The Port Hueneme City Council voted unanimously on Nov. 17 to adopt the 2025 editions of the California Building Standards Code (including the California Building Code, Residential Code, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical, Energy and Green Building Standards) and related referenced manuals and appendices.

Building Official Tom Juzwiak presented the item as a required cyclical update. Staff explained that California law requires jurisdictions to enforce the latest model code and to re-adopt prior local amendments before the new code’s effective date; otherwise local amendments lapse. Because Assembly Bill 130 restricts certain residential-code changes between Oct. 1, 2025 and June 1, 2031, staff said there were no new residential amendments from the prior cycle to consider.

Council opened and immediately closed the public hearing, heard no public testimony on the item, and then adopted the ordinance by title only, waived further reading, and found the project categorically exempt from CEQA.

The adoption places Port Hueneme on the current statewide code cycle and preserves local amendments that maintain consistency between the municipal code and state standards. Staff said they are available to answer technical questions and will proceed with effective-date preparations.