Safety Element Update
Summary
SCH Number
2025020708
Public Agency
City of Santa Monica
Document Title
Safety Element Update
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/21/2025
Document Description
The Safety Element addresses associated Federal and State requirements to identify risks and vulnerabilities from natural and human-made disasters and other emergency events and would establish the strategies for creating a safer and more resilient City. The Safety Element establishes the City’s goals, policies, and programs to reduce the short and long term risk of death, injuries, property damage, and social dislocation due to hazards from the natural and built environment including geologic hazards, flooding, hazardous materials, airport hazards, climate change effects, and fires.
Contact Information
Name
Rachel Kwok
Agency Name
City of Santa Monica
Job Title
Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Santa Monica
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide
Other Information
City of Santa Monica
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The Safety Element is primarily limited to policy modifications and updates in compliance with State law and is not anticipated to result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, nor will the proposed changes have the potential for causing significant effect on the environment. Based on the evidence in the record, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the proposed ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15308
Reasons for Exemption
Section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines exempts (Class 8) actions taken by regulatory agencies, as authorized by state or local ordinance, to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment where the regulatory process involves procedures for protection of the environment. The Safety Element addresses climate change effects with policies and actions that foster sustainability and environmental protection. Therefore, the Safety Element is exempt pursuant to Section 15308.
County Clerk
Los Angeles
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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