Loading
Loading
Your feedback directly shapes Sporos.
Sign in to track your feedback history
Existing law requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a local assistance grant program for fire prevention and home hardening education activities in California and extends eligibility for grants to, among others, local agencies, resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, the California Conservation Corps, certified community conservation corps, Native American tribes, and qualified nonprofit organizations. Existing law requires the department, on or before December 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, to post on its internet website certain information regarding hazardous fuel reduction and vegetation management projects funded or conducted by the department for the preceding fiscal year, including projects funded under the department's Wildfire Prevention Grants Program, as provided. Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to establish a statewide program to allow qualified entities, as defined, who have completed a specific training program developed and administered by the department to support and augment the department in its defensible space and home hardening assessment and education efforts. This bill would authorize any group of residents to apply to the department for identified cohesive fire community status, defined as a community that has reached 50% of homes certified by any home hardening certification program approved by the State Fire Marshal on or before June 1, 2027. The bill would authorize the department, commencing with the 2028–29 fiscal year, to disburse up to 20% of funds appropriated for the Wildfire Prevention Grants Program to identified cohesive fire communities to use for activities related to hazardous fuels reduction, wildfire prevention planning, and wildfire prevention education, among other activities.
Introduced
Feb 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 2, 2026
Session
CA 20252026
Sponsors
1 primary · 5 co
Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and E.M.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
Read first time. To print.