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(a) The board of supervisors of any county other than a county described in subdivision (e), shall develop a sustainable farmland strategy.(b) (1) The sustainable farmland strategy shall include all of the following:
(A) A map and inventory of all agriculturally zoned lands within the county as of February 21, 2014. A county may use the county-level maps of agricultural land developed by the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the Department of Conservation, general plan maps, or other available local and state maps and resources.
(B) A description of the goals, strategies, and related policies and ordinances to retain agriculturally zoned land, where practical, and mitigate the loss of agriculturally zoned lands to nonagricultural uses or nonagricultural zones.
(C) A page on the county’s Internet Web site that assembles all of the relevant documentation for the goals, strategies and related policies, and ordinances, as described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), as well as reporting on the manner of compliance with this article as required by subdivision (f). The board of supervisors shall also include, on the Internet Web site, a table and map showing the location of lands enrolled in the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, also known as the Williamson Act (Article 1 (commencing with Section 51200) of Chapter 7 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5).
(2) The board of supervisors of each county shall consult with the cities located within county boundaries and the local agency formation commission on the development of the sustainable farmland strategy for that county to promote compatibility of the sustainable farmland strategy with the plans and policies of the cities and local agency formation commission, including adopted spheres of influence and municipal service reviews.
(c) A county may comply with this article by relying on existing inventories and maps of agricultural lands, and existing goals, strategies, and related policies and ordinances that substantially comply with subdivision (b). Any county complying under this subdivision shall summarize and incorporate by reference on the county’s Internet Web site a description of how each requirement of this subdivision has been met.
(d) The board of supervisors shall update the sustainable farmland strategy as determined to be necessary by the board of supervisors.
(e) Any county with less than 4 percent of its land base in agriculture, as determined by the most recent Census of Agriculture by the United States Department of Agriculture, is exempt from this article.
(f) On or before January 1, 2018, each county shall affirm compliance with this article by one of the following means:
(1) Developing and adopting a sustainable farmland strategy consistent with subdivision (b).
(2) Adopting a resolution determining that the existing county goals, policies, and ordinances have a functionally equivalent strategy that meets the requirements of subdivision (b), pursuant to subdivision (c).
(3) Adopting a resolution determining that the county’s agricultural land resources do not meet the threshold described in subdivision (e), and that the county is not required to develop a sustainable farmland strategy.