California Government Code 65300.5 – (a) In construing the provisions of this article, the …
(a) In construing the provisions of this article, the Legislature intends that the general plan and elements and parts thereof comprise an integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency.
(b) The Legislature intends that the provisions of this article, as stated in paragraph (4) of subdivision (g) of Section 65302, support and encourage communities in reaching the state‘s environmental and climate objectives. Climate change causes catastrophic threats to lives, property, and resources in California, and continues to affect all parts of the Californian economy and environment. This provision is intended to encourage measures that enable communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change including, but not limited to, higher average temperatures, decreased air and water quality, the spread of infectious and vectorborne diseases, other public health impacts, extreme weather events, sea level rise, flooding, heat waves, wildfires, and drought.
Terms Used In California Government Code 65300.5
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 710, Sec. 1. (SB 932) Effective January 1, 2023.)