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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Residents of high fire areas across California are being granted additional time to give comments on the draft fire hazard severity zone map created by Cal Fire.
In response to a request for more time and clarity from groups including the League of California Cities and California State Association of Counties, Cal Fire has increased the comment period for an additional 60 days.
The deadline for public comment has now been extended from Friday, Feb. 3, to Tuesday, April 4, for a total of 110 days.
The new map will succeed one created in 2007.
It covers the State Responsibility Area, or SRA, overseen by Cal Fire. The agency describes the area as “unincorporated, rural areas, where wildfires tend to be frequent.”
The map ranks areas according to low, medium and high categories for fire risk.
Cal Fire’s new draft map shows that the areas in Lake County ranked as “very high” have increased by 31.5%.
As a result, of the 395,373 acres in Lake County in the SRA, 92.8% are in the very high category. Lake County ranks No. 5 statewide for the amount of acreage in that highest risk category.
Last week, Cal Fire held a hearing during the Board of Supervisors meeting in which community residents and board members raised issues with the new map.
Their concerns included how the map was created, how it is to be used and its potential negative impacts on Lake County’s property and homeowners, who already are facing challenges with climbing insurance rates and cancellations.
The Cal Fire analysis and algorithm used to create the map doesn’t take into account the work of residents to create defensible space, or the efforts of groups such as fire safe councils to promote fire hardening efforts.
In a statement on the time extension, the League of California Cities reported, “Based on the available data, it appears that there may be some discrepancies around local fire mitigation efforts, such as brush clearance, in the draft maps. Ignoring decades of meaningful data could result in costly inaccuracies and discourage collaboration between local governments and Cal Fire on this critical resource.”
HOW TO COMMENT
The Office of the State Fire Marshal will accept written comments on the map through Tuesday, April 4.
Information on the Fire Hazard Severity Zones is here:
https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/divisions/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/wildfire-preparedness/fire-hazard-severity-zones/
To see how the map is proposed to change from 2007, visit this webpage:
https://calfire-forestry.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=fd937aba2b044c3484a642ae03c35677
For information presented at the Board of Supervisors hearing, visit this page:
https://countyoflake.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=11574889&GUID=9685D0B4-8184-4E28-880A-C53110C3A311
Written comments may be submitted by U.S. mail to the following address:
Office of the State Fire Marshal
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Attn: Scott Witt, Deputy Chief
P.O. Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
Written comments can also be hand delivered or sent by courier to the contact person listed in this notice at the following address:
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Office of the State Fire Marshal
C/O: Scott Witt
California Natural Resources Building
715 P Street, 9th floor
Sacramento, CA 95818
Written comments may also be delivered via email at the following address:
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The meeting will begin at 4 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, located at 15900 Moose Lodge Lane in Clearlake Oaks.
The meeting will be available via Zoom. The pass code is 986 3245 2684.
Agenda items for Wednesday include a proposed revision to the ERTH bylaws.
Discussion topics also will include a Roadmap Taskforce update, the Clearlake Oaks consolidated lighting district, the Lake County Geothermal Project Watchlist, a commercial cannabis cultivation update, a request for review with ERTH by the Community Development Department and Sulphur Bank Mine Superfund Site public outreach.
There also will be updates on Spring Valley, the Northshore Fire Protection District, the Oaks Arm and Keys Restoration projects, and a report from Supervisor EJ Crandell.
The group’s next meeting will take place on March 1.
ERTH’s members are Denise Loustalot, Jim Burton, Tony Morris and Pamela Kicenski.
For more information visit the group’s Facebook page.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said it has located a woman reported missing earlier this month.
Nancy Mingey, 55, Lakeport, had not been seen or heard from since early January and was reported missing to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 19.
The sheriff’s office said she was located and is safe in Sacramento.
The agency thanked everyone who assisted in finding her.
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Call Lake County Animal Care and Control at 707-263-0278 or visit the shelter online at http://www.co.lake.ca.us/Government/Directory/Animal_Care_And_Control.htm for information on visiting or adopting.
The following cats at the shelter have been cleared for adoption.
Male domestic medium hair
This 3-year-old male domestic medium hair cat has a gray coat.
He is in cat room kennel No. 13, ID No. LCAC-A-4559.
‘Halo’
“Halo” is a 3-year-old male domestic shorthair cat with a gray tabby coat.
He is in kennel No. 77a, ID No. LCAC-A-4466.
‘Wednesday’
“Wednesday” is a 3-year-old female domestic shorthair cat with a gray tabby coat.
She is in kennel No. 77b, ID No. LCAC-A-4463.
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