(a) A city or county may develop an agricultural land component of the city or countyâs open-space element or a separate agricultural land element. If a city or county chooses to develop an agricultural land component of the open-space element or an agricultural land element, the agricultural land component of the open-space element or the agricultural land element shall do the following: (1) Identify and map, utilizing the designations in the Farmland Monitoring and Mapping Program pursuant to Section 65570 or soil surveys conducted by the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service where applicable, agricultural lands within the cityâs or countyâs jurisdiction. That portion of the plan shall include all of the following: (A) All parcels subject to a contract executed pursuant to the Williamson Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 51200) of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5). (B) All parcels subject to a conservation easement. (C) All agricultural preserves established pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 51230) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. (D) All parcels subject to a farmland security zone contract established pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 51296) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5. (E) All parcels being used for agricultural purposes within a sphere of influence or municipal service boundary and not subject to a permanent easement. (F) The total acreage of land classified as a category of agricultural land and a breakdown of agricultural land by Farmland Monitoring and Mapping Program classification. (G) The total acreage of agricultural land that is located within two miles of land zoned for housing, including rural residential uses, business, or industry in the land use element prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 65302. The city or county shall not identify the individual parcels subject to this subparagraph. (H) All public agencies with responsibility for preservation of agricultural land within the jurisdiction, including resource conservation districts established pursuant to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9001) of the Public Resources Code. (I) The total acreage and Farmland Monitoring and Mapping Program classification of former agricultural land that has been developed since 1984. All land that was, at any time, classified as agricultural land shall be included, even if it was subsequently classified as âotherâ land. (J) The total acreage of land that qualifies as a category of agricultural land that is likely to be developed in the next eight years. (K) An identification and designation of priority land for conservation. (2) Establish a comprehensive set of goals, policies, and objectives based on the information identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to support long-term protection of agricultural land. In developing these goals, policies, and objectives, a city or county may include, but is not limited to, the following: (A) Evaluating and amending as necessary the action plan developed pursuant to Section 65564. (B) Avoiding or minimizing, when feasible, new development that is located on priority land. (C) Locating, when feasible, new essential public facilities no less than one mile from priority land. (D) Adopting land use and zoning policies to discourage leapfrog development. (E) Creating procedures for cooperating with other public agencies and agricultural associations to protect priority land. (F) Developing strategies to promote the development of multicounty and city-county agreements for the protection of priority land. (G) Identifying the total acreage of agricultural land to be preserved within the jurisdiction. (H) Prioritizing the development of housing, including affordable housing, and commercial development within existing areas zoned for housing and commercial development, when feasible. (3) Identify and establish a set of feasible implementation measures designed to carry out and promote the goals
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