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2021 California Monument Fire - Engine crew battles flames
Credit: USFS

December 19, 2021 - The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) reports Assembly Bill 1154, authored by Assembly Member Jim Patterson (R-Fresno), seeks to expedite fire safety improvements for subdivisions that are at significant risk of fire and lack a secondary egress routes. In particular, AB 1154 exempts from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), fire safety egress route projects stemming from recommendations made by the Board of Forestry (BOF).

In 2018, the Legislature enacted AB 2911 (Friedman), which requires the BOF to make recommendations to improve the fire safety of existing housing subdivisions that are at significant fire risk and without a secondary egress route. The BOF identified communities meeting those requirements and has begun the process of recommending which subdivisions need to create secondary egress routes. For more information about those subdivisions and the reports that have been complied, please visit the BOF website.

AB 1154 is intended to help reduce costs and potential project delays for these important egress route projects. These changes are even more important in light of the massive wildfires over the last several years.

AB 1154 is anticipated to be heard at the January 10th hearing of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. As the bill’s sponsor, RCRC will be there to testify in support. Minor amendments will need to be adopted later in the legislative process to reflect the nature of the work done by the BOF. RCRC will also be supporting two other bills up for hearing the same day. Those bills are AB 1078 (Patterson), which exempts homes destroyed during 2020 wildfires from the new California Energy Commission solar mandate; and AB 1519 (Gallagher), which requires the state to create a grant program to help offset the cost of transporting fuels from vegetation management and forest health activities to a biomass facility.

RCRC’s letters can be found here:


ABOUT RURAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA (RCRC)
The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) is a thirty-seven member county strong service organization that champions policies on behalf of California’s rural counties. RCRC is dedicated to representing the collective unique interests of its membership, providing legislative and regulatory representation at the State and Federal levels, and providing responsible services for its members to enhance and protect the quality of life in rural California counties. To learn more about RCRC, visit rcrcnet.org and follow @RuralCounties on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Source: RCRC