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Stern Pushes For Wildfire Prevention Legislation

Senator Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park, announced the Blueprint for a Fire Safe California, comprising 11 Senate bills related to fire safety in places like the Santa Clarita Valley last month.

The Blueprint for a Fire Safe California, a set of state Senate bills relating to fire safety and prevention in places like Santa Clarita, was announced by Senator Stern’s office on May 27.

“We can’t wave the white flag on climate change and we can’t just fire-fight our way out of this mess,” Stern said. “We have to do something different here. Hardening our communities and protecting people’s lives are essential parts of the solution.”

The Blueprint contains several bills designed to train and deploy a resiliency workforce; implement modern vegetation, forest management and community plans; expand consumer access to the homeowners’ insurance market; and provide funding mechanisms, according to Stern’s office.

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Two major wildfire resilience bills were in the Blueprint, including Senate Bill 63 which would establish a Wildfire Resilience Corps designed to train community-based fire prevention workers, expand building standards that are fire-safe and implement resiliency strategies in areas such as the Santa Clarita Valley, according to officials with Stern’s office.

“SB 63 is a crucial part of our strategy by creating a resiliency work force in our communities and encouraging volunteers and community members to get engaged,” Stern said. “However, beyond looking at preventing fires in existing communities, we must also look at how and where we develop in California.”

Another wildfire resilience bill, SB 45 is referred to as a $5.6 billion climate resilience bond that would ask California voters to double down on fire prevention, in addition to other climate and infrastructure investments.

SB 12, another bill included in Stern’s Blueprint, would put certain limits on development plans unless those plans include adequate fire prevention measures, according to Stern’s office.

“We need to make a change and today is part of that change,” Stern said regarding the proposed legislation.

For more information on the Blueprint for a Fire Safe California, click here.


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Stern Pushes For Wildfire Prevention Legislation

2 comments

  1. If the Democrats/Liberals/Regressives/Marxist/Socialist/Communists are soooo concerned with wildfires, why do they continue to allow unchecked Vagrant festering?!?!

  2. Did Trump give you the go-ahead to be so rude or have you always been that way? Just wondering. Our city has many nice people in it. Try it for a week and see how it feels.

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Tim was raised in Santa Clarita and attended COC before transferring to UC Berkeley in 2017. After getting his B.A. in political science, Tim joined KHTS as a News Intern in 2021.