nuisance pursuant to Section 38773.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Govt Code § 51188 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 6.8 - Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones|Section 51188.

51188.  In the instance of conflict between this chapter and any provision of state law that allows a regional planning agency to regulate very high fire hazard severity zones, this chapter shall prevail.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Govt Code § 51298.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 1 - POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES|CHAPTER 8 - Capital Investment Incentive Program|Section 51298.5.

51298.5.  (a) This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024.(b) A capital investment incentive program established pursuant to this chapter before January 1, 2024, may remain in effect for the full term of that program, regardless of the repeal of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 382, Sec. 1. (AB 1900) Effective January 1, 2019. Note: Termination clause affects Chapter 8, commencing with Section 51298.)
CA Govt Code § 52200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 4 - Economic Opportunity|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 52200.

52200.  It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:(a) Promote economic development on a local level so that communities can enact local strategies to increase jobs, create economic opportunity, and generate tax revenue for all levels of government.(b) Give local governments tools, at no cost to the state, that allow local governments to use their funds in a manner that promotes economic opportunity.(c) With the loss of redevelopment funds, cities, counties, and cities and counties need to continue certain powers afforded to redevelopment agencies that were critical to economic development, yet do not have an impact on schools and the state budget.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 659, Sec. 1. (SB 470) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Govt Code § 52200.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 4 - Economic Opportunity|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 52200.2.

52200.2.  As used in this part, “economic opportunity” means any of the following:(a) Development agreements, loan agreements, sale agreements, lease agreements, or other agreements that create, retain, or expand new jobs, in which the legislative body finds that the agreement will create or retain at least one full-time equivalent, permanent job for every thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) of city, county, or city and county investment in the project after full capacity and implementation.(b) Development agreements, loan agreements, sale agreements, lease agreements, or other agreements that increase property tax revenues to all property tax collecting entities, in which the legislative body finds that the agreement will result in an increase of at least 15 percent of total property tax resulting from the project at full implementation when compared to the year prior to the property being acquired by the government entity.(c) Creation of affordable housing, if a demonstrated affordable housing need exists in the community, as defined in the approved housing element or regional housing needs assessment.(d) Projects that meet the goals set forth in Chapter 728 of the Statutes of 2008 and have been included in an adopted sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy or a project that specifically implements the goals of those adopted plans.(e) Transit priority projects, as defined in Section 21155 of the Public Resources Code.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 503, Sec. 1. (AB 806) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Govt Code § 52200.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Government Code - GOV|TITLE 5 - LOCAL AGENCIES|DIVISION 1 - CITIES AND COUNTIES|PART 4 - Economic Opportunity|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 52200.4.

52200.4.  It is declared to be the policy of the state:(a) To protect and promote the sound development of economic opportunity in cities and counties and the general welfare of the inhabitants of those communities through the employment of all appropriate means.(b) That whenever the creation of economic opportunity in cities and counties cannot be accomplished by private enterprise alone, without public participation and assistance in the acquisition of land, in planning and in the financing of land assembly, in the work of clearance, and in the making of improvements necessary therefor, it is in the public interest to advance or expend public funds for these purposes, and to provide a means by which economic opportunity can be created.(c) That the creation of economic opportunity and the provisions for appropriate continuing land use and construction policies with respect to property acquired, in whole or in part, for economic opportunity constitute public uses and purposes for which public money may be advanced or expended and private property acquired, and are governmental functions of state concern in the interest of health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state and cities and counties.(d) That the necessity in the public interest for the provisions of this part is declared to be a matter of legislative determination.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 659, Sec. 1. (SB 470) Effective January 1, 2014.)