CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 946Introduced by Senator McGuireJanuary 18, 2024 An act relating to wildfires. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 946, as introduced, McGuire. Wildfires: community hardening.Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to establish the Community Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Program to coordinate regional and local efforts with state policies, strategies, and programs for community wildfire mitigation in order to improve wildfire preparedness and prevention, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable communities. Existing law requires the program to, among other things, provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions with community wildfire preparedness and prevention services and identify funding opportunities and best practices, including, but not necessarily limited to, defensible space, structure hardening, fuel reduction around communities, wildland building code standards, and land use planning.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to community hardening to address risks resulting from wildfires.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to community hardening to address risks resulting from wildfires.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 946Introduced by Senator McGuireJanuary 18, 2024 An act relating to wildfires. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 946, as introduced, McGuire. Wildfires: community hardening.Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to establish the Community Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Program to coordinate regional and local efforts with state policies, strategies, and programs for community wildfire mitigation in order to improve wildfire preparedness and prevention, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable communities. Existing law requires the program to, among other things, provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions with community wildfire preparedness and prevention services and identify funding opportunities and best practices, including, but not necessarily limited to, defensible space, structure hardening, fuel reduction around communities, wildland building code standards, and land use planning.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to community hardening to address risks resulting from wildfires.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 946
Introduced by Senator McGuireJanuary 18, 2024
Introduced by Senator McGuire
January 18, 2024
An act relating to wildfires.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 946, as introduced, McGuire. Wildfires: community hardening.
Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to establish the Community Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Program to coordinate regional and local efforts with state policies, strategies, and programs for community wildfire mitigation in order to improve wildfire preparedness and prevention, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable communities. Existing law requires the program to, among other things, provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions with community wildfire preparedness and prevention services and identify funding opportunities and best practices, including, but not necessarily limited to, defensible space, structure hardening, fuel reduction around communities, wildland building code standards, and land use planning.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to community hardening to address risks resulting from wildfires.
Existing law requires the Office of the State Fire Marshal to establish the Community Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Program to coordinate regional and local efforts with state policies, strategies, and programs for community wildfire mitigation in order to improve wildfire preparedness and prevention, with an emphasis on the most vulnerable communities. Existing law requires the program to, among other things, provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions with community wildfire preparedness and prevention services and identify funding opportunities and best practices, including, but not necessarily limited to, defensible space, structure hardening, fuel reduction around communities, wildland building code standards, and land use planning.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to community hardening to address risks resulting from wildfires.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to community hardening to address risks resulting from wildfires.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to community hardening to address risks resulting from wildfires.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to community hardening to address risks resulting from wildfires.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to community hardening to address risks resulting from wildfires.
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