Santa Cruz County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2025 Update
Summary
SCH Number
2026041368
Public Agency
Santa Cruz County
Document Title
Santa Cruz County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2025 Update
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/29/2026
Document Description
Adoption of the Santa Cruz County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP) 2025 Update provides a comprehensive strategy to reduce the impacts of natural hazards such as earthquakes, wildfires, flooding, landslides, and severe weather events. The Plan serves as a five-year roadmap for coordinated hazard mitigation actions among Santa Cruz County and its planning partners. The Plan includes a countywide risk assessment and mitigation strategy and identifies 190 mitigation actions to reduce hazard risks across the Santa Cruz County planning area.
Contact Information
Name
Clare Peabody
Agency Name
County of Santa Cruz
Job Title
Senior Admin Analyst
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Watsonville
Counties
Santa Cruz
Regions
Countywide
Other Location Info
County Wide
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15306 Class 6 Information Collection
Reasons for Exemption
The MJHMP is primarily a planning, policy, and coordination document, which does not directly result in reasonable foreseeable environmental impacts. The preparation and adoption of an MJHMP primarily involves policy development, risk assessment, and identification of potential mitigation strategies rather than the approval or implementation of specific construction projects. Implementation of future mitigation strategies would be subject to separate environmental review for impacts under CEQA. In addition, the MJHMP also involves the collection of information and data in a single source document for coordination between the participating jurisdictions. Based on these exemptions, the Project will not result in environmental impacts, and
no further environmental review is required.
County Clerk
Santa Cruz
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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