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This bill, by adding Section 30501.5 to the Public Resources Code, allows local governments within California's coastal zone to incorporate a "neighborhood-scale adaptation approach" into their local coastal programs or sea level rise plans. This approach, which is defined as a method for identifying and developing adaptation strategies specific to defined areas or assets that share characteristics like geology or land use, can include identifying specific areas or assets like neighborhoods, beaches, or infrastructure that will be subject to the plan, and outlining policies for preferred adaptation strategies tailored to the unique geophysical and land use features of those areas to minimize or avoid coastal impacts. This provision aims to provide local flexibility in coastal adaptation planning while remaining consistent with the California Coastal Act of 1976 and existing requirements for sea level rise plans, which are mandated by 2034 under Senate Bill 272 and informed by the latest scientific guidance on sea level rise projections.

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