Safety Element

Safety Element

California Government Code Section 65302(g) (GC 65302) requires all local jurisdictions to update their Safety Element upon each revision of the Housing Element or Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. Vallejo’s Safety Element Update will occur concurrently with the Housing Element Update, which must be adopted by early 2023. The State of California specifies types of information that must be updated, notably, climate change resiliency and adaptation mitigation. Other topics relating to natural hazards, which are already addressed in the Safety Element but may be updated as necessary to reflect new information, include: fire risk, seismic risk, flood risk, site contamination, and the City’s ability to respond to natural and manmade disasters.