OKAY EVERYONE GOOD MORNING HOW'S
THAT SOUND GOOD YOU CAN HEAR ME
OKAY ACCENT GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL
OUR TO OUR KICK OFF THE
INAUGURAL HEARING OF THE SELECT
COMMITTEE ON WILDFIRE PREVENTION
I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU
TO SEND THEM A STATE UNIVERSITY
WHERE ON THEIR BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS-
THIS MORNING THANK YOU TO YOUR
SS YOU FOR HOSTING THIS OF THAT
. SO I'M DAMON CONNOLLY AND AS A
REPRESENTATIVE FOR ASSEMBLY
DISTRICT TWELVE WHICH INCLUDES
FIRE PRONE MARIN AND SONOMA
COUNTIES ONE OF THE FIRST ACTS I
TOOK IN OFFICE WAS TO REQUEST
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS
NEW COMMITTEE. THREE THIS
COMMITTEE I HOPE TO ENGAGE A
BROADER GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS TO
DISCUSS AND COLLABORATE ON THE
CHALLENGES LESSONS LEARNED AND
OPPORTUNITIES RELATING TO
TACKLING OUR WILDFIRE
CHALLENGES. THE GOAL WOULD BE TO
TAKE THOSE DISCUSSIONS INCLUDING
TODAY AND TRANSLATE THEM INTO
ACTIONABLE POLICIES TO IMPROVE
THE STATE'S WILDFIRE PREVENTION
EFFORTS AND BUILD RESILIENCE IN
OUR COMMUNITIES. WILD FIRES IN
THE PAST DECADE HAVE BEEN AMONG
THE MOST DEVASTATING AND
CATASTROPHIC IN OUR STATE'S
ENTIRE HISTORY THEY CONTINUE TO
BE ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S GREATEST
THREATS TO LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE
PROPERTY THE STATE'S NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION
. AMONG OTHER FACTORS THE THREE
PRIMARY REASONS WHY CALIFORNIA
WILDFIRES HAVE BECOME MORE
DEVASTATING ARE. THE CLIMATE IS
BECOMING WARMER. MORE PEOPLE
LIVE IN COMBUSTIBLE PLACES NEAR
THE DANGER AND THERE IS MORE
FUEL TO PUT IT SIMPLY.
SCIENTISTS STATE THAT CLIMATE
CHANGE IS A CENTRAL FACTOR IN
CREATING ATMOSPHERIC INGREDIENTS
THAT MAKE WILDFIRES I
CALIFORNIA'S MORE EXTREME YEAR
AFTER YEAR. WARMER WARMER GLOBAL
TEMPERATURES DRIVEN BY
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HAVE
LED TO DROUGHT AS WELL AS MORE
EXTREME HEAT WAVES THAT LASTS
LONGER. AS THE CLIMATE WARMS THE
FUEL CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND
INCREASING WARM SPELLS CREATE
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FIRE. THIS
IS LATE IN THE FIRE SEASON WHICH
USED TO ONLY SPEND THE SUMMER
MONTHS. WE NOW AFFECTED WE BEING
YEAR ROUND. FIRES BURN TWICE AS
MANY ACRES AND FOR TWICE AS LONG
AS THEY DID IN THE NINETEEN
NINETIES. WILDFIRES ARE ALSO
INCREASINGLY HAPPENING ACROSS
LARGE LANDSCAPES OFTEN AFFECTING
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES TO
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES.
THE DRIVERS OF WILDFIRE VARY
FROM REGION TO REGION ACROSS THE
STATE IT. IS IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE REGIONAL BARK VERY
ABILITY AS WE EXPLORE AVENUES
AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO
IMPROVE WILDFIRE RESILIENCE. THE
GOAL OF TODAY'S HEARING IS TO
GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT
ACTIONS OF STATE AND LOCAL
ENTITIES ARE TAKING TO MITIGATE
OUR FLOCK WILDFIRE RISK. AND LET
ME JUST SAY AT THIS POINT I KNOW
ONE OF THESE HUGE ISSUES BECAUSE
I HEAR ABOUT IT NEARLY EVERY DAY
IS THE AVAILABILITY AND
AFFORDABILITY OF INSURANCE.
RELATED TO THE WILDFIRE RISK
WE'RE SCRATCH THE SURFACE ABOUT
TOPIC TODAY BUT I WANT TO ASSURE
YOU CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING
AND IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS
I'M FOCUSED ON. AS YOUR STATE
REPRESENTATIVE IN FACT I'M
RUNNING A BILL THIS YEAR
ASSEMBLY BILL FOUR SEVENTY
EIGHT. WHICH DEALS WITH THE
ISSUES- THE RISK PARTICULAR TO
MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES. INCLUDING SENIORS
OF. BE TO OFF THEIR INSURANCE
SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE LIVING
HIGH WILD FIRES ARMS OR THE
TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN PRICES-
TO BE ABLE TO EVEN AFFORD. A
WILDFIRE COVERAGE. THAT BILL HAS
BEEN PULLED BACK TO HAVE SOME
ONGOING CONVERSATIONS AS WE
TACKLE THOSE ISSUES WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY
UNDERSTAND THE INSURANCE MARKET
PLACE AND HOW IT CAN BEST WORK
ON BEHALF OF RESIDENTS. AND
CONSUMERS. ARE BEING GAUGING
WITH MY COLLEAGUES AT THE
LEGISLATURE ALONG WITH THE
COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO TACKLE THIS ISSUE OF
INSURANCE AFFORDABILITY.
AVAILABILITY AND FRANKLY
ACCOUNTABILITY- PARTICULAR TO
THE LARGEST INSURANCE COMPANIES
IN THE STATE. IN LIGHT OF OUR
INCREASING WILDFIRE. RISKS SO
MORE TO COME ON THAT. VERY HAPPY
TO INTRODUCE OUR SPEAKERS TODAY.
ARE CHIEF FRANK BIGELOW IS THE
ASSISTANT DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS
AND MITIGATION. AND FIRE
ENGINEERING INVESTIGATIONS AT
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION.
WILL NEXT BE HEARING FROM MIKE
PETERSON HE IS THE DEPUTY
COMMISSIONER FOR CLIMATE AND
SUSTAINABILITY AT THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. NEXT
WILL BE MARKED BROWN THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT THE MORAN
WILDFIRE PREVENTION OF STORAGE.
AND THEN SASHI SORRY CERAMIDE
MA'AM SHE IS A FORMER WILDFIRE
VEGETATION MANY GREAT STERN
PROGRAM MANAGER UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
WILD FIRE VEGETATION MITIGATION
DIVISION. AND FINALLY WILL BE
HEARING FROM JOHN ANDERSON WHO
IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
FORESTRY FOREST POLICY THAT
HUMBOLDT REDWOOD COMPANY. I LOOK
FORWARD TO LEARNING ABOUT THEIR
WORK AND THEIR EXPERIENCES IN
THE FIELD. AND WITHOUT FURTHER
ADO I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THE
HEARING AND JUST TO NOTE- WE
WILL BE HEARING FROM ALL OF OUR
PANELISTS- I'LL BE ASKING SOME
QUESTIONS OR BE SOME DISCUSSION
AND THEN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY- WHEN
THE SPEAKERS ARE WRAPPED UP FOR
THE PUBLIC TO COME FORWARD-
COMMENT- EXPRESS ANY IDEAS YOU
HAVE OPINIONS AND ASK QUESTIONS.
AND WE'LL GET TO THOSE- AT THAT
TIME AS WELL. SO WITH THAT-
THANK YOU CHIEF BIGELOW WHEN HE
KICKED US OFF. CAN YOU HEAR ME
OK. WELL GOOD MORNING CHAIR
CONNELLY AND MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME AS MENTIONED
IS FRANK BIGELOW I'M THE
ASSISTANT DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR
OUR COMMUNITY WILDFIRE
PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION
DIVISION OUT OF THE OFFICE OF
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION OR
CAL FIRE. I LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
THIS BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS RON AND-
CHAU APPRECIATION FOR HOW HAVING
THIS EVENT AND FOR ALL OF THOSE
WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE- BOTH IN
PERSON AND ONLINE. TODAY I'LL
START WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE
RECENT WILDFIRES AND THE
DESTRUCTION THE STATUS
EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS. I WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT
OUR CURRENT FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY
ZONES PROCESS AS WELL AS THE
BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE
PROTECTION FIRE RISK REDUCTION
COMMUNITY LIST. LASTLY I WILL
DISCUSS WILDFIRE MITIGATION
MEASURES AND GIVE AN OVERVIEW ON
THE HOME HARDENING PROGRAM THAT
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AT GPA WITH-
CAL A WE ASK. SO NEXT TIME. AND
AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED-
CALIFORNIA'S WILDFIRE PROBLEM IS
MULTIFACETED. AND IS- A
REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL THOSE
THINGS THAT THE CHAIR MENTIONED-
CHANGING CLIMATE. ARE OVERGROWN
FORESTS IN THE HEALTH OF OUR
FORCED- DETERIORATING- THE HUMAN
IGNITIONS PEOPLE TRYING TO DO
THE RIGHT THING THE WRONG WAY
WITH RESPECT TO DEFENSIBLE SPACE
AND OTHER OTHER MITIGATIONS. BUT
ALSO POPULATION GROWTH MORE
PEOPLE MOVING OUT INTO- THE
LESSER URBANIZED AREAS NEXT
SLIDE. THIS NEXT PICTURE. IS A
REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT WE'RE
SEEING OUT IN THE FOREST THIS
THIS PICTURE HAPPEN TO CAN'T
COME FROM WHAT WE SAW IN THE
CENTRAL SEROUS WITH THE BARK
BEETLE KILLED. BUT WE'RE NOW
STARTING TO SEE THAT ON THE
CENTRAL COAST AND IN THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE TO
THE SAME EXTREME. WHICH IS JUST
EIGHT EIGHT ADDING TO THE FUEL
TO- TO THE ENVIRONMENT. AN
EXCITING. APARTMENT SO WHAT WHAT
IS THIS- CREATED FOR US IN THE
LAST TWENTY YEARS MOST OF YOU'VE
PROBABLY SEEN THESE-
INFOGRAPHICS FROM FROM CAL FIRE.
IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS WE HAVE
SEEN THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE AND
THE LARGEST FIRES IN
CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY. AND THAT'S
DUE TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT
I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THE NEXT
SLIDE. SO WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WE
DOING WHAT IS CALIFORNIA'S
WILDFIRE STRATEGY TO HELP
COMBAT. THIS CHANGING
ENVIRONMENT AND THE NUMBER OF
FIRES IN THE FREQUENCY THAT
WE'RE SEEING. WELL WE'RE
FOCUSING ON IN MY DIVISION- THE
SEVERAL AREAS OF THREE I'M GONNA
HIGHLIGHT TODAY OUR PERSONAL
LEVEL MITIGATIONS OUR COMMUNITY
HARDENING. AND OUR FOREST
HEALTH. NEXT NEXT LINE. PARDON
ME. SO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
CONVENED A GROUP THAT WILDFIRE
AND FOREST RESILIENCE TASK FORCE
OF THIS TASK FORCE IS- BROUGHT
HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER. RUPES FROM
ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF
LANDOWNERS FEDERAL LOCAL STATE
TRIBAL ALL PARTNERS IN THIS ONE-
THE- STRATEGY AND WE DEVELOPED
AN ACTION PLAN IS A
COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN THAT
OUTLINES NINETY NINE KEY ACTIONS
WITH RELATED TO FOUR GOALS. THE
ONES I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY
ARE REALLY ARE FOCUSED- IN GOAL
TO OF THE ACTION PLAN THAT
REALLY FOCUS ON MITIGATION SO
LOOKING AT- ON THAT CIRCLE THERE
THE DARK GREEN THE LANDSCAPE
STRATEGIES AND FOR WORKING FROM
THE FOREST. ALL THE WAY INTO OUR
LOCAL COMMUNITIES BUT I'M GONNA
FOCUS- MOSTLY ON OUR COMMUNITY
HARDING POINTS TODAY BUT JUST
UNDERSTAND. TIONS THAT ALL
DEPARTMENTS AGENCIES AND
CONSERVANCIES ARE ALL WORKING
TOWARDS- TO COME TOGETHER TO
COMBAT THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
NEXT SLIDE. SO I'M GONNA TALK
ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE
COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS
AND MITIGATION DIVISION WE ARE A
FAIRLY NEW DIVISION HOWEVER
WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER A
DIFFERENT NAME FOR QUITE A LONG
TIME NEXT SLIDE. BUT THROUGH
ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOULD- BILL AND
ASSEMBLY BILL NINE OF TWENTY
TWENTY ONE IT DID A FEW THINGS
AND I'M I TRY NOT TO GET VERY
WORDY ON MY SLIDES- TRY TO SHOW
PICTURES BUT THIS IS ONE THAT
WARRANTED HAVING SOME WORDS ON
IT. I'M GONNA I'M NOT GONNA READ
THEM ALL TO YOU I'M GOING TO
FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF THEM THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CW PM
DIVISION. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD ONE
ASSISTANT DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND
ONE STAFF CHIEF TO RUN ALL THE
PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT
TODAY. THAT BILL- ALLOWED US TO
HIRE A DEPUTY DIRECTOR WITH A
DIRECT LINE TO THE STATE FIRE
MARSHAL WHO IS OUR CURRENT
ACTING STATE FIRE MARSHAL DANIEL
BURLAP. BUT IT ALSO GAVE US-
ANOTHER ASSISTANT DEPUTY
DIRECTOR INTO STAFF CHIEFS. AND
THAT- DIVISION OF LABOR HAS-
PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN
OUR DIVISION FOR ACCOMPLISHING A
LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT. I WE ALSO
CREATED A WILDFIRE MITIGATION
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING IF
YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS I
ENCOURAGE YOU TO VISIT THE
OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S
WEBSITE AND TAKE A LOOK AT OUR
AGENDA. THIS IS A FANTASTIC-
COMMITTEE THAT BRINGS UP GROUPS
FROM ALL ACROSS THE STATE FROM
C. SACK RC RC LEAGUE OF CITIES.
THE BUILDING OFFICIALS OFFICE OF
INDIAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
SAFETY CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
INSURANCE AND MANY OTHERS.
TOGETHER EVERY SINGLE MONTH TO
TALK ABOUT WILDFIRE STRATEGY AND
WHAT EACH OF US ARE DOING. AND
WE CAN INSTEAD OF WORKING
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER WHICH WE
DON'T AND IN THE SENSE OF. NOT
ALIGNING BUT DO GOING DIFFERENT
DIRECTIONS TO GET TO THE SAME
GOAL WE CAN. VET THOSE THINGS
OUT EVERY MEETING TO TALK ABOUT
WHERE WE CAN FIND ALIGNMENT AND
MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER- THE IT
ALSO REPLACED AT THE BOTTOM BUT
WILL IT REPLACE DIRECTOR. WITH
THE STATE FARM MARSHALL IN
MULTIPLE FIRE PREVENTION
STATUTES WOULD GAUGE THAT THE
ACTING OR THE STATE FARM
MARSHALL. THE AUTHORITY FOR- A
LOT OF THE STATUTES THAT WE
ENFORCE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT DOES
THIS LOOK LIKE OUT ON THE
LANDSCAPE WE HAVE OUR- THIS IS A
GREAT INFOGRAPHIC FROM
HEADWATERS IN FROM- ECONOMICS
THAT REALLY SHOWS. WHAT THIS
STRATEGY LOOKS LIKE TAKING INTO
ACCOUNT ALL THE THINGS WE'RE
GONNA TALK ABOUT THE FUELS
REDUCTION THE D. SPACE THE
UTILITY COMPONENT IN HERE AND
MAKING BETTER DECISIONS FOR LAND
USE PLANNING OR DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS- FOLLOWING THE MINIMUM
FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS AND
BUILDING CODES AND CREATING
GREEN BELT SO WE HAVE TEMPORARY
REFUGE AREAS FOR PEOPLE TO
RETREAT TO IN THE EVENT THAT
ROADS ARE CLOGGED- THIS GREAT
INFOGRAPHIC THERE. NEXT SLIDE.
SO ONE OF THINGS I REALLY WANT
TO FOCUS ON- MINUS LIGHT IS THE
FACT THAT WE ARE. REALLY
FOCUSING ON RESEARCH. AND HOW
THE AFFECTS OF- WHAT THIS IN
WHAT THIS IS SHOWING IS A
STRUCTURE SEPARATION DISTANCE SO
LOOKING AT EIGHTY USE LOOKING AT
SHEDS AND HOW FAR AWAY THEY NEED
TO BE AWAY FROM HOME. TO NOT
IMPACT THE STRUCTURE AND BURN IT
DOWN. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERY
SINGLE COMPONENT FROM THE EAVES
WHETHER THEY NEED TO BE ON IT IN
CLOSER ON AND CLOSE THE GUTTERS
THE WINDOWS AND YOU WOULDN'T
THINK A THING LIKE WINDOWS
WOULD. MAKE THAT BIG A
DIFFERENCE BUT ARE THE FINAL THE
PLASTIC OR THE METAL ARE THEY
TEMPERED ARE THE DUAL PANE WHAT
KIND OF GAS DO THEY HAVE AND THE
LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON OF
EVERY TYPE OF WINDOW
CONSTRUCTION. HOW BIG IS THE
WINDOW. ALL OF THAT GOES INTO
ALL THE RESEARCH THAT WE ARE
PARTNERING WITH THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDS AND
TECHNOLOGY OR NEST AND THE
INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS
AND HOME SAFETY- I BHS. DID TO
SHOW EXACTLY. WHAT THE BUILDING
COMPONENTS THE AMOUNT OF HEAT IT
CAN TAKE AND SO THAT WE CAN
INFORM THE PUBLIC ON MAKING
BETTER DECISIONS WHEN THEY'RE
LOOKING AT RETROFITTING THEIR
HOME OR BUILDING THEIR HOME- IN
THE WILD AND- EXCITING. SO THAT
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE- NEED
TO DISCERN. IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HAZARD AND RISK
OFTENTIMES THOSE WORDS GET
CONFLATED. AND GET USED IN THE
SAME VEIN WHEN THEY'RE OF VERY
DIFFERENT THINGS. HAZARD IS. A
RELATED TO THE PHYSICAL
CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND LIKE.
OR OR IN THE AIR WEATHER
TOPOGRAPHY AND AMBER PRODUCTION
AND THIS THESE THINGS LIKELY
THEY DON'T CHANGE MUCH OVER TIME
YOU'RE NOT CHANGING TOPOGRAPHY-
OVER TIME- THERE MAY BE SOME
AREAS WHERE DEVELOPMENTS KIND OF
CARVE OUT A SPOT OF A HILL BUT
FOR A CROSSLINKS CAPE TOPOGRAPHY
DOESN'T CHANGE- AND- WHAT WE CAN
MODEL IS THE EFFECTS OF FIRE.
AGAINST THE THINGS THAT DON'T
CHANGE WHICH GIVES US THE
LIKELIHOOD OF A HAZARD IN THE
GENERAL AREA. BUT WHAT WE CAN
CHANGE AND WHAT WE CAN LOWER OUR
RISKS. ARE RISKS ARE THROUGH
MITIGATIONS IN THOSE MITIGATIONS
INCLUDE FUELS REDUCTION.
DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND HOME
HARDENING. SO YOU CAN LIVE IN A
VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY
ZONE YOU COULD BE READ ON THE
MAP. BUT YOU COULD HAVE
RELATIVELY LOW OR NO RISK BASED
ON THE MITIGATIONS YOU'VE DONE
THE WAY YOU'VE CONSTRUCTED YOUR
HOME AND THE WAY YOUR COMMUNITY
IS PROTECTING ITSELF- THE FIRE
HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES- NEXT
LIFE. SKEWS ME I WAS SO WHAT ARE
THEY WHAT ARE THE MAPS- IT WHAT
YOU'RE SEEING ON THE LEFT THE
IMAGE IS. THE CURRENT VERSION OF
THE MAP THIS OUT FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD RIGHT NOW. THESE
MAPS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW THE
SECTIONS ARE UP THERE THAT
GOVERN- THE REASON WHY WE HAVE
TO DO IT. AND AGAIN A MAP HAZARD
NOT RISK. NO BROKEN UP INTO
THREE DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT AREAS
MODERATE HIGH AND VERY HIGH NECK
SITE. IN THIS LIGHT THE ZONES
ARE DETERMINED BY USING MULTIPLE
FACTORS YOU CAN SEE UP THERE
FIRE HISTORY VEGETATION
TOPOGRAPHY CLIMATE. AND ONE OF
THE ONES THAT WE INCLUDED THIS
YEAR THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED
PREVIOUSLY. IS THE USE OF AMBER
PRODUCTION AND MOVEMENT MODEL
USING A VERY DISCREET WEATHER
CONDITIONS. WHAT WE'VE FOUND OUT
NOW IN THE ENVIRONMENT NOW THERE
SO MANY MORE WEATHER MONITORING
STATIONS THAT CAN GIVE US MUCH
BETTER GRANULAR AT- DETAIL ABOUT
HOW THE WIND MOVES ON THE
LANDSCAPE. AND WE'VE INCLUDED
THAT THE LATEST AND WHEN MODELS
IN NOVEMBER PRODUCTION PORTION
OF OUR MODEL. TO GIVE US A MORE
ACCURATE PORTRAYAL OF THE
HAZARD. NEXT SLIDE. I SOME OF
THE NEW UPDATES TO THE TO THE
LATEST VERSION IS WE UPDATED THE
BURN PROBABILITIES- AND- WE USE
LOCALIZED WEATHER. IN A PREVIOUS
ITERATION THERE WAS A BROAD
SWATH OF WHETHER USED ACROSS THE
STATE IN THIS ITERATION WE
REALLY FOCUSED ON THE LOCALIZED
WEATHER PATTERNS THAT HAPPENED.
IN THAT SPECIFIC MICRO CLIMATES
ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND THE NEW FIREBRAND PRODUCTION
TRANSPORT MODEL USING THOSE
DISCRETE WEATHER FACTORS THAT I
TALKED ABOUT. NEXT TIME. WE'RE
CURRENTLY OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
IF YOU HAVEN'T- IF YOU HAVEN'T
HEARD THAT. IT'S A BIT YOU CAN
MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON OUR
WEBSITE WE HAVE- IF YOU VISIT
THE OFFICE OF STATE FIRE MARSHAL
WEBSITE- WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO
TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAPS WE HAVE
A WHOLE BUNCH OF TOOLS ON OUR
VIDEOS TO SHOW YOU HOW WE DID
IT. ALL THE DATA OF HOW WE
PROCESS THE MODEL- WE HAVE SWIPE
MAP SO YOU CAN LOOK AT BEFORE
AND AFTER. ALL THAT'S AVAILABLE
ON OUR WEBSITE. FROM THE FIRST
VERSION WE PUT OUT ON DECEMBER
SIXTEENTH. TO THE VERSION WE
HAVE OUT NOW. PUBLIC COMMENTS WE
RECEIVE ELEVEN HUNDRED FORTY
ONE. TWENTY EIGHT OF WHICH WERE-
COMMENTS THAT DID- MAKE A CHANGE
ON THE MAP. BECAUSE THEY WERE
WENT FROM A WILD LAND TO A NON
WILD LAND CLASSIFICATION FOR
LAND USE OR VICE VERSA. BUT THAT
REALLY ONLY ACCOUNTED FOUR POINT
34% OF A CHANGE OF THE OVERALL
MAP. AND ALL KNOW THAT MOST OF
THAT WAS IN A VERY HIGH THAT
WENT DOWN TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL
SO WENT DOWN TO MODERATE OR WENT
DOWN TO HIGH. LEVEL SIXTY SEVEN
THOUSAND OF THOSE ACRES DID.
ALSO NOTE THAT FOR COUNTIES
IMPERIAL KINGS GLAND AND TRINITY
COUNTY SAW NO CHANGE FROM THE
FIRST VERSION WE PUT OUT. ON
DECEMBER SIXTEENTH TO THE
CURRENT VERSION THAT'S OUT-
NEXON. SO WHAT IF I HOUSING
SEVERITY DID ZONES DO OUR
GOVERNOR WHY WHY ARE THEY THERE-
IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT THERE'S
A HIGH VERY HIGH AND MODERATE.
OR EXCUSE ME VERY HIGH HIGH
MODERATE. ALONG THE TOP YOU HAVE
THE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITY
AREA SO IF WE FOCUS ON THE STATE
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT'S THE
MODEL THAT'S THE MAPS WERE
PUTTING OUT. ALL OF THE THINGS
APPLY IN. ALL OF THIS SOUNDS IN
THE STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA
EXCEPT FOR ONE THING. A CIVIL
CODE ELEVEN ZERO TWO POINT ONE
NINE FOR HOME SALES DISCLOSURE
WHEN YOU SELL YOUR HOME YOU HAVE
TO SHOW CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLIANCE A DEFENSIBLE SPACE.
IN ASTORIA THAT'S ONLY REQUIRED
A HIGH IN THE VERY HIGH. BUT
EVERY OTHER THING YOU SEE UP
THERE IS REQUIRED IN ALL THE
ZONES OF THE STATE
RESPONSIBILITY- CHAPTER SEVEN
NAY. AND OF FIRE SAFE
REGULATIONS. AND DEFENSIBLE
SPACE- NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE
FIRE RISK REDUCTION COMMUNITIES
LIST THIS IS A LIST THAT THE
BOARD OF FORESTRY PROPAGATES.
THEY WERE- ASKED TO DO SO
THROUGH FORTY TWO ZERO NINE
POINT ONE. THEY SHOULD AND THEY
SHOULD CONSIDER ALL OF THE
FOLLOWING- THINGS WHEN
DEVELOPING THE LIST. AND THAT
LIST GETS UPDATED EVERY TWO
YEARS AND CURRENTLY ON THAT LIST
THERE FOR CITIES THREE COUNTIES
AND ON A NON CITY OR COUNTY
AGENCIES OF WHICH THERE ARE
TWENTY FIVE. NEXT SLIDE. SIR I'M
GOING THROUGH THIS REALLY FAST I
GOT A LOT INFORMATION AND- NOT A
LOT OF TIME SO I'M GONNA KEEP
TRUCKING THROUGH. OUR DEFENSIBLE
SPACE INSPECTIONS- THROUGH. THE
GENEROSITY OF THE ADMINISTRATION
THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE WE'VE
BEEN GIVEN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO
HIRE MORE DEFENSIBLE SPACE
INSPECTORS. AND I'M HAPPY TO
ANNOUNCE THAT GOT THE NUMBERS
BEFORE THIS I WAS ABLE TO UPDATE
THE INFO GRAPHIC BUT WE-
CONDUCTED THREE HUNDRED. AND
SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
AND THIRTY SIX INSPECTIONS LAST
YEAR. AND THAT'S DUE TO BRINGING
ON THE ADDITIONAL TWENTY ONE
PERMANENT FORESTRY TECHNICIANS
OF WHICH WE WERE- WE- GOT
APPROVAL FOR. TO HIRE SO THE
TREMENDOUS EFFORT FROM THE FOLKS
OUT THERE TO CONDUCT DEFENSIBLE
SPACE INSPECTIONS. I'M EXCITED.
BUT WHAT IS DEFENSIBLE SPACE
LOOK LIKE WHAT IS- THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND
IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME I'M NOT
GONNA RUN THROUGH EACH OF THE
BUBBLES THERE. BUT JUST KEEP
THIS VISION IN YOUR MIND WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS NOT WHAT
MOST OF US ARE PROBABLY USED TO
SEEING FOR TURN YOUR ATTENTION
TO THE UPPER LEFT WE HAVE A SHED
RIGHT NEXT TO OUR HOUSE OR THE
BOTTOM CENTER WHERE WE HAVE THE
WOOD RIGHT NEXT DOOR DOOR SO WE
DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT IN THE
WINTER AND TRUDGED THROUGH THE
MUD TO GO GET THAT. THE WOULD TO
BRING INSIDE TO STAY WARM. BUT
WHAT THIS DOES UNFORTUNATELY
NEXT SLIDE. IS ALLOW FOR THIS TO
TAKE OVER IN THE EVENT OF A
WILDFIRE WE GET AMBER PRODUCTION
IT RAINS DOWN ON OUR HOMES. AND
THIS IS WHAT WE SEE WE HAVE A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF HEAT AT THE
BASE OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE
WE'RE KEEPING THOSE ORGANIC OR
INORGANIC MATERIAL HAIDAR CARBON
BASED MATERIALS LIKE FURNITURE
PLASTICS. AND KNOWS IGNITE AND
WINDOWS AT NIGHT THEY'RE
DIRECTLY UNDER THE EAVES AND THE
NEXT THING THAT IGNITES IS YOUR
HOME. IT'S IMPROVE PARITY OF
THAT WE HAVE A CLEAN LEAN. ZERO
ORGANIC OR INORGANIC MATERIALS
AROUND THAT FIRST FIVE FEET OF
OUR HOME EMBERS OUR WATER
BURNING DOWN HOMES. THROUGH NEST
AND I BHS THEIR STUDIES SHOW
THAT UP 275% OF HOMES. DURING
WILDFIRE ARE BURNED DOWN BY
AMBER'S NOT BY DIRECT FLAME
CONTACT NOT BY RADIANT HEAT. BUT
THROUGH EMBERS. NEXT SLIDE. SO
HOME HEARTENING AND EXCITING.
WHAT IS HOME HARDENING- HOME
HARDENING A. AS A AND M. AND I
HAD SWITCHED MY SLIDES- SO. AND
I WAS READY FOR THE NEXT ONE. A
FIRST I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT. OUR
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE MITIGATION
PROGRAM. SO THIS PROGRAM- ALSO
CAME TO US FROM ASSEMBLY BILL
THIRTY EIGHT FROM SIMPLY NUMBER
WOULD- THIS WERE- REQUIRED CAL
FIRE. AND YES OFFICE OF IT OF AN
EMERGENCY SERVICES TO ENTER INTO
A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT TO
ADMINISTER A DIRECT FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO OFFER UP
TO. WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WITH FEMA.
TO AUTHORIZE UP TO FORTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER HOMEOWNER.
TO RETROFIT THEIR HOME. FOR
EVERYTHING INCLUDING ROOF EAVES
SIDING WINDOWS VANCE- AND THAT
PROGRAM AS WELL ON ITS WAY WE
HAVE- SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS
FOR- SHASTA SAN DIEGO AND LAKE
COUNTIES- LAKE COUNTY RECEIVED
ITS- FEMA- MONEY- TWENTY TWO
MILLION DOLLARS. AND THE RED
OTHER THREE ARE GOING TO
RECEIVE- EQUAL AMOUNT WE HAVE
TWO MORE IN THE WORKS TO ONLY
COUNTY EL DORADO A STRESS THAT
THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM. WE HAVE
DEVELOPED EVERYTHING FROM THE
APPLICATION PORTAL THE FINANCIAL
TRACKING COMPONENT THE MOBILE
APPLICATION TO THE ASSESSMENTS
DEVELOP CONTRACTOR LIST
DEVELOPED AN OUTREACH PROGRAM
ALL THE TOOLS THAT- JUDE
JURISDICTION COULD BE SUCCESSFUL
IN IMPLEMENTING THIS PROGRAM. WE
PLAN TO BE WHAT WE CALL SWINGING
HAMMERS TO RETROFIT OUR FIRST
HOMES. AT BY THE END OF SUMMER
EARLY FALL AND WE COULDN'T BE
MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
WE'RE GONNA BE RETROFITTING
HUNDREDS OF HOMES ACROSS THOSE-
THOSE FIVE COMMUNITIES- IN THE
VERY NEAR FUTURE SO EXCITING-
CITING THING THERE'S AN EXCITING
. AND I'M GONNA SKIP THIS ONE
EXCITE PLACE. SO WE ARE THE AND
I WOULD I WILL NOTE THAT YOU CAN
GO THE NEXT SITE THAT WE ARE AND
ONE MORE WE ARE LEVERAGING-
HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT DOLLARS
FROM FEMA SO RESIDENTS IN
ESSENCE LEVERAGING THE STATE
DOLLARS AGAINST HAZARD
MITIGATION GRANT DOLLARS TO GET
IT TO SEVENTY FIVE TWENTY FIVE
MATCH SO WE'RE WE GOT FIFTY TO
MILLION DOLLARS APPROPRIATED.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HUNDRED FIFTY
MILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE OUT TO
FOR THIS PROGRAM. SO WHAT IS ALL
MORNING IT'S THOSE THINGS I
TALKED ABOUT- ROOF EAVE
SIGHTINGS WINDOWS- ALL OF THAT
STUFF THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT
YOU DON'T WANT. WOOD SHINGLE
ROOF OUT NO WILDLAND EMBERS THEY
THEY THOSE TWO DON'T GET ALONG
WELL NEXT SLIDE- VENTS IS WHAT I
TALKED ABOUT THE ONE ON THE LEFT
TO LARGE EVENTS THE ONE ON THE
RIGHT IT'S HARD TO SEE AT THE
BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE IN
THE GABLE END EVENT. THERE'S
ANOTHER HOLE IN THE SECOND ONE
AND TALK ON NEAR THE TOP. THOSE
ARE INTRUSION POINTS FOR EMBERS
THERE YOU GOT TO MAINTAIN THOSE
YOU GOT TO MAINTAIN A- SMALL
DIAMETER OF US NEXT SLIDE. AND
THEN LASTLY. JUST GOING YOUR
GARAGE. CLOSE THE DOORS DURING
THE DAY AND SEE IF YOU CAN SEE
DAYLIGHT. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF
THAT PICTURE THAT YOU SAW OF THE
EMBERS FLYING YOUR HOME. AND YOU
HAVE THAT MANY CRACKS IN WAYS
FOR EMBERS TO GET INSIDE. IT'S
AN INTRUSION POINT. CEMEX SLIDE.
BUT HOW CAN THERE ARE THINGS
THAT WE CAN DO THAT OUR LOW
COST. THE WE HAVE A LOW COST
RETROFIT LIST AND WE ALSO HAVE.
OF THE LIVING THE- WELFARE HOME
RETROFIT GUIDE. THAT WAS A
COLLABORATION OF THE- WILDFIRE
PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM AND
LIVING WITH FIRE TAHOE.
FANTASTIC RESOURCES FOR THE
HOMEOWNER TO BE ABLE TO
REFERENCE AND BE ABLE TO MAKE
THOSE UPGRADES THAT ARE HOME.
THE ONE ON THE LEFT HAS A LITTLE
BIT MORE EXPENSIVE- UPGRADES BUT
THE ONE ON THE RIGHT OR A LOW
COST THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL DO
OURSELVES OF. CAULKING OR
GASKETS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE
NEED TO PUT ON OUR HOME.
EXCITING WHAT'S THE SCALE OF THE
PROBLEM. HERE'S THE SCALE
EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT OF THE
GREEN BAR. ARE HOMES THAT WERE
BUILT BEFORE CHAPTER SEVEN A
THAT NEED TO BE RETROFITTED.
EVERYTHING TO THE RIGHT. THE ONE
GREEN BAR. OUR HOMES HAVE BEEN
BUILT SINCE CHAPTER SEVEN A- SO
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
HOMES IN ST RESPONSIBILITY AREA.
THAT NEED TO BE RETROFITTED.
THAT NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO
CURRENT STANDARDS TO BE MORE
RESILIENT TO WILDFIRE EXCITE. SO
WHAT ARE WE DOING OUT IN THE
COMMUNITY THE- THE COMMUNITY
WIDE MITIGATION ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT- K. CAL FIRE IS THE
STATE LIAISON FOR THE NATIONAL
FIRE PROTECTION MINISTRATIONS OF
FIREWISE PROGRAM. THIS IS THIS
IS A FANTASTIC PROGRAM FOR FOLKS
TO GET INVOLVED IN THE
COMMUNITY. TO GET ENGAGED TO
HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND TO
FOCUS ON FUELS REDUCTION AND
COMMUNITY EFFORTS AROUND THERE.
AROUND THEIR COMMUNITY.
UNEXCITING SO THAT WE WANT IT WE
ENCOURAGE- PARTICIPATION IN
EVENTS ALL ACROSS THE STATE- WE
PARTICIPATE IN NEEDS- THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF A GROUP THAT WAS.
DOING JUST THAT KIND OF WORK ON-
ON A DAY WHERE THEY ALL CAME
TOGETHER OUT IN AUBURN NEXT
SLIDE. THE IMPORTANCE TO OF THAT
MINIMUM FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT A PICTURE
LIKE THIS YOU HAVE A SINGLE WAY
ENTRY- POINT TO- TO A GROUP OF
HOMES. THAT HAVE THE ROAD WITH
ARE VERY WIDE IMAGINE TRYING TO
TAKE A FIRE ENGINE- ANYWHERE
NEAR THAT OF COURSE THAT'S A
WALK BRIDGE BUT- THE YOU'RE
DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO DRIVE
ACROSS IT BUT IT'S JUST
ILLUSTRATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
COMMUNITIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE
VERY SINGLE LANE BRIDGES THAT
ARE HARD TO ACCESS. HARD TO GET
OUT OF IN THE EVENT OF AN
EMERGENCY SO THE MINIMUM FIRE
SAFE REGULATIONS ARE ARE
EXTREMELY- IMPORTANT AS WELL.
UNEXCITING THE OTHER THING THAT
WE FOCUS ON BEYOND YES OUR OUR
FUEL BREAKS AND GETTING OUR CAL
FIRE CREWS OUT AND DOING WORK
WHEN- DURING THE TIMES THAT WE
CAN. AND ALSO FUNDING WILDFIRE
PREVENTION GRANTS TO GET LOCAL
COMMUNITY GROUPS OUT OF- DOING
FUELS REDUCTION WORK AS WELL.
I'M EXCITED. AND SOME EXAMPLES
OF OR ONE MORE. OF WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE IN A IN THE FORM OF
NUMBERS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT
ARE DIRECT AWARDS- AND AREN'T
COMPETITIVE GRANTS THE AMOUNT OF
DOLLARS HAS GONE UP. OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS BUT SO HAVE THE
NUMBER OF ACRES THAT WE'VE BEEN
ABLE TO COMPLETE SO YOU CAN SEE
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO IN TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN SIXTEEN ERA. WE
WERE FAR BELOW WHERE WE ARE NOW
IN THOSE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO
STAY STEADY AT A AT A HIGH
LEVEL. UNEXCITING SWIMMING'S ARE
THE YOU KNOW. HE WANTED TO SAY
HERE IS THAT THIS IS A COUPLE
APPROACH- FOR DEFENSIBLE SPACE
AND HOME HARDENING YOU CAN'T WE
CAN NO LONGER TALK ABOUT ONE
WITHOUT THE OTHER THEY NEED TO
BE SPOKEN ABOUT. TOGETHER AS AS
SYNONYMS THEY ARE DIFFERENT AND
IN SOME RESPECTS BUT THEY NEED
TO BE. TOGETHER TO BE THE MOST
EFFECTIVE. NEXT SIDE- AND THEN
SO THAT THIS THE FINAL TOPIC. IS
WE'RE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY AND
HOW WE'RE ADVANCING OUR
TECHNOLOGY SO WE'RE LOOKING AT
IS AN IMAGE FROM THE MILL FIRE
AND SISKIYOU COUNTY. WHERE WE
USED OUR AIR OUR AERIAL
PLATFORMS TO DO SOME REMOTE
SENSING. TO DETERMINE WHERE THE
STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED BY THE
FIRE NEXT SLIDE. AND AS YOU AS
WE ZOOM IN YOU CAN SEE WHERE
BECAUSE THOSE HOMES ARE LIGHTING
UP. THAT'S WHERE WE CAN FOCUS
OUR EFFORTS FOR DAMAGE
ASSESSMENT TEAMS WERE FIRST POST
EMERGENCY ASSESSMENTS TO GO OUT
ACTUALLY CONDUCT. ASSESSMENT TO
KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED
WHAT WHAT WERE THOSE HOMES
CONSTRUCTED UP IN WHITE WHY DID
THEY WHY DID THEY BURN SO WE CAN
MAKE MORE INFORMED BUILDING
DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE. NEXT
SLIDE. ANOTHER SHOT OF HOW WE
YOU KNOW PUT THOSE POINTS ON THE
MAP AND THEN SHARED THAT
INFORMATION OUT USING ARCGIS
TECHNOLOGY NEXT SLIDE. AT WITH
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MAP IS
THIS IS FROM THE CAMPFIRE FROM
TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN IT JUST
REPRESENTS THE FACT THAT ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS FOR
ME. RESPECTED DAMAGE INSPECTION
IS IN THE CREEK FIRE TWENTY
TWENTY IN EASTERN FRESNO COUNTY
MADERA COUNTY SEVENTEEN OF MY
FRIENDS AND FAMILY LOST THEIR
HOMES. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT
THE AT THE TOUCH OF A FINGER TIP
FOR SOMEBODY TO FIND CLOSURE
WHETHER IT'S POSITIVE OR
NEGATIVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER
HOMES BURN DOWN. IS IMPERATIVE
AND IF THEY DID THEY DID
EXPERIENCE A LOSS THERE'S TWO
THINGS THAT THAT HELPS WITH ONE
IS TO. EXPEDITE RECOVERY THEY
CAN CONTACT THEIR INSURANCE
COMPANY THEY CAN GO ON OUR
WEBSITE AND SHOW LOOK MY HOUSE
BURNED. THEY CAN START THE
PROCESS AND TO IT STARTS FOR
RECOVERY FOR THEM SO IF THEY
NEED RESOURCES LIKE FROM THE RED
CROSS. OR FROM ANY OTHER SERVICE
GROUP THEY CAN SAY LOOK I NEED
FOOD I NEED SHELTER I NEED THIS
EVERYTHING'S GONE AND THEY CAN
SHOW. THE PROOF THAT THAT
HAPPENED. SO VERY IMPORTANT
POWERFUL TOOL HERE AS WELL- AND
EXCITE. AND THEN ON THE WAY WITH
THE THAT WE REPRESENT THAT IS-
INTERNALLY THROUGH DASHBOARDS
THIS IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE
TULARE FLOODS THAT TOOK PLACE
EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHOWING
POINTS ON THE MAP AND WE ALSO
USED AERIAL IMAGERY TO.
DETERMINE WHERE THE NEW BUTTON
THE NEED WAS- WHERE WAS MOST
NEEDED SO THAT WE COULD DEPLOY
RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY. AND
UP IN SO IN CONCLUSION HERE
CALIFORNIA HAS MADE MULTIPLE
INVESTMENTS IN A WHILE FOR
MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT ARE
BEING A CRUCIAL PART OF
BATTLING- WILDFIRES IN THE
STATE. AND CALPERS AWARDED
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX
MILLION DOLLARS IN WILDFIRE
PREVENTION GRANTS OF THE LAST
TWO FISCAL YEARS AND FUNDED. TWO
HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE PROJECTS
NEAR THREATEN COMMUNITIES. TO
IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH. AND
SAFETY WHILE REDUCING GREENHOUSE
GAS EMISSIONS. WE ALSO ORDERED
MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS IN FORCED HEALTH
GRANTS FOR FUELS REDUCTION
PRESCRIBED FIRE PEST MANAGEMENT
BY MASS UTILIZATION WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT AND FORCED.
RESTORATION PROJECTS DURING THAT
SAME TIME. AND I'D LIKE TO
HIGHLIGHT THE 95% OF ALL WILD
FIRES ARE HUMAN CAUSED. AND WE
SAY THAT A LOT BUT IT MEANS A
LOT. PEOPLE CAUSE FIRES. THIS
MEANS THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO BE
EXTRA CAUTIOUS BOTH INDOORS AND
OUTDOORS TO PREVENT SPARKING A
NEW WILDFIRE. OUR PUBLIC
EDUCATION PROGRAM AFFORDS
CALIFORNIANS ABOUT THE RISK OF
WILDFIRE IN FIRE PREVENTION
MEASURES. ENABLING CALIFORNIA
DECREASE THE NUMBER OF HUMAN
CAUSED FIRES AND MITIGATE THE
DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE FIRES. THAT
THAT DO OCCUR. WELL THERE HAS
BEEN A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER
OF FIRES THIS YEAR DUE TO THE
UNUSUAL CONDITIONS. THE
PROTRACTED DROUGHT HAS LED TO
SIGNIFICANT LOADS OF DEAD
VEGETATION AND THE ABUNDANT RAIN
IS PRODUCING A BUMPER CROP OF
FINE GRASSES. AS THE CONDITIONS
CONTINUE TO DRY IN THE COMING
WEEKS WHICH THEY ARE NOW. I KNOW
IT'S NICE HERE AND I WAS
PLEASANTLY HAPPY TO SHOW UP IN
THIS OUTFIT AT SIXTY EIGHT
DEGREES- IT'S A HUNDRED AND
EIGHT AT MY HOUSE. SO AT
WILDFIRES ARE BECOMING MORE.
SUSCEPTIBLE TO BURNING WE MUST
REMAIN VIGILANT IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES.
WELL CLIMATE CHANGE IF YOU IS
FEELING LARGER WILDFIRES AND
MORE SEVERE FIRES AND RESOURCES
ARE UNDER INCREASING STRAIN
WHILE FOR MITIGATION MEASURES
WILL ONLY BECOME MORE CRITICAL
MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME AND CHAIR AND I LOOK
FOR THE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU TO PAY YOUR- YOUR YOUR
YOUR TESTIMONY REALLY
UNDERSCORES THE HOUSE OUT.
APPROACH THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT-
AND JUST UNDERSCORE THE
LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR REALLY.
FULLY ON BOARD WITH THAT HOW CAN
WE EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS-
HOMEOWNERS AND RESIDENTS TO DO
WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FIREWISE
COMMUNITIES- AT THE COMMUNITY
LEVEL. AS WELL- BROADENING THE
PERSPECTIVE A LITTLE BIT- WHAT
IS CALIFORNIA DOING TO INCREASE
THE PACE AND SCALE OF FOREST.
HEALTH PROJECTS IN THE STATE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AND FOR
QUESTION SO UP THERE'S BEEN
APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED AND TEN
MILLION DOLLARS FOR FOREST
HEALTH GRANTS- THAT'S BEEN
APPROPRIATED TO US FOR THE
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
SOLICITATION SO- WE- HAVE ALSO
RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING A
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR POST
FIRE RECOVERY AND RESTORATION.
TEN MILLION DOLLARS FOR TRIBAL
WELFARE RESILIENCE AND FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS FOR WOODY
BIOMASS TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDY.
SO WE ARE- PUSHING OUT MONEY OUT
AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO. ALL OF
THOSE- THOSE GRANTEES TO GET. A
TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY THAT THE
HELP THE FORCED HEALTH BE A
PRIORITY AND THAT WE ARE
CAPTURING THOSE THOSE- CARBON
EMISSIONS AND THAT WE ARE-
LOOKING AT ALL OF THE PAST AND
ENTOMOLOGY. OF AND THE
BIODIVERSITY OF THE FOREST AND
MAKING SURE THAT OUR WATERSHEDS
ARE CLEAN AND- AND PROTECTED.
YET ALL OF FOLLOW UP ON THAT A
LITTLE BIT BUT- AS YOU MENTIONED
GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF GROUND
FINDING NOW FLOWING THROUGH-
CALIFORNIA EACH YEAR. ALL OTHER
EFFORTS TO STREAMLINE THE
DELIVERY OF VARIOUS GRANT
PROGRAMS SUCH AS ONLINE
APPLICATION FORMAT TIME MEAN-
IT'S CETERA YEAH ABSOLUTELY
THAT'S- THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY
OF US BETWEEN THE FORCED HEALTH
PROGRAM IN A WILDFIRE PREVENTION
PROGRAM. IS WE WENT TO A
DIGITAL- APPLICATION FORMAT- IT
WAS A FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE
SERVICE IT WAS ABOUT MY
DIFFERENT COMPANY NOW ITS OWNER
SOLUTIONS. AND THAT PLATFORMS
ALLOWED US TO SYNCHRONIZE AND-
BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE
PROCESS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR
FOLKS AND IT ALLOWS US TO BE IN
A DIGITAL FORMAT SO- A LOT OF
THE INFORMATION IS CREDIBLE
MEANING THAT WE CAN RUN REPORTS
AND- AND- AND PROVIDE- MORE
TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHERE THE
PROJECTS ARE TAKING PLACE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING WHERE
THE PROJECTS TAKING PLACE ON A
DIGITAL MAP WHICH ALLOWS US TO
THAN DISPLAY MORE QUICKLY BUT-
YES WE ARE- ALSO ALIGNING OUR
OUR SOLICITATION TIMES. SO WHEN
IF ARE FORCED HEALTH GRANT OPENS
ITS OF MAYBE ONE OR TWO WEEKS
LATER THE WILDFIRE PREVENTION
GRANTS OPEN SO WE'RE NOT ON THIS
OFF CYCLE AND PEOPLE ARE
WONDERING. WHEN IT OPENS WHEN IT
CLOSES. GREAT NOTICE. CORRECT
PLUG FOR- ONE OF MY DOES IT
BEATS. EIGHT EIGHT- WHICH WERE-
FACILITATE ME TOWARD A- BLOC
GRAHAM PROGRAM- LOOKING AT
LARGER LANDSCAPE LEVEL PROJECTS
IT DID SOME MOVING THROUGH THE
PROCESS RIGHT NOW- AND WE'RE
HOPING TO. TO GET THAT ACROSS
THE FINISH LINE SEE YOU TOUCHED
ON THIS A LITTLE BIT BUT IN YOUR
WORK ON FIRE PREVENTION AND
FORCE HOW DO YOU ALSO CONSIDER
MULTI BENEFITS SUCH AS
BIODIVERSITY. CLIMATE RESILIENCY
AND ADAPTATION OF YOU CAN KINDA
OUTLINED THAT APPROACH AND SOME
SPECIFICS AROUND THAT YEAH I
CERTAINLY- SO ALL OF OUR
APPLICATIONS- INCLUDE A BRIEF
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECTS CO
BENEFITS THAT'S A REQUIRED
PORTION OF IT SO WE- WE GRADE
THEM ON. WHAT THEY PUT IN THERE
AND THEN LOOK TO VERIFY AND
VALIDATE THAT THOSE CO BENEFITS
REALLY WILL EXIST IN IN THE
PROJECT AND SOME OF THOSE.
INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO-
REDUCED FIRE RISK AND OR
FACILITATED FIRE SUPPRESSION OF
COURSE I MEAN THAT'S A THAT'S A
BIG ONE THE BIOENERGY AND OR
WHAT PRODUCT FOR- PRODUCED-
BIOMASS DIVERTED FROM A
LANDFILL. IMPROVE ERROR WATER
WATER QUALITY IMPROVED WATERSHED
HEALTH UNPROTECTED- WATER.
SUPPLIES IMPROVED WILDLIFE. FISH
NAY TO PLAY HABITAT- REDUCED IN
SPECIES- ARE INCREASED-
RECREATION EDUCATION OR OUTREACH
OPPORTUNITIES A WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT A POPULATIONS
HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED IN
FORESTRY AND THE LIST GOES ON
AND ON THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS
AMONG OTHERS. THAT WE THAT WE
REALLY LOOK FOR IN ONE OR
GRADING THOSE APPLICATIONS. ALL
RIGHT WE'RE GONNA REMIND AND-
THE RECALL. MEETING THERE AND-
ZERO. AND WE WILL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY AT THE END TO COME
UP AND LET US KNOW WHAT'S ON
YOUR MIND. AS WELL SO LOOKS LIKE
WERE ADDRESSING THE TECHNICAL
ISSUE HERE BECAUSE OUR NEXT
SPEAKER. MIKE PETERSON DEPUTY
COMMISSIONER FOR CLIMATE AND
SUSTAINABILITY AT THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. WILL BE
JOINING US REMOTELY.
YEAH THANK YOU FOR CALLING THE
ERROR YOU CAN HEAR ME OKAY BUT
THIS IS MY PEERS IN THE
APARTMENT INSURANCE. WELCOME
MIGHT. WELL GOOD MORNING AND
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME- I MIKE
PETERSON A SERVICE DEPUTY
COMMISSIONER OF FOR THE- CLIMB
INSISTING ABILITY AT THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
INSURANCE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF INSURANCE MEASURE RICARDO
LARA. I WITH I FIRST HAVE A FEW
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS AND THEN
ABOUT TEN SLIDES THAT WILL HELP
PROVIDE A VISUALLY TO MY
PRESENTATION. TO START WITH
MEASURE LARA'S THE REGULATOR FOR
THE INSURANCE MARKETS IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHICH ARE
THE FOURTH LARGEST INSURANCE
MARKET IN THE WORLD. AND AS IT
RELATES TO THIS COMMITTEE THE
OVERARCHING APPROACH FOR OUR
DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSIONER LARA
HAS BEEN ADDRESSING THE
CHALLENGES POSED BY CLIMATE
INTENSIFIED WILDFIRES ALL BY
PRIORITIZING REDUCING RISKS IN
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES. THE
DEPARTMENT INSURANCE IS FOCUSED
ON A MULTI YEAR EFFORT ON
ENGAGING WITH CONSUMERS. WITH
STAKEHOLDERS AND ASSESSING NEW
TOOLS FOR HOW TO IMPROVE THE
RISK MANAGEMENT- THAT GOES ALONG
WITH INSURANCE TO MAKE
RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INSURANCE
MORE ACCESSIBLE AND RELIABLE FOR
CALIFORNIANS. AND MAINTAIN
COMPETITION AND ENSURE STABILITY
. IN THE STATE'S INSURANCE
MARKETPLACE. ARM HAS A VERY
CLEAR ROLE AND THAT IS THAT
WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE
BENEFITS TO CONSUMERS AS THE
MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF WHAT WE
DO. AND WE STRIVE TO INCREASE
THE AVAILABILITY OF RELIABLE
INSURANCE FROM WHAT WE CALL THE
ADMITTED MARKET THE COMMON
INSURERS THAT ARE OFFERING
INSURANCE IN THE STATE. AND
THAT'LL ANSWER A LONG TERM
STABILITY OF RATES AND
INCENTIVIZE THE ACCURATE
RECOGNITION OF WILDFIRE
MITIGATION EFFORTS LIKE MANY
THAT SHE'S BIGELOW JUST TALKED
ABOUT. TODAY THE FOCUS MY
TESTIMONY WILL BEYOND THE
COMMISSIONER SAVER FROM
WILDFIRES FRAMEWORK WHICH IS A
COLLABORATION AMONG THE STATE'S
WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS AGENCIES
TO COMMUNICATE HOME HARDENING
COMMUNITY MITIGATION ACTIONS TO
CALIFORNIANS. I APPRECIATE THE
HARD WORK IN THE PARTNERSHIP THE
CHIEF BIGELOW WHO JUST PRESENTED
AND HOW FIRE IN A LIGHT IN THE
WORK OF THE STATE AGENCIES TO
REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK THROUGHOUT
CALIFORNIA. THE CALIFORNIA
WILDFIRE MITIGATION PROGRAM IS
INDEED- A REALLY STRONG
CORNERSTONE IN HOW WE PROMOTE
RISK REDUCTION ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITIES AND REDUCE THE
IMPACTS OF THE WILDFIRES HAVE IN
OUR STATE. OVERALL THE WILDFIRE
RISK REDUCTION IS GOING TO BE
THE RESULT OF THE COMBINED WORK
OF ENTIRE COMMUNITIES
NEIGHBORHOODS INDIVIDUALS TO
TAKE THE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO
MAKE US ALL SAFER. AND IT'S
ENCRYPTED IN THIS THIS IS THE
RESULT OF THESE ACTIONS ARE
CRITICAL FOR INSURANCE
AVAILABILITY AND AFFORDABILITY
AND RELIABILITY IN THE LONG RUN
. INSURANCE HAS HISTORICALLY
BEEN ABOUT PRICING RISKS AND
BEING A SOURCE OF RESILIENCE.
NAMELY FUNDING THAT OCCURS AFTER
DEVASTATING WILDFIRE. WE ARE
TRYING TO DO HERE THE DEPARTMENT
INSURANCES TO TAKE SPECIFIC
ACTIONS SO THAT INSURANCE
INCENTIVIZES RISK REDUCTION.
BEFORE A DISASTER OCCURS SAVING
LIVES REDUCING LOSSES AND BRING
DOWN COSTS. SO MOVE ON TO MY
PRESENTATION NOW SO WE CAN MOVE
TO THE SECOND SLIDE. AND ALL
WALK THROUGH THE SATYR FROM
WELLS FARGO FIRES PROGRAM WHICH
WAS LAUNCHED IN TWENTY TWENTY
ONE- AS A CONVENIENT BY
COMMISSIONER LARA. WHO CONVENE
THE MAJOR WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS
AGENCIES IN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF PLANNING
RESEARCH THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION. AND THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION
COMMONLY CALLED CAL FIRE. IN ONE
YEAR'S TIME WE MET WITH RESEARCH
EXPERTS FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR
BUSINESS AND HOME SAFETY AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
CONSUMER GROUPS INSURANCE TRADE
ASSOCIATIONS A FIRE CHIEFS FROM
ACROSS THE STATE AND WILD FIRE
SAFETY EXPERTS. OUR GOAL IS TO
ESTABLISH A LIST OF HOME HARDLY
ANY COMMUNITY MITIGATION ACTIONS
THEY WERE BASED IN FIRE FIRE
SCIENCE AND COULD BE APPLICABLES
INSURANCE. I UNDERSTAND THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF CERTAIN
STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
LOSS TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES WE
MET WITH WILDFIRE RISK
RESEARCHERS. AND JUST TO KIND OF
CLARIFY SOME OF THESE RESEARCH
GROUPS SINCE NOT YOU KNOW NOT
EVERYONE IS FOCUSED ON WHERE
WILDFIRE RESEARCH OCCURS. THE
INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS AND HOME
SAFETY IS THE RESEARCH
ORGANIZATION THAT WAS IN ONE OF
THE PHOTOS THAT YOU BIGELOW
SHOWN IN THAT IT DID THE TEST-
WHOLEHEARTED STRATEGIES IN AN
EXPERIMENTAL WAY SO HOW DO
EMBERS. REACT WHEN YOU HAVE THEM
FLYING AT SAYS HOME WITH CERTAIN
ATTRIBUTES AND CERTAIN BILL IS
CERTAINLY WAY AS THEY'RE ABLE TO
TEST STRATEGIES KIND OF MORE IN
A DIRECT WAY- IN CALIFORNIA
USERS OF CALIFORNIA'S
RESEARCHERS ACROSS THE STATE
THAT ARE STUDYING WILDFIRE RISK.
IN A BROADER WAY LOOKING AT
EXAMPLES FROM PAST FIRES WHAT
SEEM TO BE EFFECTIVE WHAT SEEMS
TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE AND COMING
UP WITH STRATEGIES THAT MAY
BRING. DOWN RISK FOR THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITIES. THE NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE. AFTER ONE YEAR OF
CONVENING IN EARLY TWENTY TWENTY
TO THE PARTNER AGENCIES
ANNOUNCED THE SAME FROM
WILDFIRES PROGRAM WHICH IS A
CONSENSUS OF CORE HOME HARDING
ACTIONS A COMMUNITY MITIGATION.
DESIGNATIONS THAT ARE CLEAR AND
CONSISTENT EFFECTIVE AND
ACHIEVABLE. THE ACTIONS
RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED STRUCTURE
HARDENING WE NEED TO WORK OUR
FROM DESTRUCTION TO THE
SURROUNDING PROPERTY. AND WE
ALSO NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH
OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITIES SO IT HAS
THESE THREE LEVELS THAT ALL WALK
THROUGH IN THE NEXT COUPLE
SLIDES. NEXT LINE PLEASE.
STARTING UP THE STRUCTURE. ARE
THERE SIX ACTIONS THAT ARE IN
THE SAME PER FROM WILDFIRES
FRAMEWORK A CLASSIFIER RATED
ROOF. I FEED RESISTANCE OHMIC
BROWN STRUCTURE THIS AGAIN
ALIGNS WITH WHICH YOU BIGELOW
MENTION TERMS OF EMBERS BEING A
MAJOR SOURCE OF CATASTROPHIC
WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA AND THEN
NEED TO FIND WAYS TO REDUCE THE
IMPACT OF EMBERS THAT BECOME
CLOSE TO STRUCTURES. THIRD AND
NINE SIX INCHES AT THE BOTTOM OF
WALLS. BOARD MEMBER AND FIRE
RESISTANT FENCE. DOUBLE PANE
WINDOWS AND SHUTTERS SIX
INCLUDES THE EAVES. SOME OF
THESE ACTIONS LIKE REPLACING
EVENTS CAN BE RELATIVELY
ECONOMICAL AND BE ACCOMPLISHED
RATHER QUICKLY OTHER ACTIONS THE
REALITIES THEY TAKE LONGER. BUT
THE KEY HERE FROM INSURANCE
PERSPECTIVE IS THAT TO REDUCE
RISKING AND PROMOTE SAFETY OF
CONSUMERS NEED TO GET STARTED
AND GET SOME OF THESE ACTIONS
TAKEN EVEN IF THE FURTHER
ACTIONS ARE GOING TO TAKE
LONGER. AND MANY LOCAL FIRE
CHIEFS AND LOCAL FIRE DISTRICTS
ARE PROVIDING IMPORTANT
CORONATION ENCOURAGEMENT
SOMETIMES EVEN FUNDING FOR
HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.
TO TAKE THESE ACTIONS IN THEIR
COMMUNITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THEN THE NEXT THING WE HAVE HERE
IS TO MOVE OUR FROM THE
STRUCTURE INTO THE IMMEDIATE
SURROUNDINGS IN THERE THERE ARE
THREE OPTIONS ONE. VEGETATION
DEBRIS FROM UNDER TAX IF YOU
HAVE A DECK I TO MOVING SHEDS
AND OUTBUILDINGS AT LEAST THIRTY
FEET AWAY FROM YOUR MAIN
STRUCTURES THAT THERE'S NOT- A
STEPPING STONE TO GET FROM- THE
ENVIRONMENT TO THE YOUR MAIN
STRUCTURE. AND THEN THREE
TRIMMING TREES AND REMOVING
BRUSHING COMPLIANT WITH STATE
AND STATE AND LOCAL DEFENSIBLE
SPACE FLAWS. IN MANY OF THESE
STATE OR LOCAL LAWS HAVE BEEN IN
PLACE FOR YEARS- THIS IS AN AREA
THAT HAS A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITIES IN THE
BETTER WE CAN DO THIS- THE LOWER
WE CAN. MAKE THE OVERALL RISK
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. NOW SLIDE
PLEASE. FINALLY MOVING FROM THE
INDIVIDUAL PART PARCEL LEVEL TO
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THERE TO
CONTINUE LEVEL DESIGNATIONS ARE
RECOGNIZED IN THE SAME FROM
WILDFIRES FRAMEWORK THE FIRST IS
THAT NEIGHBORHOODS CAN FORM A
FIREWISE. COMMUNITY THAT WOULD
YOU KNOW HAS ALSO TALKED ABOUT
CALPERS I WON'T GET TOO FAR INTO
THAT. BUT IN ADDITION CITIES
COUNTIES LOGISTICS CAN BE
CERTIFIED AS A FIRE RISK
REDUCTION COMMUNITY WHICH IS
DOES DESIGNATION ESTABLISHED IN
STATE LAW IMPLEMENTED BY THE
CALIFORNIA BOARD OF FORESTRY AND
FIRE PROTECTION. SO THIS IS THE
OVERALL CONSENSUS LIST OF
HOLDING COMMUNITY HARDING
MITIGATION ACTIONS THAT ARE
INCLUDING THE SAME FROM
WILDFIRES FRAMEWORK. FOR THOSE
COMMUNITIES FACING WIPERS THIS
FRAMEWORK CAN BE USED TO FOCUS
EFFORTS ON THE ACTIONS THAT-
WENT THROUGH BECAME CONSENSUS
FROM THE FIVE PARTNER AGENCIES.
AND REALLY YOU KNOW OUR TIME
TEARS TO TRY TO CREATE A LINE
ACROSS THE STATE AGENCIES SO
THAT INSURANCE INCENTIVES GRANT
FUNDING- COMMUNICATIONS HAVE AS
MUCH CONSISTENCY AS POSSIBLE
WE'RE WORKING TO CREATE FURTHER
ALIGNMENT WITH LOCAL. FIRE
CHIEFS ARE DOING CRITICAL WORK-
ON THAT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
THE MORE THAT THESE EFFORTS CAN
BE A LINE THE CLEAR THE
COMMUNICATION AND THE MORE.
IMPACT FUNDING CAN HAVE TO
REDUCE RISKS IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES. SO ONCE WE HAVE
THIS FRAMEWORK OUR NEXT STEP IS
THAT AS INSURANCE REGULATOR
COMMISSION LARA- MADE THIS MOST
IMPACTFUL TO INSURANCE CONSUMERS
AND THE PUBLIC BY CREATING A-
REGULATION TO REQUIRE INSURANCE
COMPANIES. TO REWARD THE ACTIONS
IN SEVERAL WILDFIRES IN THEIR
PRICING OF INSURANCE SO
COMMISSION LARA AND- HIS
AUTHORITY AS AN INSURANCE
COMMISSIONER- WENT THROUGH
REGULATORY PROCESS AND FINALIZE
THE FIRST EVER REGULATIONS BY US
STATE. TO REQUIRE HOMEOWNERS AND
COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO POLICY
HOLDERS WHO TAKE. HOME OR
BUSINESS OR COMMITTEE HARDING
ACTIONS THAT ARE IN THIS
FRAMEWORK. THIS PROCESS
INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKSHOPS
INCORPORATED THE WORK OF OUR
STATE AGENCIES- AND IN ADDITION
TO THE WILDFIRE MITIGATION-
INCENTIVES THAT ARE BUILT INTO
THAT REGULATION THE REGULATION
ALSO. HELPS PROVIDE RISK
COMMUNICATION BECAUSE- IT
REQUIRES INSURANCE COMPANIES TO
PROVIDE CONSUMERS WITH THEIR
PROPERTIES RISK SCORE. HOW THEIR
SCORING THAT PROPERTY IN TERMS
OF WILDFIRE RISK AND THEN ALSO
RIGHT TO APPEAL ON THAT SCORE IF
THERE IS A DISCREPANCY OF THAT
THE CONSUMER IS FEELS. LIKE HAS
NOT BEEN RESOLVED. IN TERMS OF
TIMING REGULATION ARE FINALLY IN
OCTOBER TWENTY TWO TWO SO THAT'S
LAST FALL- INSURANCE COMPANIES
HAD TO FILE NEW RATE FILINGS BY
APRIL TWENTY TWENTY THREE IN
ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THOSE
RULES. THE RULES STATE THAT
INSURANCE COMPANIES MUST
INCENTIVIZE RISK REDUCTION FOR
EACH AND EVERY ACTION ON THIS
LIST THAT MEANS THE MORE WORK
YOU DO THE MORE YOU CAN SAY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS WILL BE
AN ONGOING INCENTIVE TO HARDEN
HOMES AND BUSINESSES INVEST AND
INVEST FURTHER IN COMMUNITY RISK
REDUCTION ACROSS THE STATE YOU
CAN THINK OF THIS AS IF YOU DO
THREE THINGS THIS YEAR AND THREE
THINGS NEXT YEAR. AT THE END OF
THE A SERIES OF YEARS THERE WILL
BE- YOU KNOW COLLECTION ACTIONS
THAT YOU WILL BE REWARDED FOR
THROUGH YOUR INSURANCE POLICY.
THIS REGULATIONS ALSO ONE SEVEN
WHAT HAS BEEN A FOUR YEAR AFTER
TO ENCOURAGE HOME HARDENING
RELATED TENSION. IN TWENTY
EIGHTEEN EARLY 7% OF POLICY
HOLDERS HAVE ACCESS TO ANY
INCENTIVE FOR HOME HARDENING IN
THEIR POLICY. BY TWENTY TWENTY
ONE THAT NUMBER HAD GROWN 240%
OF POLICY HOLDERS. AND THIS NEW
REGULATION- THAT WAS FINALIZED
LAST FALL- WILL ENSURE THAT A
100% POLICY OWNERS HAVE ACCESS
TO INCENTIVES SO. ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS THROUGH YOUR INSURANCE
POLICY TO BE AN INCENTIVE TO
HARDEN HOMES AND MITIGATE
COMMUNITIES MOVING FORWARD. WHEN
KEY HERE IS THAT FOR A HOME OR
BUSINESS OR COMMUNITY. ACTION
THAT'S IN A REGULATION- TO BE.
ACCESS BY BY CONSUMERS YOU WILL
HAVE TO- TO GET THAT DIRECTLY
FROM YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY AND
SO- THE BENEFIT WILL BE IS THAT
THIS WOULD BE CONSISTENT ACROSS
ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES SO AS A
CONSUMER SHOPS AROUND FOR
INSURANCE. THEY CAN HAVE
CONFIDENCE THAT EACH OF THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL REWARD
SIMILAR ACTIONS AND SO YOUR
INVESTMENTS. IN RISK REDUCTION
YOU KNOW WILL BE TRANSFERABLE
DEPENDING ON WHO YOUR INSURANCE
COMPANY- MIGHT BE. THIS WILL
GIVE YOU KNOW I THINK SOME
CONFIDENCE FOR CONSUMERS TO GET
STARTED ON HIS ACTIONS- AND JUST
TO KNOW THAT EVERY INSURANCE
COMPANY WRITING RESIDENTIAL OR
COMMERCIAL COVERAGE IS REQUIRED
TO PROVIDE THOSE INCENTIVES.
COMPANIES ALSO BE COMPETING FOR
THE BUSINESS OF CALIFORNIANS AND
THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE HOW THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES INCORPORATE
THEIR RISK MITIGATION INTO THEIR
PRICING SO DIFFERENT COMPANIES
WILL HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
APPROACHES IN TERMS OF. WHAT
PERCENTAGE DISCOUNTS MAY BE
WITHIN THEIR THEIR RATE PLANS.
AND THAT'LL BE COMPETITIVE AND
SO THEY WERE THERE WILL THERE
MAY BE OPTIONS THAT ARE BETTER
FOR. FOR ONE HOMER VERSUS
ANOTHER DEPENDING ON HOW THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES- FRAMES THE
RATING PLAN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
CHART ONE MORE NEXT WEEK IS.
THANK YOU. SO HOW DO YOU ACCESS
THE INCENTIVES- THE FIRST STEP
IS TO TALK TO YOUR INSURANCE
COMPANY WE ALSO HAVE AN OUR
REGION EDUCATION TEAM THAT'S
WORKING TO COMMUNITIES ACROSS
THE STATE TO ASSIST CONSUMERS
WITH THE QUESTIONS- THAT THEY
HAVE GENERALLY BUT ALSO IN THIS.
ISSUE SPECIFICALLY AS YOU CAN
SEE FROM THIS SLIDE- THERE ARE
SEVERAL HUNDRED EVENTS THAT ARE
HAPPENING EACH YEAR THAT ARE
ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THOUSANDS
OF- MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC- IF
THESE THAT WE HAVE POINT.
PERSONS FOR EACH REGION OF THE
STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
QUESTIONS THEY GET ANSWERED ARE
RELEVANT TO YOUR REGION AND INTO
YOUR AREA- AND SO I DO REALLY
ENCOURAGE YOU THERE'S PROBABLY
AN EVENT COMING UP NEAR YOU OR-
SOMEONE WHO WILL RESPOND. TO
YOUR TO YOUR QUESTIONS AS IT
RELATES TO WILDFIRE SAFETY AND
BEYOND. I ALSO HAVE THAT THE
MULTI EFFORT TOWARDS WELFARE
RISK REDUCTION- IT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF MAKING ZERO
FROM WILDFIRES AS EFFECTIVE AS
POSSIBLE INSURANCE PRICING WILL
BE ONE INCENTIVE BUT ALSO THE
STATE AND LOCAL GRANTS THAT CAN
HELP NEIGHBORHOODS IN HOMEOWNERS
ACHIEVE. MANY OF THE ACTIONS IN
THIS FRAMEWORK MANY OF YOU MAY
LIVE IN WILDFIRE PRONE
COMMUNITIES AND OR SEEN THE
WILDFIRE RISKS AND RISK
REDUCTION ACTIONS HAPPENING. YOU
KNOW HAND IN HAND FIRST HAND
SOME OF THESE ACTIONS ARE NOT
GOING TO BE NEW. BUT THERE'S
NOW- EIGHT WHAT IS NEW IS THAT
THE WHAT THERE ARE WILDFIRE
MITIGATION REGULATIONS THAT ARE
MAKING RISK REDUCTION ACTIONS.
MORE CLEAR AND CONSISTENT AND
REQUIRED INSURANCE COMPANIES
PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR THOSE
ACTIONS. AND THAT'S HOW IT
SHOULD INCREASE THE ADOPTION OF
HOME HARDENING- THROUGHOUT THE
STATE- WHICH WILL HELP SAVE
LIVES AND PROPERTIES. AND BRING
DOWN THE COST OF INSURANCE. I'M
SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WHAT ARE
SEEK ME. AS GOING ON IN THE
INSURANCE. AND I APPRECIATE THE
CHANCE TO SPEAK TODAY THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR CALLING. THANK YOU
MARGARET TESTIMONY- JUST FOR.
THE AUDIENCE WE HAVE WATERS IN
THE BACK PLEASE HELP YOURSELVES
. SO COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND
REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THAT-
CALIFORNIA WAS THE FIRST IN THE
NATION TO ADOPT- A WILD. FIRE
SAFETY REGULATION. I'M HAVE A
OTHER STATES FOLLOWED SUIT AND
ON ON THE IDEA THAT YOU KNOW WE
REALLY SHOULD BE. INCENTIVIZING
AND REWARDING- RESIDENTS WHO ARE
DOING THE RIGHT THING BY
STEPPING UP. AND HARDENING THEIR
HOMES- MANAGING THEIR VEGETATION
AND THE LIKE WHAT WHAT'S THE
LARGER LANDSCAPE FOR THAT RIGHT
NOW. THANKS VERY MUCH OF THE
QUESTION. THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO
MAIN COMPONENTS THAT OTHER
STATES HAVE STARTED TO PICK UP
ON AND YOU KNOW AFTER CALIFORNIA
MADE THIS REGULATION FINAL.
YOU'RE THE FIRST OF WHICH IS
THAT. THE WILDFIRE SITUATION
ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN STATES
CAN FEEL OVERWHELMING TO
COMMUNITIES WHO ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT ACCESS TO TAKE
IN SO JUST THE CLARITY OF
HAVING. OUR OWN A FOCUSED LIST
OF HOME ARE IN ACTIONS THAT YOU
CAN TAKE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE AN
EXISTING HOW NOT AND HOPE YOUR
EXISTING HELP. ON IS SOMETHING
THAT MANY OF THEM ARE WESTERN
STATES HAVE SHARED WITH THEIR
CONSUMERS AND- AND YOU CAN
CREATED THAT COMMUNICATION THAT
HELPS HELPS CLARIFY. WHAT
ACTIONS TO PRIORITIZE I'M IN
TERMS OF THE REGULATION ITSELF
THERE TNCS. ORGAN IN COLORADO-
TAKING AN INTEREST IN THIS I
STATE HAS A PRICE. FOR GETTING A
INCENTIVE AND SO. ON BECAUSE
THESE REGULATIONS THAT WE PASSED
IN CALIFORNIA SO RECENT-
PROCEEDS ARE STILL CONSIDERING
OUR VERY BEST PATH FORWARD TO ME
BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS A
GENERAL SENSE. AMONG STATE
REGULATORS. MEMBERS FOR TAKING
RISK REDUCTION ACTIONS IS GOING
TO BENEFIT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF
INSURANCE MARKETS IN THE LONG
RUN. GREAT AND WITH THE
UNDERSTANDING AS I MENTIONED IN
MY OPENING- THIS IS AN ONGOING
CONVERSATION- THAT WE'RE HAVING
BUT WAS HOPING YOU COULD MAYBE.
COMMENT ON IT IS- DEPARTMENT OF
INSURANCE EXPLORING OTHER
EFFORTS TO ALLEVIATE THE
CHALLENGES. POSED BY OUR
WILDFIRE RISKS MOST NOTABLY
AROUND AVAILABILITY AND
AFFORDABILITY OF INSURANCE. YES
YOU ARE ONE OF OUR ISSUES HAVE
BEEN A MAJOR CHALLENGE THE LAST
FIVE YEARS AND SO I THINK IN
ADDITION TO THE REGULATION THAT
INCENTIVIZES RISK REDUCTION YOU
KNOW WE ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY
WITH CAL FIRE AND CALLUM YES- IN
IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATING RISK
TO THE PUBLIC- COMMISSIONER LARA
AT. AGE YEARS ADVOCATING FOR
STATE FUNDING FOR RISK REDUCTION
BOTH AT A COMMUNITY LEVEL AND IT
THROUGH THE- CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE
MITIGATION PROGRAM. AND THEN YOU
KNOW OUR OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH
EFFORTS REALLY HOT YOU KNOW
ATTEMPTS TO HELP PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THEIR INSURANCE
POLICIES AND THE WILDFIRE
ELEMENTS- THAT ARE IN THEM AND
SO IT REALLY IS A MULTI FACETED
EFFORT- TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE
RISK AND BRING DOWN RISK. AS
EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE
THAT'S THIS THE STRAIGHTEST PATH
TOWARDS BETTER ENSURE ABILITY IS
TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE RISK.
EFFECTIVELY WITHIN COMMUNITIES.
GREAT THANK YOU- MY- NEXT WE
HAVE MARK BROWN EXECUTIVE
OFFICER AT THE MARIN WILDFIRE
PREVENTION IT'S ALREADY-
SOMETHING WE'RE- VERY PROUD OF
THAT IT'S- CAME INTO EXISTENCE
AND IS IMMEDIATELY I THINK
MAKING A HUGE IMPACT. FOR
COMMUNITIES SO WELCOME MARK OR
WE'RE ANXIOUS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT
YOUR AGENCY. WELL THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE INVITATION. VERY
PLEASURE AND HONOR TO BE HERE JR
CONNELLY WE REALLY APPRECIATE
INVITATION. MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
AND WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE
OUR STORY ABOUT WITH AN W. P. A.
IS TO INFORM RAN. BUT WE CAN THE
DIFFERENCE LIKE PRESENTATION
PLEASE. THERE WE GO THAT'S SLIDE
PRESENTATION THANK YOU ALL RIGHT
. SO OUT TODAY WE WILL BE
SHARING THE STORY OF THE NWP AND
WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR MORAN AND
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE- AS MENTIONED MY NAME IS
MARK BROWN THAT THE EXECUTIVE
OFFICER FURTHER. AND WPA BUT
PRIOR TO COMING TO THE END OF
THE P. A. SPENT THIRTY YEARS
WITH MARIN COUNTY FIRE
DEPARTMENT LAST SERVING AS
DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF. SPENT FIFTEEN
YEARS ON A CAL FIRE INCIDENT
MANAGEMENT TEAM AS AN OPERATIONS
SECTION CHIEF AND I'VE BEEN
ASSIGNED TO SOME OF THE MOST
DEVASTATING FIRES IN THE STATE'S
HISTORY. I'VE BEEN EVACUATED
FROM MY HOME TWICE I HAD OF- THE
CLASSIFIER TEAR THROUGH MY
NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I HAVE SEEN TO
CHANGE AND WHILE FIRED
ENVIRONMENT. I'VE PERSONALLY
EXPERIENCED IT BOTH AS A
PROFESSIONAL AND AS A RESIDENT.
AND EVERY TIME A FIRE IGNITES.
OUR PUBLIC AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS
ARE BEHIND IN THE RACE TO FIRE
HAS A HEAD START SO WE NEED TO
FIND A WAY TO GIVE OUR
FIREFIGHTERS A CHANCE TO SUCCEED
BY GIVING THEM A LITTLE BIT OF A
HEAD START. AND WE NEED TO KEEP
OF OUR OF OUR RESIDENTS SAFETY
GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT AHEAD
STORE FOR EVACUATIONS. AND CAN
WE JUST LIKE PLEASE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CONFUSED
ABOUT WHICH- WHICH SOME OF THE-
PROJECTOR THAT THE A
PRESENTATIONS ON BUT IF YOU CAN
GO TO SLIDE THREE I'LL MOVE
THROUGH. FOR THE SECOND TIME.
THE SLIDE WITH THE- TO SLIDE UP
PLEASE. NEXT ONE DOWN. THERE WE
GO THANK YOU VERY MUCH SO. AFTER
THE TWENTY SEVENTEEN FIRES. AND
AS CHIEF WEBER FROM THE MARIN
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT IT
VERY WELL THE ONLY THING
SEPARATING RAN FROM CINEMA. WITH
A LACK OF TECHNICIANS IN MARIN
WE HAD THE SAME EXACT
CONDITIONS. HAVE WE HAD A
TECHNICIAN IN MARIN WE WOULD
HAVE THE SAME SITUATION. SO WE
ASKED ALL THE FIRE LAW AND LAND
MANAGEMENT AGENCIES FROM SONOMA
COUNTY. DOWN IN AND WE ASK THEM
QUESTIONS WE ASKED WHAT WERE YOU
DOING BEFORE THE FIRES DURING
THE FIRES AND AFTER THE FIRES.
WHERE DID YOU SUCCEED AND WHERE
DID YOU HAVE CHALLENGES AND WITH
THIS WE CAME UP WITH A PACKAGE
OF. OF THE LESSONS LEARNED SEVEN
PAGES OF ACTION ITEMS AND WHAT
WAS CLEAR WAS THAT THERE WAS NO
SINGLE AGENCY CHARGED WITH
MAKING SURE THOSE ACTION ITEMS
OCCURRED. NOR WAS THERE FUNDING
FOR THAT AND THAT'S WHEN THE GPA
OF R. SEVENTEEN MEMBER AGENCIES
CAME ABOUT. AND A TAX MEASURE
WITH TEN CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT
OF BUILDING SPACE PROVIDING US
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO
TAKE CALL WHO DID ALL THE TAKE
ON THESE ACTIONS ON. WE HAD
BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT MORE
THAN THE 70% YES VOTE. AND WE
RECOGNIZE THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS
A KEY DRIVER AND WE FEEL THAT
OUR ACTIONS ARE NOT ONLY
CONTRIBUTING TO WILDFIRE SAFETY
BUT IT'S ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO.
OUR PART TO HELP IMPROVE THE
CLIMATE CHANGE. WE ALSO
UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY SINGLE
PERSON IN MARIN WHETHER PUBLIC
OR PRIVATE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND I HATE
READING SLIDES TO PEOPLE. BUT
THIS ONE I THINK IS IMPORTANT
ENOUGH TO READ TO YOU THE
MEANWHILE FOR PREVENTION
AUTHORITY COMMUNITIES ARE
INFORMED. PREPARED FIRE ADOPTED
RESILIENT AND CAPABLE OF
WITHSTANDING A MAJOR FIRE LIVING
LOSS OF LIFE AND MAJOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE. WHILE PROTECTING OR RICH
ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY. THAT'S
OUR VISION. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE
TRYING TO GO AND I WANT TO HAVE
YOU FOCUS ON THE LAST SENTENCE
AND THAT IS. WHILE LIMITING. A
LOSS OF LIFE AND MAJOR PROPERTY
DAMAGE AND A SHOUT OUT TO
SEPARATE HIM FOR. INSISTING THAT
WE DID NOT PROMISE THAT WE WOULD
ELIMINATE ALL OF THAT. BECAUSE
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE SO WHAT WE'RE
TRYING TO DO IS MINIMIZE THAT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO TAKING NEW
ACCOUNT ARE RICH ENVIRONMENTAL
HISTORY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THRUSTER PLANNING WE HAVE
CREATED FIVE GOALS I'M GONNA
START WITH THE MIDDLE ONE FIRST.
AND THAT IS REDUCE CHRIS TO
HOMES I'M STARTING WITH THAT ONE
BECAUSE WE HAVE ADOPTED A HOUSE
ON APPROACH. FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE
LOOK AT THE WILDLANDS AND SAY
THAT IS THE PROBLEM. BUT WE'RE
ASKING PEOPLE TO TURN AROUND.
AND LOOK AT THEIR HOMES AND LOOK
AT WHAT THEY CAN DO IT THEIR
HOMES WHETHER IT'S HOME HARDING
WERE DEFENSIBLE SPACE. AND IF
YOU HAVE THEM RECOGNIZE WHAT
THEY CAN DO. WE ARE IMPROVING
OUR EVACUATION SYSTEMS AND A
NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND
PROTECTING AND HARDENING OUR
EVACUATION ROUTES. WHERE
REDUCING WILDFIRE FUELS SO THAT
AS A FIRE APPROACHES ARE
COMMUNITIES THEY CAN HAVE THEY
WILL HAVE LESS INTENSITY CREEK
FEWER EMBERS AND THOSE ARE THE
EMBERS THAT ARE CREATING THE
STRUCTURE LOS. WE AND WE HAVE
OVER JUST ABOUT A ONE MILLION
DOLLAR PUBLIC EDUCATION
CAMPAIGN. CALIFORNIA HAS VERY
SMART RESIDENTS. AND JUST GOING
AND TELL SOMEBODY TO DO
SOMETHING DOESN'T WORK YOU CAN'T
JUST GO WHERE THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT WE WANT YOU TO DO
THIS. DO IT THAT DOESN'T WORK
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO
EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. SO THEY CAN
UNDERSTAND THE RISKS AND THEY
CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CAN DO
TO MAKE THEMSELVES SAFER. AND WE
PROVIDE GRANTS FOR RESIDENTS TO
HELP WITH A PART IN DEFENSIBLE
SPACE. AND WE ALSO PROVIDE. A
LOW INCOME SENIOR TAX
EXEMPTIONS. AND WHAT IT'S
IMPORTANT I THINK. TO RECOGNIZE.
IS THAT. NO ONE HAS REALLY
STARTED TO CREATE- TRUE MEASURES
OF SUCCESS THAT VALLUM VALIDATED
. WE CAN SAY HOW MANY MILES WE
TREAT WE CAN SEE HOW MANY HOMES
WE INSPECT. BUT IF WE CAN'T
ANALYZE WHAT RISK REDUCTION WE
ARE CREATED HOW DO WE KNOW FOR
SUCCEEDING. SO ONE OF EACH ONE
OF OUR GOALS WE'RE ACTUALLY
DIGGING IN AND CREATING
OBJECTIVES. AND MEASURES OF
SUCCESS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY
MEASURE WHAT RISK REDUCTION
WE'RE PROVIDING FOR OUR
RESIDENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
JUST A QUICK LOOK AT OUR BUDGET
WHICH AVERAGES ABOUT TWENTY
MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR 60% OF
OUR BUDGET GOES TO ARE CROSS
JURISDICTIONAL PROJECTS BECAUSE
WE DO KNOW WILDFIRE. DOES NOT
RESPECT ANY JURISDICTIONAL
BOUNDARIES RIGHT. SO WE HAVE
WELL WHILE PROTECTION EVACUATION
PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS. VEGETATION
MANAGEMENT GRANT- GRANT
MANAGEMENT BOTH BRINGING GRANTS
IN BUT ALSO DISTRIBUTING GRANTS
TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND PUBLIC
EDUCATION. THE NEXT PIECE I
THINK IS PROBABLY OUR MOST
IMPORTANT ONE AND THAT IS OUR
DEFENSIBLE SPACE HOME EVALUATION
PROGRAM. I THINK AT THE END OF
OUR TEN YEAR LIFESPAN FOR THE
TAX WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY HOPE TO
RENEW WE LOOK BACK AT OUR
SUCCESSES WE WILL SEE ARE
DEFENSIBLE SPACE VALUATION
PROGRAM AS OUR NUMBER ONE
SUCCESS. AND IN OUR FIRE
DEPARTMENTS ALSO CLOSELY
CONNECTED WITH OUR OF THEIR
COMMUNITIES THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS
NEEDED BEST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
SO 20% OF OUR BUDGET GOES RIGHT
BACK TO OUR MEMBER AGENCIES. SO
THAT THEY CAN- INSTITUTE
PROGRAMS THAT FOLLOW OR COURT
PROGRAMS WITHIN THEIR
COMMUNITIES BUT THEY HAVE TO
SHOW TO US THAT IS A STEP ABOVE.
WHAT THEY WERE DOING PRIOR TO
MEASURE CA CAN'T SUPPLANT
ANYTHING THEY WERE DOING PRIOR
TO M. WPA BE INFORMED. NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. I REALLY FEEL THAT
THE M. WPA IS A CONVENER AS PART
OF OUR ROLE AND THAT IS BRINGING
PEOPLE TO GATHER. LAND MANAGERS
AND I WHAT I REALLY WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THIS RELATIONSHIP RAN
IS LUCKY TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION
CALLED ONE TAM. AND OTHERS ALL
THE LARGE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES
THAT HAVE COME TOGETHER UNDER
ONE UMBRELLA. AND THEY'RE
LOOKING AT THE FORCED HEALTH
ISSUE. AND WE KNOW NOW FORCED
HEALTH EQUALS GOOD WILDFIRE
PREVENTION. SO WPA SIDE BY SIDE
WITH ONE TAP IN DEVELOPING THEIR
FORCED HEALTH STRATEGY. AS WELL
AS REGIONAL PRIORITY PLAN OF
PROJECTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WERE ANALYZED AND IS NOT
JUST A FORCED HEALTH IN THE DATA
WE HAVE FOR THE FOREST HEALTH IS
ENORMOUS. AND IT'S GUIDING WERE
THE- DARK ONE TOWN AGENCIES ARE
DOING THEIR PROJECTS. BUT WE'RE
ALSO IN A FLOW PATH. OR THE
PATHS OF TRAVEL TO THE FIRE
WANTS TO TAKE HER WILD LANDS AND
WE KNOW WHERE THE FIRES GOING TO
BURN WITH THE MOST INTENSITY. WE
CAN PLACE A STRATEGICALLY PLACED
LARGE AREA TREATMENT OR SPLAT.
IN THAT LOCATION TO HELP
INTERRUPT THAT FIRE FLOW THROUGH
AS IT APPROACHES THE COMMUNITY
THE INTENSITY GOES WAY DOWN. OUR
MARIN RESIDENTS TO THROUGH OUR
INSPECTION PROGRAMS DO YOU
NUMBER ONE WAY WE ENGAGE. A
CIVIC LEADERS AND I DON'T JUST
LOOK AT CIVIC LEADERS AS OF OUR
ELECTED OFFICIALS I LOOK AT THEM
AS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE FIREWISE
COMMUNITY LEADERS. PEOPLE WHO
ARE ACTIVE IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND
PROVIDE LEADERSHIP FOR THE REST
OF THEIR COMMUNITY TO FOLLOW.
FIRST RESPONDERS IS AN OBVIOUS
ONE. NOT GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF
A PUBLIC ENTITIES IT'S GOING TO
BE BECAUSE OF A PRIVATE. PUBLIC
A PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. WE
NEED TO ENGAGE WITH OUR PRIVATE
BUSINESSES IN ORDER TO SUCCEED I
THINK WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO. SHOW A
SUCCESSFUL MODEL WHERE THAT
WORKS AND ACTUALLY I'LL BE ABLE
TO APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE
ADDRESS TO HEAR JUST A LITTLE
BIT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND WE
ARE DRIVEN BY SCIENCE. WE HAVE A
VERY DETAILED COMMUNITY WILDFIRE
PROTECTION PLAN THAT HAS. DEARLY
CURRENT LIDAR DATA COULD YOU DO
TO BE UPDATED NOW THAT IT WAS
TWENTY NINETEEN THAT WE GOT TO
LEARN OUR DATA BUT- IT'S WEEKS-
VERY EXTENSIVE DATA THAT WE WERE
ABLE TO CREATE A PARTIAL LEVEL
RISK ASSESSMENT. SO WE CAN
IDENTIFY THE HIGHEST PRIORITY
AREAS AND FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON
THOSE AREAS NOW. NEXT SLIDE.
GREAT EXAMPLE HERE OF OUR- AND
WE NEVER GOT OF OUR HOUSE ON
APPROACH BY USING OR PARTIAL
LEVEL DATA ALLOWS US TO FOCUS
WE'RE GOING TO. BRING IN OUR
INSPECTORS WERE RESPECTED AND
JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY BUT THIS
HOUSE MAKES IS- BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THAT THE PRIORITY
AREAS. TO HELP THE RESIDENTS
HARDENER HOMES AND CREATE
DEFENSIBLE SPACE NEXT SLIDE. AND
THIS IS BOB WHY IN EXAMPLE OF
OUR PROM PRIVATE PUBLIC
PARTNERSHIP WE HELP FUND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DEFENSIBLE
SPACE EVALUATION SOFTWARE. AND
IT'S BEEN TOO IT'S TURNED OUT TO
BE A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP
THAT'S INCREASING OUR PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. WE HAVE
EIGHTY THOUSAND OR SO
INSTRUCTABLE PARCELS IN MARIN.
LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE WE
INSPECTED JUST OVER THIRTY THREE
THOUSAND PARCELS EACH YEAR.
THAT'S A GREAT VOLUME BUT IF NO
ONE TAKES ACTION WHAT GOOD IS
IT. WHAT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY
ABOUT IS 60% OF THE PEOPLE WHO
RECEIVED AN INSPECTION TOOK SOME
FORM OF ACTION. NOW THEY MAY NOT
HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE
ASKED THEM TO DO. BUT AT LEAST
THEY TOOK SOME FORM OF ACTION
AND THEY'RE IMPROVING THE
COMMUNITY RESILIENCY. WE ALSO
HAVE CREATED A DIRECT CONNECTION
TO THE INSURANCE. OF BUSINESS
AND HOME SAFETY INSURANCE
INSTITUTE BUSINESS HOME SAFETY I
BE JUST SO MUCH EASIER SAY. AND
THE WILD HARPER HEARD POEMS
DESIGNATION. WITH THE RESIDENTS
PERMISSION WE CAN EXPORT OUR
DATA TO THE I. B. H. S. FOR THEM
AT TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT
THAT PROPERTY MEETS. THE
WILDFIRE PREPARED HOME
DESIGNATION WHICH THEY CAN USE
FOR DISCOUNTS ON THEIR
INSURANCE. AND ADDITIONALLY WE
HAVEN'T- PROGRAMMED INTO OUR
SOFTWARE ALL THE SAFER FROM
WILDFIRE DISCOUNT ITEMS. SO WE
ARE- INSPECTING AND NOTING BOTH
POSITIVELY OR NEGATIVELY WHETHER
OR NOT THOSE ITEMS ARE PRESENT.
SO WITH THE DISCOUNTS BECOME
AVAILABLE WILL BE ABLE TO EMAIL
OR MAIL OR RESIDENTS OR WHEN
THEY RECEIVE THE REPORT TO LOOK
AT A LIST OF ITEMS THAT THEY CAN
ASK YOUR INSURANCE COMPANIES.
FOR DISCOUNTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
. AND WE HAVE A RESIDENT GRANT
PROGRAM THAT WAS FUNDED TO THE
TUNE OF EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE A
HUNDRED THOUSAND GOING INTO IT
THIS YEAR. WE HAVE ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR- DEFENSIBLE SPACE.
AND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
HOME HARDENING GRANTS. MOST OF
THE HOME HARDING GRANTS OR
MATCHING GRANT HOWEVER A FEW OF
THE ITEMS WE FEEL ARE SO
IMPORTANT WE DON'T REQUIRE A
MATCH. VETS GUTTER GUARDS. AND
GARAGE SALES. WE DON'T REQUIRE A
MATCH FOR THAT BECAUSE WE JUST
FEEL THAT THEY'RE SO IMPORTANT.
AND ONE THING THAT WE REALLY
APPRECIATE ABOUT OUR GRANT
PROGRAM. IS THAT. IT AND WE
THINK THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT
HIGHER THAN WHAT I'M ABOUT TO
SAY BEFORE EVERY ONE DOLLAR THE
END OF UPA'S PROVIDING AND THESE
GRANTS THE RESIDENTS. WHO
RECEIVED A GRAB OR PUT IN
ANOTHER TWO DOLLARS TOWARDS IT
SO WE'RE GETTING A GOOD RETURN
ON THAT INVESTMENT. THAT DOESN'T
EVEN COUNT THE MONEY THAT PEOPLE
ARE PUTTING INTO THEIR
PROPERTIES WHO DIDN'T ASK FOR A
GRANT. EXCITE AND IN CHIPPER
DAYS IN WHAT I WANT TO TRUMP CAN
CONNECT ABOUT OUR TALK ABOUT
WITH CHIPPER DAYS. SIMILAR TO
THE GRANT PROGRAM IS WHEN OUR
RESIDENTS RECEIVE THEIR-
DEFENSIBLE SPACE EVALUATION
REPORT. THAT REPORT WILL LIST
THE ITEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR
GRANTS AND THEY CAN JUST CLICK
ON THE BUTTON. THE DATA FURTHER
IF- INSPECTION AUTOMATICALLY
GOES INTO OUR GRANT PORTAL. THEY
FILL OUT AN APPLICATION FOR THE
GRANT SANDWICH A PER DAYS WHEN
THEY RECEIVE THE REPORT. IT'S
LIST WHAT DAYS THE CHIPPER DAYS
ARE AVAILABLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY
AND GIVE THEM A LINK TO BE ABLE
TO FOR IN ORDER TO SIGN UP. LAST
YEAR. OVER THREE THOUSAND
PICKUPS WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO
OVER ONE THOUSAND DUMP TRUCKS
HAULING MATERIAL. THAT ALSO
CONNECTS TO WHAT ARE WE DOING
WITH ALL THIS BIOMASS. AND WHAT
HOW CAN WE USE IT MORE
EFFECTIVELY. SO WE ARE ALSO
PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT
RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE TO L. FOUR EIGHTHS UP
STUDY THAT WAS FUNDED BY THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS PLANNING
RESEARCH. ON HOW BEST TO UTILIZE
THAT BIOMASS AND HOW WE CAN USE
IT- FOR WHETHER IT'S GREEN
ENERGY. BUILDING PRODUCTS.
CREATING MORTGAGE SO ON AND SO
FORTH- TWENTY TWENTY THREE WERE
EVEN- PICKING UP SPLITS STEAM
AND HAVE FAR MORE PICKUPS WITH
CHIPPER DAYS THAT WE DID LAST
YEAR. WE GET A RETURN ON
INVESTMENT. IF A RESIDENT ASK
FOR CHEAPER TO COME TO THEIR
HOUSE THAT'S ABOUT A THREE TO
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR EXPENSE. ON
AVERAGE OUR RESIDENTS PAID
BETWEEN TWO HUNDRED AND TWO
HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS A YEAR
FOR THE MEASURE SEE PARTIAL TAX.
SO ONE CHEAPER DAY. IS A TOTAL
RETURN ON INVESTMENT. IF THEY
CAN GET DISCOUNTS ON THEIR
INSURANCE. CONTINUED RETURNS ON
THEIR INVESTMENT DOESN'T.
CONSIDER TO INCREASE SAFETY THAT
THEY HAVE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND AGAIN AT. SO IMPORTANT. BUT
I FEEL THE BOTTOM LEFT. WITH OUR
INSPECTORS MEETING WITH A
RESIDENT ON THEIR PROPERTY IS
THE BEST FORM OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION. AND WE ALSO COOPER-
HOST AND WILDFIRE FESTIVAL
CALLED AMBER STOP. LAST YEAR WE
HAD TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE ATTEND.
THIS YEAR WE HAD FIVE THOUSAND
PEOPLE TEND TO COME LEARN MORE
ABOUT WILDFIRE SAFETY AND WHAT
THEY CAN DO TO MAKE THEMSELVES
SAFER. NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN
EVACUATION ROUTES- CLEARING. WE
KNOW THAT NONE OF OUR
COMMUNITIES WERE DESIGNED FOR
EVERY CAR TO HIT THE ROAD AT THE
SAME TIME AND THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS DURING AN EVACUATION AND
WE KNOW TRAFFIC JAMS ARE GONNA
HAPPEN. SO WE NEED TO MAKE THAT
ENVIRONMENT TENABLE ORDER. ARE
SAFE. SAFER PROBABLY BETTER
WORD. WHILE THEY'RE ON A ROAD
THAT'S BEING IMPACTED BY FIRE IT
THAT IS THE SAME WROTE. AND I
WOULD ARGUE ACTION THAT ROAD IS
SAFER DAY TO DAY DRIVING LET
ALONE DURING A FIRE. NEXT SLIDE
. WE HAVE INSTITUTED EVACUATION
RISK ASSESSMENT IT IS A VALUE IN
EVERY ROADWAY AND RAN. IS
EVALUATED TO WILDFIRE DANGER THE
TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE HOW MANY
CARS IN THAT ROAD ACTUALLY
HANDLE. COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
AND TO SEE HUMAN DECISION
MAKING. AND IS CREATING A RISK
RATING FOR EVERY ROAD BUT NOT
ONLY IS IT CREATING A RISK
RATING IT'S TELLING US WHY IT'S
RISKY. AND IF WE KNOW THE WHY
DID WE CAN BUILD A PROJECT TO
HELP IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR THAT
ROUTE. NEXT SLIDE. OF COURSE I
PRESCRIBE HERBIVORY IS ONE OF
OUR- BIG PROJECTS I KNOW THAT
SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT-
HERE A PURSE OR GRAZING. ROUTE
CRIB BRINGING IN NON NATIVE
SPECIES BUT WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY
BEEN FINDING HIS GRAZING HIS
CROP BECAUSE IN THE RETURN OF
OUR NATIVE SPECIES AND WE'VE
BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH THAT
FINDING. AND HERE'S ONE OF OUR
BIGGEST PROJECTS NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
INSTITUTING TWENTY TWO SHADED
FUEL BREAKS THROUGHOUT OUR
COMMUNITIES. AND THE CREW
BASICALLY WERE INCREASING THE
DEFENSIBLE SPACE BY ONE TO THREE
HUNDRED FEET A LONGER WILDLAND
URBAN INTERFACE BOUNDARY. WE
ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITIES
ABOUT- DID WITH. BASICALLY HOW
WE'RE DESIGNING IT AND HOW WE'RE
GOING TO IMPLEMENT. AND THEN THE
BIG QUESTION IS WHAT IS SUCCESS
LOOK LIKE. WELL UNDER MAJOR FIRE
CONDITIONS. WE'RE NOT LOOKING
FOR THOSE PHAM FIREBREAKS TO
STOP THE FIRE. WE'RE LOOKING AT
THEM TO CHANGE THE FIRE BEHAVIOR
CHIEF BIGELOW POPPED OUT EMBERS
COMING IN. WELL IF WE CAN
DECREASE TO AMBER PRODUCTION
RIGHT UP AGAINST OUR HOMES THAT
WE HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF
HOMES BEING DEFENDED. SO BY
CREATING A SHADED FUEL BREAKS
WIND LONG DISTANCE EMBERS LAND
INITIATED FUEL BREAK. THERE'S
LESS MATERIAL FOR THEM TO CREATE
NEW HIGH INTENSITY SPOT FIRES
DAQRI EVEN MORE AMBER'S CLOSE TO
OUR HOMES. AND AS THE MAIN FIRE
APPROACHES FLAME LINKS GO DOWN
RATES OF SPREAD GO DOWN. OUR
RESIDENTS HAVE MORE TIME TO
EVACUATE AND UNDER SAFER
CONDITIONS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS
CAN ACTUALLY SUCCEED. THEY DON'T
HAVE TO GO THROUGH HEAD HIGH
BRUSH. THE PROPOSAL AND THEY
HAVE OPEN MIND CLOSELY THROUGH.
WHERE REBUILDING THEM RIGHT
ALONG OUR RIVER- COMMUNITY
BOUNDARIES WE DESIGNED THEM
USING THE BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE
AND DATA. WE CONSTRUCT A MOSTLY
WITH HAND TOOLS REMOVING THE
DEAD AND DOWN ON THE FOREST
FLOOR REMOVING NON NATIVE
VEGETATION AND THEN LET ME KNOW
IF THE NATIVE HEALTHY TREES SO
THAT WE REMOVE. THE LADDER FUELS
VERTICALLY BERASAL. A HORIZONTAL
SEPARATION SO THE FIRES REALLY
DO. DECREASE IN INTENSITY. AND
MOST IMPORTANT PART I THINK THE-
IS. HOW DO WE MAKE THEM ONCE WE
BUILD IT. IS WE'VE CREATED
INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE MUST
MAINTAIN AND WITH THE MEASURE
SEE PARTIAL TAX ALLOWS US TO
FUNDING. TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK
AND MAINTAIN IN THE GRASS MODELS
WILL COME BACK EVERY YEAR. AND
WHEN WE GET INTO THE BRUSH IS
GOING TO BE EVERY THREE TO FIVE
YEARS AND THEN TO HAVE YOUR
CHAMBER WILL BE EVERY FIVE TO
SEVEN YEARS OF WHAT THE FOR HOW
TO RETURN TREATMENT. NEXT SLIDE
. HERE'S A MAP OF OUR GREAT ROSS
VALLEY SHADED FUEL BREAK IT'S
THIRTY EIGHT MILES LONG THANK
YOU CAL FIRE RECEIVED A THREE
POINT TWO FIVE MILLION DOLLAR
GRANT TO HELP. FUND THAT PROJECT
. AND RUNTIME WE WANTED TO- BE
ABLE TO FINISH THIS IN THREE
YEARS IN THE FIRST YEAR WE WERE
ABLE TO COMPLETE SIXTEEN MILES.
NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE ALSO USING OUR
BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE THIS IS A
PICTURE OF THE D'AMATO SHADED
FUEL BREAK A SIXTY MILE NETWORK
THAT WE ARE STARTING WORK ON.
AUGUST FIRST. AND WE ARE USING
WE CAN'T DO IT ALL AT ONCE SO WE
HAVE TO USE SCIENCE TO PICK
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO WORK
FIRST. AND WE DID HAVE A FIRE
IMPACT GREATER AUSTRALIA SHADED
FUEL BREAK A LAST MONTH. IT WAS
A LOW INTENSITY FIRE WAS ON A ON
A ON A MOIST DAY PROD THE FIRE
PROBABLY WASN'T GONNA DO MUCH
REGARDLESS OF THE SHADED FUEL
BREAK OR NOT. BUT WHAT I LOOKED
AT THAT THAT THAT WAS THE
SUCCESS OF OUR MODELING AND
PREDICTING WHERE OUR HIGHEST
PRIORITY AREAS WERE. THE FIRST
FIRE THAT WAS IN THE AREA OF THE
GREATER US REALLY SHADED FUEL
BREAK HAPPEN TO BE WHERE WE DID
OUR WORK. BASED ON THAT MODELING
. AND WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MARK GREAT
PRESENTATION. SO DOES A MARIN
WILDFIRE PREVENTION STORYCORPS
NAME WITH GOT OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES ON THE GRANT PROGRAM
SPECIFICALLY TO LEVERAGE OTHER
DOLLARS YOU MENTIONED THAT. HOW
FAR THREE POINT TWO MILLION
DOLLAR GRANT- IF YOU CAN
ELABORATE ON THAT AND I REALLY
WANNA UNDERSCORE. AND LEASES
THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW STATEWIDE
THE M. W. P. A. IS FAIRLY UNIQUE
IN BRAIN LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
TOGETHER BUT HOW IS THAT.
TRANSLATING IN TERMS OF OTHER
LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. AS WELL.
WELL FIRST OF ALL WHEN IT LAST.
OF PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LOCAL
AREAS AND THE REVALUATION
INGRESS EGRESS RISK ASSESSMENTS
A GOOD EXAMPLE- OUR PUBLIC WORKS
ENTITIES OUR COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT ENTITIES THEY HAVE-
TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITIES TO
THE SENATE BILL NINETY NINE AND
SIMPLY BILL SEVEN FORTY SEVEN.
AND THAT PARTIAL OR THE-
EVACUATION GRASSY GRASS RISK
ASSESSMENT IS THAT IS HELPING
THEM. AND IS PROVIDING THEM
INFORMATION FOR THEIR SAFETY
ELEMENT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO
PARTNERING WITH SEA LEVEL RISE
FOLKS BECAUSE OUR FOOD MANY OF
OUR EVACUATION ROUTES ARE
THROUGH AREAS THAT WILL SEE C.
LEVEL RISE. AND EVEN ON A NON
RAINY DAY ON A KING TIDE SOME OF
OUR EVACUATION ROUTES TO GET
FLOODED SO WE'RE ABLE TO PARTNER
WITH THEM AND WE'RE SEEKING
GRANT MONEY FOR THAT. I THINK
ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PARTNERSHIPS
IT'LL BRING IN MORE GRANT MONEY
IS WITH OUR ONE TOWN PARTNERSHIP
AND DROP BRINGING AND FORCED
HEALTH MONIES BOTH STATE AND
FEDERAL FOR CELL MONIES. AND
THEN WE DO WANT TO LEVERAGE THE
MONIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR
HOME HARDENING GRANTS. WE DID-
AND MAKE IT SO THAT THE M. WPA
IS RECIPIENTS SO WE CAN TURN
AROUND AND PUSH IT OUT TO OUR
RESIDENTS AND MAKE IT EASIER ON
OUR RESIDENTS. BRING AS YOU.
COORDINATING FIVE PREPARE.
PROJECTS ACROSS SEVENTEEN
DIFFERENT. THE STATE LOCAL
AGENCIES SOUNDS LIKE A TALL
ORDER FOR ANY ORGANIZATION. HOW
DO YOU BALANCE ALL THE DIFFERENT
IMPACTS THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING.
WHY HAVE A I WISH I WOULD HAVE
SAID THIS EARLIER BUT THE
STRENGTH OF THE M. W. P. A. IS
THE STRENGTH OF OUR MEMBER
AGENCIES WE HAVE TREMENDOUSLY
TALENTED PEOPLE AND ALL
SEVENTEEN OF REMEMBER AGENCIES.
SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT TO
CORRAL THEM INTO ALL ONE
DISTINCT DIRECTION. BUT WE ARE
GUIDED BY OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THEN WE PUT THAT INTO OUR
FIVE ZONES- SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT
MORE MANAGEABLE SET OF THINKING
ABOUT ALL SEVENTEEN AT ONCE WE
HAVE FIVE ZONES. AS WE CAN FOCUS
ON THAT. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I
DO APPRECIATE WITH THE SEVENTEEN
MEMBERS IS THAT. LOCAL CODES AND
ORDINANCES DIFFER FROM.
JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY TO
JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY IT'S
FRUSTRATING FOR RESIDENTS THAT
THEIR NEIGHBOR HAS ONE SET OF
GUIDELINES THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW
COMPARED TO ANOTHER. AS THE-
DIFFERENT FIRE COACH GO THROUGH
THE PROCESS SO BY HAVING MEMBERS
OF- ON EACH OF THE COUNCIL'S.
THEY CAN SEE THE BENEFIT OF
HAVING A STANDARDIZED CODE AND
SO- THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR MEMBER
AGENCIES TO HELP REINFORCE IDEAS
STANDARDIZED CODES AND
ORDINANCES. YEAH AND YOU MENTION
YOU KNOW THE M. WPA ITSELF. CAME
ABOUT BECAUSE OF LESSONS LEARNED
AND I RECALL THOSE DAYS. AS I
MARIN COUNTY SUPERVISOR WHERE
OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH AND
CINEMA COUNTY- SEPARATE THROUGHS
SUCH CATASTROPHIC- WILDFIRES.
THERE WAS REALLY A CONCERTED
EFFORT TO UNPACK THAT AND
REALLY- WORK TOGETHER AS
COMMUNITIES. AND THEN TAXPAYERS
STOPPED UP- TO FIND THIS THIS
NEW AGENCY IF YOU WELL. I'M I
IMAGINE NOW ALL RIGHT M. W. P.
A. ITSELF IN THE EXPERIENCE MAY
YIELD IMPORTANT LESSONS- FOR
OTHER. WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS
INITIATIVES- ACROSS THE STATE IN
COMMUNITIES. DO YOU FIND THERE
ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THOSE
LESSONS LEARNED WITH OTHERS AND
WHAT IS. THE STATUS OF OTHER
JURISDICTIONS ADOPTING A MODEL
LIKE THIS AND HOW WOULD YOU
ENCOURAGE THAT AND SHE BIGELOW
YOU CAN WEIGH IN AS WELL AFTER
OUR AFTER MARK ON THIS ONE. I DO
WANNA SAY THE WORK THAT WE'RE
DOING IS NOT NOVEL WORK IT'S
WORKED A LOT OF OTHER
COMMUNITIES ARE DOING I FEEL
THAT OUR GOVERNANCE MODEL IS
WHAT IS NOVEL AND THE FACT THAT
WE HAVE DEDICATED FUNDING BEHIND
IT THAT CANNOT BE SIPHONED OFF
FOR ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN
WILDFIRE MITIGATION IS ONE OF
THE OTHER NOVEL ITEMS. IE BLOOD
THE MODEL WE CREATED AS A JOINT
POWERS AGREEMENT BUT I'M NOT
NECESSARILY CONVINCED THAT IS
ALWAYS THE BEST WAY FOR THE
OTHER COMMUNITIES TO GO- I COULD
BE THROUGH A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING OR FOR LARGER
COMMUNITIES IT MAY BE THAT THEY-
INSTITUTE A SIMILAR PROGRAM
WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTIONS. AT
BUT TO ME I THINK THE MOST
IMPORTANT PART IS HAVING THAT
DEDICATED FUNDING AND DEDICATED
STAFF THAT- COULD CONCENTRATE ON
WHILE FOR MITIGATION YEAR ROUND.
TO ME THAT'S THE KEY. MY MIKE. I
HAVE TO AGREE IN THE DEDICATED
STAFF MEDICAID FUNDING AS I
MENTIONED IN MY PRISON TATIAN-
THROUGH ASSEMBLY MEMBER WOODS
LEGISLATION THAT THE PRIORITIZE
THE CREATION OF OUR DIVISION THE
DELEGATION OF LABOR AND THE
AMOUNT OF. RESOURCES THAT WE
RECEIVED FROM THE LEGISLATURE IN
. HAVE MADE A TREMENDOUS- IT HAS
MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE FOR
US AND HAVING THE ABILITY TO
IMPLEMENT ALL THE THINGS THAT I
TALKED ABOUT. FOR YEARS- WE'VE
BEEN. WE DID HAVE A BIG VISIONS
AND BIG HOPES AND DREAMS BUT WE
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO
IMPLEMENT IT- VERY SHORTLY GO
WITH THIRTEEN PEOPLE IN OUR
OFFICE AND TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN.
DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT I'M
TALKING THAT I TALKED ABOUT. NOW
WE HAVE SIXTY THREE AND THAT'S
JUST IN OUR OFFICE THAT IS
INCLUDED ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT
ARE CAL FIRE UNITS ARE TWENTY
ONE OPERATIONAL UNITS IN OUR
CONTRACT COUNTY PARTNERS
RECEIVED. SO THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THESE THINGS ARE NOW
HAPPENING AND WE'RE STARTING TO
SEE THE FRUITS OF THAT LABOR IS
A SOLID DEFENSIBLE SPACE NUMBER
SO. YEAH DEDICATED STAFFING
DEDICATED FUNDING AND IS MAKING
A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND HAVING
SCORED A COOPERATIVE
COLLABORATIVE- ADVENTURES LIKE A
JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY WITH- YES
AND- IT THESE COLLABORATIVE
VENTURES THAT'S THE WAY THAT WE
NEED TO KEEP PROCEEDING IS.
THROUGH ONE VOICE AND WHAT ARE
WE ARE MULTIPLE VOICES BUT ONE
MESSAGE. MRT WANT AS QUICKLY ON
LIKE GOVERNANCE. WHO OVERSEES AM
WPA HOUSING STRUCTURE. YOU BET
SO UP SEVENTEEN MEMBER AGENCIES
LIKE YOU MENTIONED EACH OF OUR
MEMBER AGENCIES IS EITHER A FIRE
DISTRICT FOR A COUNCIL THAT HAS
AN ELECTED MEMBER THAT'S ON OUR
BOARD. THEN WE HAVE A SEVENTEEN
MEMBER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE THAT
IS POPULATED BY FIRE CHIEFS AND
TOWN MANAGER SO WE GET FIRE
EXPERTISE AND GONE AND PUBLIC
GOVERNANCE EXPERTISE. AND THEN
REALLY WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS
THE ROAD IS OUR ADVISORY
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE IT'S TO
SEVENTY EIGHT SEVENTEEN MEMBERS
AGAIN AND THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT
ARE DESIGNING THE PRODUCT
PROJECTS. WE ARE OPERATIONS
COMMITTEE SETS THE- STRATEGY FOR
OUR WORK PLAN AND THEN OUR
SEVENTEEN MEMBER AGENCIES AT THE
VISOR TECH FOR COMMITTEE CREATE
THE PLAN MY STAFF AND I HELP
SUPPORT CREATION OF THAT PLAN.
IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STRATEGY
THAT CREATED BY OPERATIONS SEPT
COMMITTEE AND IT COMES UP TO THE
BOARD SO IT REALLY IS. OUR
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS MAKING
THE PLAN AND THEN WE PUSH UP TO
THE PROCESS. GREAT THANKS AGAIN
ALL RIGHT WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO
SAATCHI'S SUMMARIZE THEM WELCOME
SASHI. THE BILL THANK YOU VERY
MUCH I REALLY ENJOYED HEARING-
G. BIGELOW IS PRESENTATION AND-
MARK'S PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE
INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT JOHN HAS
TO SAY HERE TO- I'M ADVISING AT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WILDFIRE
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
RIGHT NOW AND I JUST WANTED. YOU
KNOW ETHNOLOGIST THERE THERE'S
ABOUT A LOT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
THAT CALIFORNIA IS THE GOLD
STANDARD ON THIS THE WORK THAT
WE'RE DOING HERE IN CALIFORNIA
IS REALLY- LEADING THE NATION IN
TERMS OF- WILDFIRE RESILIENCE
AND THAT TYPE OF RISK
MITIGATION- SERRA IF YOU MOVED
IN THE NEXT SLIDE- SO IS THIS IS
THIS IS MY THIS IS MY BACKGROUND
I'M GONNA BE TALKING TO YOU
ABOUT SOME OF THE GREAT WORK
WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE IN CINEMA
COUNTY- THERE IS SO MUCH UNDER
WAY. HERE IN CINEMA COUNTY-
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FEMA
GRANTS THAT BRING TOGETHER THE-
LANDSCAPE TREATMENTS AND YOUR
HOME. NEAR HOME INTERVENTIONS-
THERE IS A POTENTIAL INSURANCE
PILOT- THERE IS A IN. THE WORK
OF THE NORTH COAST RESEARCH
PARTNERSHIP ON YOU KNOW WOODY
BIOMASS AGGREGATION AND FIGURE
OUT HOW TO MAKE USE OF THAT- SO
THERE'S A LOT UNDER WAY BUT WHAT
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY IS
SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY.
ACCOMPLISHED AND FINISHED- ON
THE LOCAL LEVEL HERE AND- YOU
KNOW HOW THAT IS AT FIFTEEN
PICTURE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO
THE IT. WHERE MARKET LOOKED AT
THOSE WAS HERE TALKING ABOUT-
WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT
LOCAL LEVEL SOLUTION SUPPORTED
BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL PLANS
AND THE THESE AS- BULLETS HERE
ARE FROM. AS CHIEF BIGELOW
MENTIONED THE CALIFORNIA
WILDFIRE AND FOREST RESILIENCE
ACTION PLAN WHICH IS A REALLY
WELL CONSIDERED COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN THAT STAYS AT THE RIGHT
LEVEL- IT RECOGNIZES THAT. WHILE
FOR MITIGATION AND FORCED HEALTH
ARE- HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED
TOGETHER. IT RECOGNIZE IT
KNOWLEDGE IS THE IMPORTANCE OF
REGIONALLY TAILORED STRATEGIES
AND ACTIONS AND IT HIGHLIGHTS
THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE
OWNERSHIPS WHERE THIS WORK IS
ACTUALLY GONNA HAPPEN. NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. CANNELLA WENT UP.
AT 40% OF THE FORESTED LAND. IS
PRIVATELY OWNED AT CINEMA COUNTY
IS A GREAT EXEMPLAR OF THAT
BECAUSE IT'S CLOSER TO NINETY
PERCENT- AND- ALMOST ENTIRELY
THAT IS IN SMALL PARCELS OF
UNDER A HUNDRED ACRES. SO THAT
MEANS THAT- SMALL PRIVATE
LANDOWNERS REALLY NEED TOOLS AND
INFORMATION TO MANAGE THEIR
LANDS- SO TO THAT END WE LAST
MONTH PUT ON THE TWENTY TWENTY
THREE LIVING WITH FIRE FOREST
CONSERVATION CONFERENCE. I THINK
SOME OF YOU IN THE ROOM WILL
RECOGNIZE OUR OWN CAL FIRE
CHIEF- MARSHALL TERRIBLE THEY'RE
DELIVERING A LECTURE AND FORCED
TO MANAGEMENT. SO IT WAS A HANDS
ON. CONFERENCE WE HAD THAT
HUNDRED TWENTY LANDOWNERS
REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF ACRES
HE WAS AT SANTA ROSA JUNIOR
COLLEGE SHOWN FARM- FOR A DAY OF
HANDS ON WORKSHOPS AND THEN A
SECOND DAY OF FEEL TOWARDS
AROUND THE COUNTY- THERE FEW
FOLKS AND GOT INTO ATTENDED THE
CONFERENCE- AND I DO. TO RECKON
THIS ROSA TO COLLEGE. WELFARE
PROGRAM WHICH IS A REALLY
INNOVATIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM- THAT'S COORDINATED BY.
THE BRILLIANT BRANAGH BOW AS-
LIKE TO BELIEVE IS WATCHING ARE
WATCHING THE HEARING TODAY- AND
HER INCREDIBLY DYNAMIC TEAM AND
THEY DID A- GREAT JOB IN HELPING
US PUT THIS CONFERENCE TOGETHER.
BUT DIE THIS WAS A WAY TO REALLY
CONNECTS THE PEOPLE WHOSE LAND-
NEEDS TO BE MANAGED WITH THE-
TECHNOLOGIES TOOLS DATA AND
COMMUNITY COLLABORATION THAT'S
NEEDED FOR REALLY TO REALLY
ACTUALLY MAKE AN IMPACT. NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE. SO ANOTHER THING
THAT WE DID AND I'M I'M ACTUALLY
REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT A
NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS
GROUP ARE ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM
HERE SO. I WITH ALL THIS
INTEREST IN WILDFIRE VEGETATION
MANAGEMENT- IT BRINGS UP A LOT
OF CONCERNS OF STAKEHOLDERS AND
THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE.
ACTIVIST COMMUNITY. SO WHAT WHAT
WE DID WAS WE PUT TOGETHER A
GROUP OF THESE ACTIVISTS WHICH
INCLUDED GROUPS FROM LIKE SIERRA
CLUB FOREST UNLIMITED- THIS TIME
COUNTY CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK-
WHO WERE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT.
ALL THIS WORK AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN IS BEING IS GOING ON- AND
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GROUP WAS TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
CONCERNS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS ARE
AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF
THESE VOICES ARE INCLUDED IN THE
CONVERSATION IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT TO HAVE- DIFFERENT
VOICES. INVOLVED IN THE
COMMUNICATORS ASIAN BECAUSE
ULTIMATELY IT'S THROUGH
CONSENSUS OF ALL THOSE DIFFERENT
VOICES- THAT ANY ACTION IS GOING
TO HAPPEN ON THE GROUND- AND
THAT ONE OF THE BIG TAKE AWAYS
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW WAS. THE
ALL THESE DIFFERENT ACTIVIST
GROUPS IT'S NOT A MONOLITHIC.
GROUP THEY DON'T ALL HAVE THE
SAME CONCERNS- BUT HI THEY ALL
CARE ABOUT. HOW THIS IS
HAPPENING. AND MAKING SURE THAT
THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT
THEIR STATE OF BEING USED AND
WHAT THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY IS
AND YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
INCREASING PACE AND SCALE- YOU
KNOW WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT AND
HOW QUICKLY ARE WE DOING THOSE
THINGS THOSE THOSE DECISIONS
REALLY CAN ONLY BE MADE AT THE
COMMUNITY LEVEL AND BY
CONSENSUS. OF ALL THESE
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY VOICES THIS
IS JUST ONE ONE SECTION OF THAT-
BUT IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE
DIFFERENT VOICES ARE HEARD- NEXT
FIVE. AND THEN FOR- MY- MASTER.
AS RESEARCH WORK- I DID SOME-
QUALITY RESEARCH WITH CINNAMON
LAND IN AGENCIES AND LOOKING AT
HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN BE HELPFUL IN
BUILDING COMMUNITY CONSENSUS
AROUND WILDFIRE VEGETATION
MANAGEMENT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS
WHEN I WENT INTO IT WAS THINKING
WELL REALLY ALL WE NEED IS YOU
KNOW WE THINK WE ARE WE KNOW WE
JUST NEED BETTER TOOLS WE NEED
SOME YOU KNOW GREAT ONE. ONE
GREAT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY WILL
JUST SOLVE EVERYTHING- AND
REALLY I WHAT I LEARNED IS THAT
INFORMATION IS ALMOST NEVER THE
PROBLEM. IF YOU'RE TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO IF YOU'VE GOT
A PERSISTENT PROBLEM- THERE ARE
REASONS WHY IT'S LIKE THAT. AND
THERE WERE PROBABLY GOOD REASONS
WHY IT WAS LIKE THAT AND NOW WE
HAVE DIFFERENT CONCERNS IN
DIFFERENT. VALUES THAT WE WANT
TO FOCUS ON HOW DO WE MAKE THOSE
CHANGES IT'S GENERALLY NOT
BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE
INFORMATION IT'S BECAUSE THAT.
CONNECTION HAS BEEN MADE TO HOW
DO I THEN CHANGE WHAT I'M DOING
CAN FIT INTO THIS NEW PARADIGM.
SO I. BUILDING THAT COMMUNICANTS
IF THAT CONSENSUS AT THE
COMMUNITY LEVEL IS REALLY JUST
THE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL PIECE
AND TECHNOLOGY IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT PART OF THAT. BUT WE
TALK A LOT ABOUT MAKING SURE WE
HAVE A RESEARCH BASED APPROACH A
SCIENCE BASED APPROACH ONE THING
THAT WE TEND TO SKIP OVER WITH
THAT IS. YOU CANNOT DO ANY OF
THAT WITHOUT LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. SO
AND WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
GOING TO BE ACTUALLY IMPACTED
WHOSE LAND IT IS WHO ACTUALLY
HAVE TO DO THIS WORK. SO THAT
THAT WAS REALLY. WHAT I LEARNED
FROM THE SEPARATE. CEMEX SLIDE-
I JUST A KIND OF A QUICK HI FLY
OVER AND BACK THERE YOU KNOW WE
CAN OBVIOUSLY TALK ABOUT A LOT
OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT- THAT
WE'RE DOING HERE IN SONOMA
COUNTY BUT- THAT. IF I'M GOING
TO DIRECT. THAT THE COMMITTEE'S
ATTENTION TO ANYTHING THESE ARE
THE KIND OF THREE THINGS I
THOUGHT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO
LOOK AT. IS NUMBER ONE LOCAL
KNOWLEDGE IS CRITICAL THE STATE
WILDFIRE ACTION PLAN. REALLY
DOES- EXQUISITELY HOLD THAT IT'S
THESE SOLUTIONS HAVE TO BE
REGIONALLY TAILORED AND IN FACT
THEY HAVE TO BE TAILORED TO THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY AT THE COMMUNITY
LEVEL- OVERCOMING IN ACTION IS
REALLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN
FINDING THE BEST. ONE BEST WAY-
WE CAN GET RESPECT INTO YOU KNOW
LOOKING AT LOOKING AT DATA DATA
IS REALLY IMPORTANT- BUT IT CAN
BE FATAL MORE THAN IT HELPS IF
YOU ARE. NOT REALLY FOCUSED ON
YOU KNOW LOOK WE JUST NEED TO
GET STARTED HERE SO WHAT WE NEED
TO DO TO OVERCOME INACTION
THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE NEED TO
START- BECAUSE FROM THERE THEN
YOU CAN BUILD AND- AND W. PA ON.
NO WHOSE BOARD HAS HER FOR A
LONG TIME- IS A GREAT. EXAMPLE
OF WHAT YOU CAN DO ONCE YOU HAVE
GOTTEN STARTED. BUT IF YOU DON'T
HAVE A BASE TO BUILD OFF OF. YOU
CAN'T DO THOSE TWO POINT OH ONE
THREE POINT OH STRATEGIES YOU
HAVE TO REALLY START FROM ZERO.
AND THEN. THE THIRD ONE IS
REALLY THE ONE I WOULD JUST
WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME ATTENTION
TO- IS. THAT THAT STATE AGENCIES
AND YOU KNOW IN IN ALIGNMENT
WITH OUR STATE THAT RESILIENCE
PLAN. SHOULD SUPPORT LOCAL
SOLUTIONS AND NOT CREATE
BARRIERS AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES TO GETTING SOME OF
THIS WORK DONE. IS THE- JUST
LANDSCAPE OF DIFFERENT STATE
AGENCIES WHETHER IT'S A REGIONAL
WATER QUALITY BORDER AIR QUALITY
BORDER YOU KNOW POSTAL
COMMISSION OR- WHATEVER IT IS
ALL OF WHOM HAVE IMPORTANT
MISSIONS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING
AT. BUT MANY OF WHOM DON'T
REALLY UNDERSTAND THE PICTURE.
THAT WERE LOOKING AT HERE IN
TERMS OF. FOREST HEALTH AND
WELFARE RESILIENCE AND DATE. IN
IMPLEMENTING THEIR MANDATES THEY
TEND TO CREATE BARRIERS. IN
THEIR IN THEIR ZEAL TO EFFORT TO
FULFILL THEIR MISSIONS. IF WE
CAN. REALLY DIRECTOR THOSE
AGENCIES TO BE MORE
COLLABORATIVE AND SOLUTION
ORIENTED AND REALLY ALLOW THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY TO COME FORWARD
WITH WHAT THEY KNOW NEEDS TO BE
DONE ON THEIR OWN LAND- SB. FIND
WAYS TO HELP THOSE THINGS HAPPEN
THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR MISSIONS
THAT'S REALLY- VISION FOR THE
FUTURE THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
SO. I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT WITH
YOU AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR HAVING. NOT REALLY GREAT
INFORMATION. AND I WAS STRUCK BY
THE FORUMS YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT
TOGETHER WHAT DO YOU SEE AS SOME
OF THE NEXT STEPS- FOLLOWING
THOSE DISCUSSIONS GOING FORWARD
WELL SO WHAT DOES WHAT WAS GREAT
ABOUT THAT AND LIKE A BUNCH OF
THOSE FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY HERE SO
MAYBE SOME OF THEM WILL COME UP
AND TELL US ADVOCATE. I MY GOAL
WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A
CHANNEL TO INTERACT WITH POLICY
MAKERS IN A IN AB POSITIVE IN A
COLLABORATIVE WAY. AND I THINK
THAT THAT REALLY DID THAT REALLY
DID HAPPEN AND THAT MIGHT BE
EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT SOME
OF THEM ARE HERE- SO THAT HE DID
THIS IS ALL IT'S A LONG GAME ALL
OF THIS IS A LONG GAME WE'RE ALL
HERE. YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE ON
THIS LAND WE ALL CARE ABOUT IT
WE HAVE DIFFERENT VALUES- BUT-
SINCE WE ALL CARE ABOUT AND
WE'RE ALL GOING TO STILL BE HERE
WE NEED TO HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION WE NEED TO FIGHT IT
OUT WITH EACH OTHER. AND WE NEED
TO COME TO SOME KIND OF
CONSENSUS AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE
BATTLE AND THEN MOVING ON IT'S A
SERIES OF DECISION SO- I KNOW
THAT GROUP IS CONTINUING ON AND
CONTINUING TO MEET- BUT THAT I'M
I'M ALWAYS FOR. YOU KNOW LET'S
BRING. EVERYBODY INTO THE TENT
AND HAVE A CONVERSATION. I THINK
YOU'RE YOU'RE A SORRY MAIN.
POINTS WERE WELL. AND PER WONDER
. HOW CAN MR PATTERSON. LOCAL
EFFORT FROM YOUR FIRST. I THINK
I AM IN IN EACH OF THOSE
AGENCIES THERE ARE YOU KNOW THE
SUPERSTARS WITHIN EACH OF THOSE-
AND THEY TEND TO BE THE ONES
THAT ARE MOST COLLECTED
CONNECTED TO THE LOCAL. THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY THERE- YOU KNOW
THERE ARE A LOT OF SUPER ENOUGH
SUPER STARS AND DAG HOW FAR
INLAND YOU THAT I CAN YOU KNOW
POINT TO THEIR THAT THEY'RE
DOING. AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB- AND
DAD. YOU KNOW WITH WITH SOME OF
THE OTHER AGENCIES AND I'M I
DEFINITELY WANT TO CALL OUT THE
RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
OF THE RESOURCE CONSERVATION
DISTRICTS ARE- YOU KNOW
AGENCIES. THAT THAT ARE
DESIGNATED FROM THE STATE TO
REALLY LOOK AT. RESOURCE
CONSERVATION ISSUES IN A
PARTICULAR AREA SO THEY THEY
REALLY HAVE THAT LOCAL EXPERTISE
AT A LOCAL BOARD- AND THEY'RE
REALLY EMPOWERED TO. HELP WORK
ON THOSE ISSUES IN A VERY
LOCALLY DIRECTED WAY SO. THAT
SUPPORTING THE R. C. D.'S. IS I
THINK AT ONE VERY DIRECT WAY
THAT THE STATE CAN HELP- AND
THEN JUST. FIGURING OUT HOW TO
RESOLVE THESE KIND OF.
CHALLENGES AMONG- YOU KNOW THESE
DIFFERENT THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES
ARE GOING TO GET IN THE WAY
THERE- I THINK IT MIGHT BE
ACTUALLY NOW YOU KNOW HEARING
MORE ABOUT CHIEF BIGELOW'S. NEW
ORGANIZATION THERE IT MIGHT BE
ABOUT EMPOWERING THEM TO- DO
MORE OF AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
AMONG THOSE STATE AGENCIES. SO
THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WELL YOU
KNOW. I'LL I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE
WITHOUT NAMING THE WITHOUT
NAMING THE AREA- WHERE THERE WAS
A AN EMERGENCY- VEGETATION.
MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE IT
HAPPENED IN AN AREA BECAUSE
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF FIRES
THAT WERE HAPPENING- LIKE A
HUNDRED YEAR IN THIS AREA- AND
SO THEY WANTED TO REMOVE SOME
THE VEGETATION THAT WOULD HAVE
CAUSED SOME OF THOSE FIRES AND
IT WASN'T YOU KNOW IT IS IN THE
BUILT ENVIRONMENT WAS NOT A
WILDLAND AREA- AND- THEY WERE
TOLD BY. THEIR RECENT WATER
QUALITY A BOARD- THAT- THEY HAD
TO DO ONE WONDERFUL OF THOSE
TREES- WHICH SORT OF YOU KNOW.
DEFEATS THE- AND- THEY THEY VERY
WATER QUALITY WAS ALSO REALLY
CAN. ABOUT THE IMPACT OF AB. AND
SO. THEY WANT. THEM TO USE THEM.
WHICH IN FACT HAS THE SECOND.
MORE AND- ON THE LAND SO THERE
WAS A LITTLE THERE WAS A
MEDICATION THAT THEY NEEDED-
THAT HAD THEY HAD THAT THEY
MAYBE WOULDN'T HAVE IMPOSED
RULES. THAT WE'RE GOING TO
CHEST. YOU KNOW REALLY NOT BE
HELPFUL AT ALL AND NOT YOU KNOW
WE THINK ALL THE INTENTIONS ARE
GOOD THERE BUT- YOU KNOW IT
COULD BE WORKING WITH- CHIEF
BIGELOW'S ORGANIZATION TO HELP
EDUCATE THOSE AGENCIES. AND IN
TERMS OF YOUR POINT ON LOCAL
KNOWLEDGE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
THAT- HOW DO YOU GET THE WORD
OUT THAT SUCH RESOURCES EXIST
FOR HOMEOWNERS AND DO YOU SEE A
LOT OF DEMAND FROM HOMEOWNERS AT
THIS POINT FOR RESOURCES. TO
REDUCE THE RISKS ARE YES AND
IT'S VERY YOU KNOW IT'S AGAIN
IT'S VERY DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT
REGIONS YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM
BEFORE MARIN COUNTY. OR NAPA
COUNTY IS REALLY DIFFERENT IN
THE PROBLEM BEFORE CINEMA
COUNTY- THERE'S A FAT I FAIR
AMOUNT OF THE MORE- RURAL YOU
GET THE LAST THAT YOU. DESIRE
YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE YOU KNOW
PEOPLE HAVE FOR THE GOVERNMENT
COMING INTO BEING AND TELL YOU
WHAT TO DO. SO THE THAT.
RESEARCHERS SHOWN PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN HIGH HAZARD AREAS LIKE
HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREAS HAVE- AS
YOU WOULD EXPECT A GREATER
TOLERANCE FOR THAT KIND OF RISK.
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WERE
AT AND WE WERE ALL CALIFORNIANS
WHEN YOU GO TO OTHER STATES
PEOPLE GO OH MY GOD YOU DON'T
YOU ARE YOU TERRIFIED
EARTHQUAKES ALL THE TIME AND WE
DON'T KNOW I MEAN THAT'S YOU
KNOW. WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE IN
A HIGH FIRE. ZONE AREA TO- SO
IT'S LESS ABOUT YOU KNOW DID YOU
KNOW YOU LIVE IN A RISK HERE
YEAH I DO- IT'S MORE ABOUT OKAY
WELL SO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS
REALLY LOOK AT THAT FIRST.
HUNDRED FEEDER REALLY THAT FIRST
FIVE FEET AROUND YOUR STRUCTURE-
AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO THERE
TOO. YOU KNOW. OVER COMMUNISM IN
ACTION THERE- SO THE- THE WAY
THAT YOU CAN OVERCOME THOSE TYPE
OF BARRIERS IS REALLY BY-
EMPOWERING COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS
AND YOU NEVER CHAMPION CHAMPIONS
WITH IN THAT AREA. AND HAVE IT
GO OUT FROM THERE AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT TAKES. A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND
EFFORT IT'S VERY SLOW. BUT IF
YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT OVER A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME IT LASTS
BECAUSE IT COMES FROM. INSIDE IT
HAS TO COME FROM INSIDE. WELL
PUT. SO BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST
WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM JOHN
ANDERSON VICE PRESIDENT FORCE
POLICY AT THE HUMBOLDT REDWOOD
COMPANY. WELCOME JOHN. THANK YOU
TERRY AND- OTHER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS OF THEIR ONLINE AND-
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AS
WELL- AWAY FOR THIS HERE COMES
OKAY. MY NAME'S JOHN ANDERSON
I'M A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL
FORESTER AND WHILE WE'VE TALKED
A LOT ABOUT- IS. TRYING TO
PROTECT COMMUNITIES- I'M GONNA
BE TALKING MOSTLY ABOUT FORCE
MANAGEMENT- THE COMPANIES I WORK
FOR. ON FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY
THOUSAND ACRES OF FOREST AND- TO
QUOTE AN INSURANCE COMPANY-
SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR
TWENTY FIVE YEARS SO WE KNOW A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT- FUEL REDUCTION
AND- MAKING FIRE RESILIENT FORCE
WE'VE BEEN ADDED FOR QUITE SOME
TIME- THIS IS. A PICTURE THAT I
HAVE ON THE- ON THE SLIDE THE
TOP PICTURE THERE IS- INPUT ON
THERE JUST BECAUSE IT'S A NICE
LOOKING FOR US- THAT IS SOMEONE
THAT- WE STAND IN NINETEEN
NINETY NINE. AND LIGHTING FIRE
CAME THROUGH IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHT AND BURN TO THIS FOREST
AND I TOOK THIS PICTURE ABOUT
FOUR FIVE YEARS AFTER THE FIRE.
SO AHEAD OF THIS FOREST SURVIVE
A WILDFIRE EVENT WHEN WE SEE SO
MANY OF THAT ARE GOING TO ASHES.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE JUST MY
PRESENTATION. SO FIRST OF ALL IT
WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO GO
BACK IN TIME AND LET'S LOOK AT
WHAT THE FORCE LOOK LIKE BEFORE
EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT- TO GET A
SENSE THAT WHAT IT MOTHER NATURE
CONSIDERS A FIRE RESILIENT FOR
SO IF WE CAN. GO TO THE NEXT
PICTURE. OUR NEXT SLIDE. LET'S
GO TO A PLACE WHERE ALL FAMILIAR
WITH YOU SEVENTY VALLEY- THIS IS
FROM EIGHTEEN SIXTY SIX. AND YOU
COULD SEE THE TREES ARE RATHER
WELL SPACE OUT WE ARE LIGHTING
FIRES AND JUST DID WHAT THEY
WERE GOING TO DO THEY SPREAD. WE
HAD NATIVE AMERICAN SOON THEY'RE
BURNING. AND THESE FIRES WERE
COMMON SO THEY WEREN'T THAT BIG
CATASTROPHIC FIRES THAT WE'VE
SEEN TODAY- THEY ARE LOW
INTENSITY FIRES SAID- LIKE I
SAID OR RATHER COMMON- BUT WITH
THE- HUNDRED OR SO YEARS- FIRE
SUPPRESSION THAT WE'VE HAD HERE
IN CALIFORNIA WE CREATED SMOKEY
THE BEAR AND SELF FIRES ARE BAD-
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT LOOK AT YOU
SO MANY VALLEY FINGER THE NEXT
SLIDE- THIS IS FROM NINETEEN
SIXTY ONE AND YOU SEE THIS
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN NUMBER
OF TREES- GOING BACK TO THE
FIRST SLIDE WE HAD AN AVERAGE IN
CALIFORNIA ABOUT FIFTY TREES PER
ACRE- THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND
TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT. THREE TO
FOUR HUNDRED TREES PER ACRE
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE IN
THE STATE- DUE TO THE LACK OF A
FIRE- SO NOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT TODAY IS FORCED TO HAVE SO
MUCH COMPETITION WE HAVE
DROUGHTS NOW. AND WE'RE STARTING
TO SEE SIGNIFICANT LOSSES OF
THESE TREES OF RINGO THE NEXT
SLIDE PLEASE- THE LAST COUNT IN
CALIFORNIA- WAS THAT A HUNDRED
FORTY MILLION DEAD TREES- WE SAW
SOME. PICTURES FROM. CHIEF
BIGELOW IN THAT REGARD AS WELL-
SO THIS IS ALL DUE TO THE OVER
SOCKING COMPETITION DROUGHT. AND
THE SIGNIFICANT NEED WE NEED TO
GET BACK TO THESE HISTORICAL
CONDITIONS SO. HOW DO WE REVERSE
THIS TREND- FIRST I WANT TO GET
TO THE MILLION ACRE GOAL THAT WE
HAVE HERE IN THE STATE- WE HAVE
A GREEN MEN BETWEEN THE STATE
AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO REDUCE
FEELS. ON ONE MILLION ACRES BY
TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. THAT'S
SEVENTEEN MONTHS FROM NOW- WE
GET A LOT OF WORK TO DO IF WE'RE
GOING TO GET TO THAT GOAL BY
TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. CALIFORNIA
AND HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB
IN THE ON THEIR FUEL REDUCTION
PROJECTS WHAT PAGE THEY HAVE A
GOAL OF TREATING A HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRES THIS THERE IS 72%
OF THE WAY THERE NOW. THEY DID
COMPLETE OVER THOSE MANY ACRES
LAST YEAR- BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF
OTHER PROJECTS TRYING TO GET TO
THAT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES
AT THE STATE HOUSE AND THEIR
GOAL- THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE
DON'T HAVE A- SINGLE LOCATION
THAT SHOWS WHERE ALL THESE
PROJECTS ARE GOING ON WITH FIRE
SAFE COUNCILS CONSERVANCIES. TO
BE ABLE TO GAUGE ARE WE GETTING
CLOSE TO THIS FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRE ROLE- WE DON'T
HAVE THAT YET. SO THE GOVERNOR'S
WILDFIRE AND FOREST RESILIENCY
TASK FORCES WORKING ON-
INTERAGENCY TRACKING SYSTEM. SO
WE CAN SEE WERE ALL THOSE ARE
HAPPENING WHAT THE COSTS ARE.
KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL TREATMENTS
ARE SEE WHERE THE GAPS ARE SO WE
CAN IDENTIFY PRIORITY AREAS- SO
I'M HOPEFUL THAT'S GOING TO COME
ONLINE VERY SOON- ESPECIALLY
BEFORE- TWO THOUSAND TWENTY FIVE
SO WE COULD SEE A FOR COASTAL
ONE MILLION ACRE GOAL- IN OUR
MINDS. THIS TRACKING SYSTEM-
IDEALLY WOULD GO BACK TO TWO
THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SO WE CAN SEE
A FIVE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE OF.
HEY HOW CLOSE ARE ARE GETTING
BETTER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR ARE
WE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO
THAT GOAL. AND CAL FIRE STAFFERS
TOLD ME THAT- THEY PLAN TO USE
ACRES THAT ARE DONE UNDER TIMBER
HARVEST PLANS. THAT'S ABOUT
HUNDRED FIFTY HUNDRED SIXTY
THOUSAND ACRES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE- AND WHILE THEY DO REDUCE-
FUEL SAY THAT'S TRUE WE'VE HAD
TIMBER HARVEST PLANS. SINCE
NINETEEN SEVENTY FOUR WHEN THE
FOREST PRACTICES ACT WAS PASSED.
IN THE WILDFIRE SITUATIONS ONLY
GOTTEN WORSE. SO IF WE ARE
REALLY GOING TO HAVE TRULY
MEANINGFUL ACRES WE NEED FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES ABOVE AND
BEYOND TIMBER HARVEST PLANS.
LET'S NOT GRAB THAT HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND ACRES JUST TO
MEET THAT NUMBER GOAL WE NEED TO
MAKE MEANINGFUL ACRES- NEXT I'M
GONNA TOUCH ON- PRESCRIBED FIRE
AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS- IN
OUR FORESTED ENVIRONMENTS. I
OFTEN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE. SO FOR STANDING IS
IMPORTANT BUT- IT IS MUCH MORE
EFFECTIVE WHEN IT'S MARRIED
WITH. PRESCRIBED BURNING IN HERE
YOU SEE A PICTURE OF THE-
BOOTLEG FIRE IN EASTERN OREGON
AND I WANT TO STRESS THIS IS
EASTERN OREGON VERY DRY AND LOW
HUMIDITY. AND THIS FIRE HAPPEN
ON A RED FLAG DAY. SO YOU SEE
THE THING IN THE BOTTOM PORTION
OF THE- BATTERY. THE BOTTOM
PORTION OF THE PHOTO- WASN'T SO
EFFECTIVE IT WAS MY VERY FIRST
PHOTO THAT WAS CLOSER TO THE
COAST IN THE REDWOODS. SO ONE
SIZE DOESN'T FIT ALL AS FAR AS
WHAT YOUR TREATMENTS- WHAT THE
RESULT OF THE TREATMENTS ARE.
BUT CERTAINLY EVEN UNDER THESE
VERY INTENSE CONDITIONS YOU SEE
THAT MIDDLE SECTION THAT PHOTO
SHOWING HOW BENEFICIAL
PRESCRIBED BURNING IS WITHIN NG.
WE SIMPLY CANNOT JUST WALK AWAY
FROM OUR FORESTS NOW CLOSE THE
GATES SAY BOY WE'VE LOST TOO
MANY FROM WIRE OF WILD FIRES WE
SHOULD JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE AT
THIS POINT. IF WE DO THIS WE'RE
PROTECTING OUR FORESTS TO DEATH
- ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH
PRESCRIBER EARNING IS A VERY FEW
BURN DAYS WE SEE OUT OF THE AIR
QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S-
THEY NEED TO OPEN THAT UP TO A
HUNDRED PLUS DAYS A YEAR. IT'S A
VERY DIFFICULT- TO JUST HAVE A
FEW BURN DAYS EXPECT TO GET TO A
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND HER CALLED
THE STATE. AND EVEN MORE
DIFFICULT IS THAT- AIR QUALITY
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S- TELL US
WHEN THE BURNED AREAS THAT YOU
THE DAY BEFORE AS OR SOMETIMES A
DAY OF THE BURNED. AND THE
LOGISTICS GOING OR HOW HE'S
PRESCRIBED BURNS YOU KNOW
SCHEDULING FIRE ENGINES AND
WATER TANKERS AND CREWS AND PRE
CONSTRUCTING FIRE LINES AND
FINDING OUT THE NEXT DAY NO
THAT'S OLAF- YOU KNOW THAT'S
JUST UNTENABLE WE NEED LIKE A
WEEK IN ADVANCE FOR THE- THESE
AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT'S. TO GIVE US SOME
ADVANCE NOTICE OF WHEN.
BIRTHDAYS ARE TO OCCUR- IN ONE
OF OUR SPEAKERS HERE- OWE IT WAS
SAW SHE TALKED ABOUT. YOU KNOW
THE SMALLER LANDOWNERS AND TOOLS
THAT THEY NEED TO MANAGE THEIR
LAND FOR FUEL REDUCTION. AND ONE
OF THOSE THAT WE'VE USED ON OUR
LANDS IS CALLED THE FOREST FIRE
PREVENTION EXEMPTION AND IT
ISN'T EXEMPTS AN EXEMPTION FROM
THE TIMBER HARVEST PLAN. WHICH
IS ABOUT A FORTY THOUSAND DOLLAR
PERMIT IT'S LIKE THREE HUNDRED
PAGES LONG- IT COVERS THE MOST-
STRICTEST RULES IN THE NATION
THAT WE HAVE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
AND EVEN THE GLOBE AND I HAVE
YET FOR ANYBODY TO CHALLENGE ME
ON THAT. NO EVEN GOTTEN A
LAYMAN'S THEY'RE THE MOST
RESTRICTIVE RULES IN THE
INTERACTIVE UNIVERSITE COMES TO
FORCE MANAGEMENT RIGHT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. SO THE FOREST FIRE
PREVENTION EXEMPTION TAKES ALL
THOSE RULES INTO PLAY EVEN
THOUGH IT IS AN EXEMPTION- BUT
IT HAS ABOUT A TEN DAY. REVIEW
VERSES- TIMBER HARVEST PLAN
WHICH IS LIKE A HUNDRED TWENTY
DAY REVIEWS SO FINGER ON THE
NEXT SLIDE- THE- THIS IS AN
EXAMPLE OF- PRIOR TO WORK UNDER
FORCE FIRE PREVENTION EXEMPTION
ON OUR LAND CLEARLY READY TO
BURN- BUT WE DIDN'T. HAVE
EXEMPTION ON THIS- PORTION OF
OUR PROPERTY REQUIRES 60% CANOPY
RETENTION. REQUIRES AN INCREASE
IN THE AVERAGE STAND I AM IN OUR
POST HARVEST SO YOU HAVE TO
MAINTAIN THE LARGER TREES. AND
YOU HAVE TO REDUCE ALL THE
FIELDS DOWN THE NINE INCHES.
THAT'S PRETTY LOW NINE INCHES ON
THE FORCE FOR- IF WE GO TO THE
NEXT SLIDE. NOW THIS IS THE SAME
LOCATION AFTER THOSE TREATMENTS-
YOU COULD SEE CLEARLY UNDER
NORMAL BURN CONDITIONS- WE WOULD
HAVE A FIRE THAT WOULD DROP TO
THE GROUND IN THIS PORTION OF
OUR FOREST. RED FLAG WARNING
DAYS KIND OF ALL BETS ARE OFF AT
THAT POINT THAT'S WHY I SAY
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A
FIREPROOF FORCED. BUT THIS
CERTAINLY IS A FIRE RESILIENT
FOREST. SORRY IF THE GOAL IS TO
MEET SOUTH FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
ACRES. A YEAR- THIS IS A GREAT
TOOL THE PROBLEM IS IT'S LIMITED
UNDER STATUTE TO THREE HUNDRED
ACRES. PERMIT AND IT ALSO LIMITS
YOU TO SIX HUNDRED FEET OF ROAD
CONSTRUCTION TO GET INTO THE
FORCE. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT
I THINK WE GOT FUTURE BILL COULD
CERTAINLY ADDRESSES. YOU KNOW
HERE WE HAVE THIS FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRE GOAL BUT WERE SENT
TAIL LANDOWNERS SAY ONLY THREE
HUNDRED ACRES AT A TIME- SO
LET'S EXPAND THAT IT CLEARLY IS
A GOOD TOOL. AND EVERY ACRE THAT
A PRIVATE LANDOWNER CAN THIN OUT
THERE FOR SOME REDUCE FEELS IS
AN ACRE THAT THE TAXPAYERS DON'T
HAVE TO SPEND TO THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA DO TO DO THIS TYPE OF
WORK. I'M ALSO I WANT TO TOUCH
ON NEXT PERMITS STREAMLINING IN
CALIFORNIA TALK ABOUT THAT
TIMBER HARVEST PLAN. THAT'S ONE
OF THREE DUPLICATIVE ST PERMITS
WE HAVE TO GET TO BE ABLE TO
THIN OUT OF FOREST. SO WE HAVE
TO GO TO THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
AND GET A PERMANENT WE HAVE TO
GET A PERMIT FROM THE WATER
QUALITY CONTROL BOARD. BOTH OF
THOSE AGENCIES REVIEW THE TIMBER
HARVEST PLAN AND- SUBMIT THEIR
COMMENTS TO IT THAT THEY HAVE
THEIR STATUTORY AUTHORITY TO
REQUIRE PERMITS SO THEY
REQUIREMENTS. AND SO I'VE REALLY
BEEN INVOLVED IN LAST YEAR'S ON
HOW DO WE SYNCHRONIZE A REVIEW
OF THOSE PERMITS- THE WILDFIRE
AND FOREST RESILIENCY TASK FORCE
HAS. BEEN ON THIS BUT IT'S
KNOWN. THAT IT'S BEEN DRAGGING
ON I'M GONNA SAY- SO IF WE GO TO
THE NEXT SLIDE I WANT TO SHOW
YOU KIND OF WHAT OUR CURRENT
PROCESS IS AND I DON'T MEAN FOR
YOU TO READ ALL THIS. THE WHOLE
POINT IS HERE IT'S A SPAGHETTI
BOWL OF A MASS- THE AT THE LEFT
HAND SIDE IS OUR TIMBER HARVEST
PLAN REVIEW PROCESS THE UPPER
RIGHT IS- DEPARTMENT OF FISH
WILDLIFE IN THE LOWER RIGHT IS A
WATER QUALITY PERMIT PROCESS AND
ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BEFORE YOU CAN TEN OTHER FORCE.
AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF
DIRECTIONS FROM TWO GOVERNORS
AND LEGISLATION. AND EVEN THE
TASK FORCE ITSELF SAYING HEY
WE'RE GONNA STREAMLINE THIS
PROCESS SO. IN EIGHT. IN TWO
THOUSAND TWELVE WE HAD AB
FOURTEEN NINETY TWO- THAT PUT A
1% TAX ON- LUMBER SO THAT WE CAN
HELP ON THE AGENCIES TO REVIEW-
FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS AND
TERRORIST PLANS BUT ALSO SAID.
IN TWO THOUSAND TWELVE WE'RE
GOING TO SYNCHRONIZE THE REVIEW
OF PERMITS WERE HEARING TWENTY
TWENTY THREE AND HAVEN'T SEEN
THIS- BROWN IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN NEWSOM IN TWENTY TWENTY
SAID THE SAME THING UNDER
EXECUTIVE ORDERS- AND- TASK
FORCE- PUT IN THEIR ACTION PLAN.
BY DECEMBER TWENTY TWENTY ONE
WE'RE GOING TO SYNCHRONIZE
PERMITS AND- AND THEN SENATOR
LAYERED IN SP FOUR FIFTY SIX.
SAID BY JANUARY ONE TWENTY
TWENTY TO THE TASK FORCE SO
SHALL COMPLETE THEIR PERMANENT
SYNCHRONIZATION PLAN. SO WE'VE
HAD TONS OF DIRECTION HERE AND-
SO I'M GLAD TO BE NEWLY INVOLVED
IN THE PERMIT SYNCHRONIZATION
WORKING GROUP ON THE TASK FORCE.
AND BELIEVE ME I'M GONNA TRY AND
PUT A FIRE UNDER THIS EFFORTS-
IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE I WANT TO TOUCH ON. A
SEQUEL EXEMPTION AND- WHAT THE
GOVERNOR DID IN TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN YOU MAY RECALL HE GAVE
A SECRET EXEMPTION TO THIRTY
FIVE FUEL REDUCTION PROJECTS
ACROSS THE STATE. THEY WERE
SUCCESSFUL ALL THE INVERTER
MENTAL REGULATIONS THAT GO ALONG
WITH THOSE PROJECTS ARE GEARED
TO. IT WAS JUST A PERMIT PROCESS
IS MUCH MORE SYNCHRONIZED- AND
STREAMLINED THROUGH THE SECRET
PROCESS OR THE LACK OF THE
SECRET PROCESS. SO IF THIS WAS A
SUCCESS WE HAVE THE SCHOOL OF
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES. WHY
DON'T WE EXPAND THIS TO TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES ANNUALLY
IN THE HIGHEST FIRE. THREAT
AREAS IN THE STATE LET'S GET
SOME WORK DONE NOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE SAYING WE NEED TO BE
DONE WHAT MORE THAN A MILLION
ACRES A YEAR WE HAVE THIRTY
THREE MILLION ACRES OF FORESTS
IN CALIFORNIA- INTO MANY YEARS
ARE LOSING MILLIONS OF ACRES OF
THEM AND YOU KNOW WE CAN DO THE
MATH HERE AND- SEE THAT. WAY IF
THIS KEEPS UP- WE'RE GONNA
REGRET NOT DOING SOMETHING
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER- OKAY
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I CAN'T
AFFORD GOING TO BE. MOVING
TOWARDS A SCHOOL FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRES WE'RE GONNA HAVE
A WHOLE SLEW OF MATERIAL SOME OF
THIS WE CAN USE YOU KNOW SEND US
ALL MALES BUT A LOT OF THIS IS A
COMMERCIAL VEGETATION- WE CAN
BURN IN THE WOODS WE CAN SEND IT
TO. LANDFILLS NEITHER ARE GREAT
OPTIONS BUT THAT. BURNING IN THE
WOODS IS NOW PRETTY MUCH WHAT
HAPPENS NOW UNLESS YOU'RE NEARBY
MASSES SILTY- A LOT OF
CRITICISMS AROUND BIOMASS
FACILITY ARE THE EMISSIONS. AND
SO FINGER THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
I WAS GLAD TO SEE A STUDY BY THE
PLASTER COUNTY AIR QUALITY
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THAT LOOKED
AT A COMPARISON BETWEEN PILE
BURNS IN THEIR EMISSIONS IN THE
PILE BURNS IN A BIOMASS
FACILITY. AND WHAT THEY FOUND
WAS. IN BIOMASS. IN 99%
REDUCTION IN PARTICULATE MATTER
AND CAR AND BLACK CARBON- NINETY
FIVE TO NINETY. 9% REDUCTION IN
CARBON MONOXIDE AND VOCS AND FOR
YOUR SEVENTY PER- REDUCTION AND-
NITROUS OXIDES. SO NOT ONLY CAN
WE REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS BY
SENDING IT TO A BIOMASS PLANT-
WE- ALSO CAN. YOU KNOW REDUCE
FEELS ON THE FOREST DOING IT
YEAH HAVE BASELOAD TWENTY FOUR
SEVEN POWER FOR THE GRID. WHICH
WE KNOW THIS TIME OF YEAR IS-
YOU KNOW MORE MORE AN ISSUE. IF
WE GO TO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE- SO
WE KNOW THAT BIOMASS COSTS MORE
THAN WOMEN IN POWER- BUT THE
BENEFITS OF. BURNING THINNING
MATERIAL BIOMASS PLANT ALONG
WITH THEIR RESTRICTED DIRECTION
THAT COME WITH IT MAKE THAT AN
EXCELLENT INVESTMENT FOR THE
STATE WE GOT TO DO IT ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER ANYWAYS- 50% OF THE
PREMIUM. FOR BIOMASS IS
ATTRIBUTABLE TO GETTING THE
MATERIAL THERE- BUT IF WE CAN'T
WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
MEMBERS HERE TODAY TALK ABOUT
THE TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDY-
TYPICALLY TRIAL LAST
DISABILITIES. FOR THEIR
MATERIALS SUCH THAT THEY CAN IN
MINUTES FROM THIRTY RADIUS SUCH
FACILITY. THAT TRANSPORTATION
FIRMS- SUBSIDY WILL HELP US GET
OUT MORE TO A FIFTY MILE. RADIUS
AROUND THESE FACILITIES- THAT
ENCOMPASSES FIVE MILLION ACRES
IF WE CAN GET AROUND GET A FIVE
MILLION OR FIVE MILE.
CIRCUMFERENCE AROUND THESE
BIOMASS PLANTS- AND- IF WE CAN
CREATE- EVEN MORE BIOMASS LET'S
SAY HUNDRED. MEGAWATTS OF
BIOMASS FACILITIES THAT WILL
TAKE THINGS OFF OF SEVENTY FIVE
THOUSAND ACRES ANNUALLY SO
REALLY TALKING ABOUT
SIGNIFICANT- IMPROVEMENT THERE.
CAN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF VITAL
DEBT BY MASSIVE SO THESE NOW
THAT GIVEN THE RIGHT CONTRACTS
WE CAN GET UP AND RUNNING- TWO
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IS
REALLY WHAT WE NEED FOR. TO
COVER THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS
ARE FOR LOOKING UP FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRES A YEAR- RELATIVE
TO THE COST OF ONE WILD FIRE-
MAINTAINING A VIBRANT BIOMASS
FACILITY IN CALIFORNIA. NEVER
MIND IS CHEAP INSURANCE AND
NEEDED TO SUPPORT FIRE
RESILIENCY WORK FOR THE LONG
TERM. ALL RIGHT NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE. SO OKAY A COUPLE
QUESTIONS FOR THE AGENCIES- I
JUST WONDER HEY WHAT'S THE PLAN
FOR THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS I'VE
TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER DEADLINE
THAT HAVE BEEN MESSED. AND SO WE
JUST LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S THE GOAL
FOR THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS CAN
WE HAVE A CONCRETE ANSWER TO
WHAT WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED- IN
NUMBER TWO IF THE SEQUEL
EXEMPTION- CAN COME TO FRUITION-
CAN WE GET TO THAT TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND ACRES IS THEIR
CONSTRAINTS IS THAT PERMITTING
IS MONEY I SUSPECT IT'S BOTH.
WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR FROM THE
AGENCIES- THEIR OPINION ON THIS.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE- JUST WANTED
TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
. HERE TODAY IF WE COULD HAVE
THAT NEXT SLIDE.
OKAY I'LL JUST CONTINUE ON AT
THE END ANYWAYS BUT- IT SHOWED A
PICTURE REALLY BEAUTIFUL REDWOOD
FOREST AND I CANNOT AND JUST PUT
A PICTURE UP THERE BEAUTIFUL
REDWOOD FOREST- IT IS A PICTURE
REDWOOD FORESTS AND IS BURNED.
AND IT'LL BURN AGAIN. AND I
REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH. ALL THE AGENCIES
CONSERVANCIES AND OTHERS- TO TRY
AND MAINTAIN WHAT WAS IN THAT
PICTURE WHICH IS REALLY A WILD
FIRE RESILIENT FORESTS- I DID
SHOW YOU WANT OTHER PICTURES C.
AND I CLIENTS AT WHAT THAT MIGHT
LOOK LIKE AND- LIKE I SAID IF WE
CAN. TAKE ON SOME OF THE THINGS
I MENTIONED HERE TODAY WE CAN
MAKE A REAL DENT IN THE IMPACTS
THAT WE'VE SEEN ACROSS THE
FORCE. THEN I. WILL ALSO LIKE TO
MENTION- YOU KNOW I LOVE TALK
ABOUT THE WHOLE OF MORE IN THE
WOODS THAN DOING IT HERE INSIDE
OF A BUILDING BUT- AND I
ATTEMPTED BRING THE FORCE YOU-
BUT IF YOU EVER HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY OUR COMPANY HAS A
POLICY OF TAKING ANYBODY
ANYWHERE IN THE FORCE- THAT
THEY'D LIKE TO GO. WE HAVE LANDS
HERE IN CINEMA COUNTY UP NOW BY
ACCIDENTAL TOO SO THEY HAVE- YOU
HAVE ANY INTEREST IN WOULD LIKE
TO SEE SOME RECENT FUEL
REDUCTION PROJECTS BE HAPPY TO
TAKE PEOPLE OUT LIKE US OR
ANYBODY HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO.
THANK YOU JOHN I WAS HOPING I
I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR
YOU BUT I WAS HOPING WE COULD.
GET YOUR QUESTIONS BACK UP ON
THE BOARD- YOU POSE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS FOR THE INSTANCES.
YEAH I GET THAT SLIDE BACK UP
AND PERHAPS- IF BY AGENCY MAD
COW FIRE WE HAPPEN OUT. HERE
FROM THE. I DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT
FRANKEN'S. YEAH THE KNOW I WOULD
SAY NUMBER ONE THE- I THINK
FRANK MENTIONED THE NINE NINE
TASSEL WILDFIRE RESILIENCY TASK
FORCE AND- AND I THINK THEIR
STAFF IS. VERY MUCH GO GETTERS
ARE NOT JUST NOT HAVING MEETINGS
ARE ABOUT RESULTS AND GETTING
STUFF DONE I'M ACTUALLY HAVE A-
A WEBPAGE- THEY CALL IT
SOMETHING ELSE OF. ITS KIND OF
LIKE AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET BUT IT
SHOWS WHERE EVERYONE OF THOSE.
NINE NINE. THANK SAYS THAT
THEY'VE HAD WHICH ONES ARE STILL
IN. DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE
STILL WORKING ON- SO I JUST YOU
KNOW THIS IS THE WILDFIRE
SITUATIONS BEEN GOING ON FOR A
LONG TIME NOW AND SO WOULD BE
GREAT TO KNOW. HEY WHAT WHAT WE
HAVE PLANNED FOR THE NEXT TWELVE
MONTHS I KNOW WE'VE GOT- THIS
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRE GOAL
COMING UP IN SEVENTEEN MONTHS OF
YOU KNOW ARE WE GOING TO BE.
THREE QUARTERS AWAY THERE AND IN
THE NEXT YEAR OR SO- AND YOU
KNOW WHAT OTHER. IMPROVEMENTS
CAN WE EXPECT AROUND PERMIT
STREAMLINING AND SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING
ON FOR SIZE. M. ON. WITH YOU
JOHN AT THE AT YEAH CAL FOREST
HEALTH GRANTS HAVE SUCH A LARGE
MINIMUM SIZE THAT IT YOU KNOW
BAG. IT WOULD IT TAKES A LOT OF
AGGREGATION TO GET THOSE KIND OF
PRODUCTS YEAH THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT I KNOW THAT THERE'S A
DESIRE TO PUT MORE OF THOSE
PROJECTS TOGETHER BUT- MAYBE.
THAT COULD BE ADDITIVE IN YOUR-
AND SIR ON THAT- G. BIGELOW. SIR
OKAY SO A COUPLE THINGS I THINK-
START WITH THAT WITH THE WELFARE
AND FORCE RESILIENCE TASK FORCE
IS- PUTTING TOGETHER AT OUR NEXT
REGIONAL THEIR NEXT REGIONAL
MEETING. A SUMMARY OF THAT
EXACTLY SO- I DON'T I WAS JUST
TRYING TO PULL UP THE EXACT DATE
OF THE NEXT REGIONAL MEETING BAY
GONE WILD CARD FOR SWINGS TASK
FORCE WEBSITE. SIGN UP FOR THE
NEXT MEETING BOTH VIRTUAL AND IN
PERSON IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
BUT WHAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON
BEHIND THE SCENES AS A PART OF
THAT MEETING IS TO ANSWER THAT
VERY QUESTION. IS TO LOOK AT SO
WE STARTED IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WITH THE INVESTMENTS
HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN PUT INTO
THIS PROBLEM. THEN WE WENT INTO
THE CENTRAL COAST TO TALK ABOUT
WHAT IS BEING DONE WHAT ARE WE
DOING NOW. THE NEXT MEETINGS
REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON THE
PLANET KERR'S AND THEN PUTTING
ALL THAT TOGETHER AND A SUMMARY.
SO THAT WE CAN SHOW EVERYONE
WHAT WE HAVE WHAT WE'VE DONE AND
WHERE WE'RE GOING AND HOW WE'RE
GOING TO BE OR IF WE'RE NOT
GOING TO MEET. OUR GOALS BASED
ON THE PROJECTIONS OF THE
PLANNED PROJECTS WITH ACTIVE
PROJECTS. SO THAT VERY QUESTIONS
TO BE ANSWERED. AT THE NEXT-
REGIONAL MEETING. EXCELLENT
YEAH. I AS FAR AS- FOR PROJECTS-
STREAMLINING WITH RELATION TO
SEE WHAT OF COURSE. I THINK THAT
WE COULD ALL SAY THAT BUT- IT IN
NO WAY DOES- DO ANY OF- ARE
DEPARTMENTS OR OR AGENCY. WANT
TO CIRCUMVENT ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW IN ANY WAY WE ALL CARE
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT JUST AS
MUCH AS YOU I LIVE. IN A VERY
WHAT WILDLIFE PRONE AREA THE
LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS MESS
IT UP OR- INTERVIEW SOMETHING TO
WATER WAY THERE SHOULDN'T BE OR
AND BRING IN AN INVASIVE SPECIES
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE OVER. NONE
OF THAT IS OUR GOAL OR
OBJECTIVE- WE HAVE. THROUGH OUR
OF VEGETATION MANAGEMENT-
VEGETATION TREATMENT PROGRAM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. OR
V. T. P. E. I. R. WAS THE- A
BROAD COALITION OF GROUPS THAT
CAME TOGETHER TO HELP STREAMLINE
IN ESSENCE THE SECRET. PROCESS
FOR CALIFORNIA PROJECTS- TO
BECAUSE. A REDUNDANT OFTENTIMES
WE'RE DOING THE SAME THE THINGS
OVER AND OVER ACROSS PARTS OF
THE STATE. UNDERSTANDING THAT
THERE ARE- THERE ARE FLORENCE
FONG A THINGS THAT WE NEED TO
LOOK AT THERE ARE DIFFERENT
WATER WAYS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK
AT THEIR DIFFERENT
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONCERNS THAT WE
NEED TO ASSESS OF THE
INDIVIDUALLY ON EACH PROJECT.
BUT A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS
ARE JUST BOILERPLATE THERE THE
SAME THING WE DO OVER AND OVER
AND TO HAVE THAT CONSTANT
REDUNDANT REVIEW OF THE SAME
VERBIAGE OVER AND OVER DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE. SO THE V. T. P. E.
I. R. HAS- HELP STREAMLINE NOW
BUT I THINK THAT WE THERE ARE
OTHER AREAS IN THAT PROGRAM THAT
WE COULD LOOK AT THAT WOULD HELP
US- DO THAT AS WELL. AND THANK
YOU ON THE NEXT MEETING IS
AUGUST TWENTY NINTH AND
SACRAMENTO FROM ONE TO FOUR PM.
GREAT THANK YOU JOHN HOW DO YOU
TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WHEN
UNDERTAKING THE KINDS OF
PROJECTS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
WELL YEAH SO I MENTIONED THE-
FORCE PRACTICE RULES BEING THE
MOST STRINGENT AND THAT'S ABOUT
A FOUR HUNDRED PAGE BOOK OF TO
FIND. I EXAGGERATE ON THE PHONE
A LITTLE BIT BUT IT'S VERY
SMALL- SO THAT TAKES INTO
ACCOUNT- IS HUGE LIST OF.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND
MITIGATIONS AND MUST GO INTO ANY
FOR STANDING. AND SO FOR
INSTANCE WHENEVER WE WANT TO DO-
THINNING PROJECT OUR LANDS- THE
VERY FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO
TWO YEARS IN ADVANCE OF DOING
ANYTHING IS START SHOOTING FOR
SPOTTED OWLS SO WE NEED. TO
YEARS OF SURVEYS FIND OUT WHERE
THEY ARE. AND SO THAT STARTS
REALLY THAT THE BEGINNING OF
PUTTING TOGETHER- ONE OF THESE
PERMITS TO BE ABLE TO THIN OUT
OF FOREST AND IN THE PROCESS OF-
THOSE TWO YEARS ORDER THAT
THERE'S AMPHIBIAN SURVEYS
THERE'S- RAPTOR SURVEYS HIS
BOTANICAL SURVEYS IS GEOLOGISTS
THAT COMES OUT TO LOOK AT. YOU
KNOW MAKE SURE ANYTHING
ATTENDING PROJECTS ON- IMPACT
NEGATIVELY ON SLOPE STABILITY-
WE HAVE- JUST STYLE OVER
FORESTERS ARE TRAINED
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OR SO
THEY'RE OUT THERE SURVEYING FOR
HISTORIC SITES AND NATIVE
AMERICAN SITES AND- SO ALL
THAT'S GOING ON- THE PROTECTIONS
UNDER. THE FORCE PRACTICE OR
RULES IN REGARDS TO STREAMS ARE
VERY EXTENSIVE INCLUDING-
HARVEST BUFFERS. THE ROAD RULES
RINSED BY THE BOARD OF FORESTRY-
EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO I CAN
ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTIONS
BECAUSE THE ROADS WERE AFTER
MUCH STUDY HAD BEEN FOUND TO BE
THE GREATEST SEDIMENT SOURCES IN
THE STREAMS ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY
CROSS STREAMS. SO HOW DO WE
HYDROLOGICALLY DISCONNECT THOSE
ROADS FROM STREAMS AND OTHER
WATER SOURCES SO THAT'S ALL PART
OF THE FORCE PRACTICE RULES AND
BUILT IN EVERY SINGLE PERMIT NOW
TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T OCCUR-
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF RULES ABOUT
NOT OPERATING IN THE WINTER TIME
BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE ROADS ARE
WET MUDDY AND- AND- IN. SOILS
CAN BE COMPACTED- THERE'S RULES
AROUND WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT
YOU'RE USING- TRACTOR AND
LOGGING ON STEEP GROUND IS THAT
CAN CAUSE A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE- SO THERE'S TOWERS OF
CABLES THAT SPAN CANYONS THAT
ARE REQUIRED ON CERTAIN- GROUNDS
THAT ARE FOUND ON VARIOUS
OWNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
I CRITICAL FOR YOU KNOW A HALF
HOUR FORTY FIVE MINUTES ON ALL
THE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE IN
THOSE FORCE PRACTICE ROLES BUT-
BELIEVE ME THEY'RE QUITE
EXPENSIVE ORDER- ON TOP OF THOSE
RULES- WE ARE- WATCHED LIKE A
HAWK BY A DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND
WILDLIFE. THE WATER BOARDS AND
SOMETIMES STATE PARKS IS
INVOLVED AFFORD- NEXT TO THEM-
SO I TALK ABOUT THOSE THREE
PERMITS YOU KNOW WE THEY COME
OUT TO AFTER ALL THE HARVESTING
IS DONE AND CAL FIRE COMES OUT
AND- LOOKS TO CLOSE OUT THEIR
TIMBER HARVEST PLAN A NATIVE.
LOOK AT THE ROADS IN THE STREAMS
AND CREEKS AND MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THAT
TIMBER HARVEST PLAN IS ADHERED
TO. AND THEN WATER QUALITY SAYS
WE GOT OUR PERMANENT WE'RE GOING
TO COME OUT AND YOU KNOW THE
LOOK AT THE ROADS IN THE CREEKS
AND STREAMS AND MAKE SURE
PERMITTED IS COMPLIED WITH AND
THEN. DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL
WILDLIFE SAYS WE WANT TO LOOK AT
THE ROADS IN THE CREEKS AND
STREAMS SO YOU GET THIS
DUPLICATIVE CONCERN THAT I HAVE
LIKE. CAN WE HAVE ONE STATE
AGENCY DO THAT AND HAVE THE
OTHER ONES WORK ON FUEL
REDUCTION PROJECTS AND REALLY
TURN THE TIDE HERE IN THE STATE-
THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE BUT
STILL YOU KNOW THAT'S STILL
COMPLY WITH THE- THEY'RE VERY. A
RESTRICTIVE RULES WE HAVE IN THE
STATE I THINK THAT. THAT REALLY
MAKES THE CASE FOR YOU USING
WHERE THAT'S COMING FROM
CALIFORNIA WE'VE GOT SO MUCH OF
IT AND HOW THAT'S BURNED UP
LET'S USE THAT. AND THERE'S A
SHORT WINDOW TO DO SO BUT LET'S
NOT IMPORTED FROM OTHER STATES
OR COUNTRIES WHERE THE
REGULATIONS ARE SO LET MUCH LESS
THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. WHAT'S HAVE PEOPLE
LIKE OURSELVES WATCHED BY THE
AGENCIES VERY CLOSE TO MAKE
SURE. WE'RE OPERATING SYSTEM
LANE- WHICH I WOULD ARGUE WERE
NOT OPERATING SUSTAINABLY WERE
OPERATING MORE THAN SUSTAINABLE.
WE'RE GROWING MORE TREES AND WE
HARVEST EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND A
LOT OF THE TIMBER COMPANIES THE
VAST MAJORITY OF TIMBER
COMPANIES HERE IN CALIFORNIA.
HAVE THAT SAME MENTALITY BECAUSE
OF BIG CORPORATIONS OF LEFT
CALIFORNIA AT THE LOUISIANA
PACIFIC'S AT GEORGIA PACIFIC'S.
THE TIMBERLAND OWNERS IN
CALIFORNIA TODAY ARE ALL FAMILY
OWNED FORCE. SO THEY HAVE A LONG
TERM VISION. THEIR INVESTING IN
THEIR LANDS ARE RESTORING
AQUATIC HABITAT THE RESTORING
TERRESTRIAL HABITAT. AND ALL
PARTS OF THAT ARE COVERED TO A
CERTAIN DEGREE UNDER THE FORCE
PRACTICE RULES AS WELL. NO
CRESCENTA TO JOHN MAYBE THIS TO
YOU- TAKE US HOME ON THIS FINAL
SEGMENT YOU'VE MENTIONED SOME
ISSUES LIKE. PERMIT STREAMLINING
SYNCHRONIZATION- ISSUES AROUND
BURNED AS- SIR KIND OF JUST
SUMMARIZING WHAT YOU SEE AS
IMPEDIMENTS TO INCREASING PACE
AND SCALE OF THESE FUEL
REDUCTION PROJECTS. WELL
CERTAINLY- FUNDING HAS BEEN WHO
WE BROUGHT THIS UP MANY TIMES
ARE YOU KNOW FUNDING HAS BEEN AN
IMPEDIMENT WE'VE- APPLIED FOR
GRANT PROJECTS TO GO ABOVE AND
BEYOND WHAT WE DO AND TIMBER
HARVEST PLANS AND- WE HAVEN'T
GOTTEN IT PROJECTS UNTIL THIS
YEAR AND I THINK THAT'S A RESULT
OF THE INCREASE FUNDING- THAT
HAS. COME ON BOARD NOW- SO WE
PROPOSED ELEVEN HUNDRED ACRE
PROJECT COVERING ELEVEN MILES
THE RIDGE LINE BETWEEN THREE
WATERSHEDS JUST WEST UKIAH- AND
WE AWARDED FOUR POINT. FOUR
POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS TO GET
THAT WORK DONE AND WE'RE WORKING
ON THAT RIGHT NOW SO. THERE HAS
BEEN SOME PROGRESS- BUT YOU LOOK
AT. YOU KNOW ALL THE GRANT
APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN AND
YOU KNOW SMALL NUMBER OF GET
FUNDED BECAUSE THE LIMITED
RESOURCES AT THE STATE HOUSE
ESPECIALLY IN THE COMING YEAR-
SO THAT CERTAINLY IS ONE
IMPEDIMENT- IN THE END THEN I'D
SAY PERMITTING IS THE OTHER ONE
SO THAT'S A BIG ONE YOU KNOW
EVEN THE CAL THE T. P. YOU KNOW
THAT. THAT TAKES SOME TIME TO
GET THROUGH AND IT'S A GREAT
IMPROVEMENT YEAH YOU KNOW IT IS
BASICALLY A STATE WIDE YEAH I
ARE- BUT- THE MORE WE CAN
STREAMLINE THE V. TWO P. THE
IMPROVEMENTS THE FOREST FIRE
PREVENTION EXEMPTION I TALKED
ABOUT. AND THE SYNCHRONIZATION
OF THE THREE STATE PERMITS-
FRING PAWLAK TOGETHER WE'D SEE.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PACE AND
SCALE YEAH. IT JUST REALLY TO
APESAR AS WE WANT TO KEEP
DIALOGUING ON THAT AND WORKING
TOGETHER- I THINK YOU KNOW WE'VE
HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THE
COMMUNITY FROM ALL THE
STAKEHOLDERS- THE IMPORTANCE. OF
WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION. AND
REALLY DOING IN A WAY THAT THAT.
PRESERVES AND ENHANCES HABITAT
BIODIVERSITY YOU KNOW OUR
NATURAL LANDSCAPES SO. REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT PERSPECTIVE MAN
AND AT THIS POINT REALLY WANT TO
THANK EACH OF OUR SPEAKERS TODAY
GREAT JOB- BY ONE AND ALL FOR
YOUR INSIGHTFUL REMARKS- AND
YOUR WORK ON WILDFIRE
PREVENTION. AS I MENTIONED- THIS
IS JUST TO BE A BEGINNING OF AN
ONGOING DIALOGUE WITH EACH OF
YOU AS WE CRAFT POLICY TO COMBAT
OUR WILDFIRE RISK. AND BUILD
RESILIENCY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO WITH THAT AT THIS POINT WOULD
LOVE TO OPEN IT UP TO A PUBLIC
COMMENT WE APPRECIATE ANY
THOUGHTS- YOU HAVE- WE HAVE A
MICROPHONE HERE IN FRONT OF
FOLKS CAN START LINING UP- AND
ASK. IF POSSIBLE MAYBE- TARGET
ABOUT TWO MINUTES EACH AND YOUR
COMMENTS AND SAY YOUR NAME AND
WHERE YOU'RE FROM AND- BARRIGA.
I'M TAKES A COLD AND I DIRECTOR
OF THE COALITION OF SENSIBLE
TAXPAYERS IN MARIN COUNTY. I'VE
ALSO SERVES ON THE CITIZENS
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THE M.
W. P. ACE INCIDENTS SINCE ITS
INCEPTION. I'M SPEAKING ON
BEHALF OF THE FORMER AND NOT THE
LATTER. WE ARE MIDDLE OF THE
ROAD TAXPAYER ORGANIZATION THAT
OPPOSES OR SUPPORTS TAXES ON A
CASE BY CASE BASIS. WE DON'T
JUST SAY NOTE EVERY TAX. WE INTO
ZE ASSUR COOLEY. SUPPORTED THE
MEASURES SEEK PARTIAL TAX THE
CRAZY M. WPA. AS MARK BROWN IS
INDICATED. THE M. W. P. A. IS
BECOME A COMPLEX AND FULLY
FUNCTIONING FIRE PREVENTION
ENTITY. WITH EXCELLENT PUBLIC
SUPPORT IN A RELATIVELY SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME. I AND MANY
OTHERS HAVE WATCHED THE
EVOLUTION. WITH FASCINATION AND
ADMIRATION. AND IS STILL
EVOLVING. BUT WE NOW WE HAVE
PRETTY CLOSE TO. A COMPLETE TOOL
KIT. FOR FIRE PREVENTION. THE
FIRST QUESTION NOW IN MY MIND IS
WHY IS NO ONE THERE CITY OR
COUNTY TRIED TO EMULATE WHAT
MARIN VOTERS DID TO CREATE THE
M. WPA. IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS NO
BITES. WE DO HAVE OUR
ECCENTRICITIES IN MARIN COUNTY.
WHICH I FREELY ADMIT S. BUT I
DON'T BELIEVE OTHERS CANNOT DO
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING WITH
THEIR OWN VARIATIONS IT'S REALLY
A MYSTERY TO ME. THE SECOND
QUESTION I HAVE LEADS FROM THE
FIRST VISIT TAXATION OF FUNDING
PROBLEM. WE USE A PARTIAL TAX IN
MARIN COUNTY COSTS WOULD NOT
HAVE SUPPORTED MEASURES C. HAVE
TAXPAYERS ARE NOT BEEN TREATED
IN A FAIR. FAIR MINDED WAY.
THERE'S CERTAINLY OTHER TAXES
THAT CAN BE USED AT MY HUNCHES
THIS MAY BE THE MOST VEXING
PROBLEM. WE ARE FORTUNATE IN
MARIN TO HAVE BY AN FROM ALMOST
EVERY TOWN AND CITY AS WELL AS A
COUNTY BEHIND THE EFFORT TO
BUILD THE M. WPA. THAT KIND OF
HARMONY. WAS THE RESULT OF AN
ACTUAL GRAND JURY REPORT. IN A
LOT OF HARD WORK WHEN VITAMIN
WAS TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENTS OF
ALL KINDS. DUPLICATING THAT
HARMONY WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR
OTHER'S. THE THIRD LAST QUESTION
I HAVE IS ONCE THE STATE'S ROLE
IN ALL THIS. EDUCATORS YES OF
COURSE. FACILITATORS ARE YEAH
YES OF COURSE. I THINK IF YOU
OPT FOR ALL THESE ROLES WITH
APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION THE M.
WPA MODEL WILL SERVE YOU WELL.
AS AS YOU DEVELOP EXPERTISE AND
SPREAD THE GOSPEL WITH NECESSARY
FIRE PREVENTION. SOMETHING MORE
THAN THAT I'M NOT SURE. WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A
LARGE WILDFIRES RELATED
INSURANCE PROBLEMS. AND
FRIGHTENED CITIZENS IF WE DO
NOTHING. THE M. WPA SHOWS YOU A
SUCCESSFUL ROLE MODEL. I WISH
YOU WELL IN YOUR EFFORTS THANK
YOU. THANK YOU MR CALL AND WHAT
WE'LL DO IS WE'LL NOTE QUESTIONS
AND ONCE EVERYONE GETS THROUGH
THEIR TESTIMONY- YEAH- PANELISTS
CAN FEEL FREE TO CHIME IN SOME
OF THIS I KNOW HAS BEEN- ANSWER
TO SOME EXTENT- THROUGH THE
TESTIMONY BY- SO JUST IF YOU
WANT TO MAKE A NOTE ON SOME OF
THESE SAYINGS. FOR AFTERWARDS
YES. I'M JUDITH ONLY AND I'M
REPRESENTING THE MILL CREEK AND
FELL TO CREEK WATERSHEDS IN THE
RUSSIAN RIVER VALLEY NEAR
HEALDSBURG. I HAVE TWO CONCERNS
ONE IS THE FOREST STRUCTURE THAT
RESULTS IN HIGH SEVERITY FIRE IS
BEING OVER REPRESENTED IN THE
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED RESEARCH.
THERE IS SCIENTIFIC DEBATE ABOUT
THE HISTORIC FIRE FOR STRUCTURE
AND HOW THESE DIFFERENT
STRUCTURES REACTIVE FIRE. THE
CURRENT FOR SERVICE IN
GOVERNMENT RESEARCH FOCUSED ON
DRY FORESTS THEY ASSUME HISTORIC
OPEN LOW DENSITY FORESTS
DOMINATED BY LARGE TREES THAT
WERE MAINTAINED BY FREQUENT LOW
SEVERITY FIRE OR MODERATE
SEVERITY FIRE. WE NEED MORE
RESEARCH ON MIXED SEVERITY FIRE
MODEL FORCE ARE KNOWN TO HAVE
BOTH LOW AND HIGH DENSITY STANDS
OF TREES WITH A MIXTURE OF FIRE
SEVERITY. I AGREE THAT CLIMATE
IS CHANGING HOWEVER CALIFORNIA
ECOSYSTEMS ARE ADAPTED TO
PERIODIC FIRES WE NEED TO FOCUS
RESEARCH ON RESTORING IN
ADAPTING ECOSYSTEMS TO MAINTAIN
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. I AM VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT STREAMLINING ARE
TOO SHORT CUT ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW I BELIEVE THIS INCREASES
THE RISK HUMAN INTERVENTION HAS
ALREADY INCREASED THE INTENSITY
OF FIRE ARE LOGGING PRACTICES
FIRE SUPPRESSION AND WHO HUMAN
SET FIRES WITH HOMES BEING PUT
IN THE WRONG LOCATIONS. HAVE
GOTTEN US TO WHERE WE ARE NOW
SOME OF US REACT TO THE TERM
HEALTHY FORESTS AS AN ORWELLIAN
PHRASE. INCREASING HUMAN
INTERVENTION THROUGH VEGETATION
REMOVAL PUTTING LARGE EQUIPMENT
INTO FOREST THE BILL IMPACTS THE
SOIL ENVIRONMENT OR USING
CHEMICALS THAT IMPACT RIPARIAN
ENVIRONMENTS AND ANIMALS IS NOT
THE SOLUTION WE NEED MORE
BALANCED RESEARCH WE DON'T
REALLY KNOW YET WHETHER THINNING
HELPS OR ACCELERATES FIRE.
STUDIES ARE NEEDED ON BOTH SIDES
THANK YOU. I HAVE A SECOND
CONCERN SORRY. I MAKE THIS VERY
SHORT. CALIFORNIA'S POST FIRE
SALVAGE LOGGING PERMITS ARE
BEING USED TO EXTENSIVELY LOG
FRAGILE WATER SYSTEMS THAT HAVE
BEEN PREVIOUSLY DENIED TIMBER
HARVEST PERMITS WE HAD THE
SITUATION AND FELT A CREEK WHERE
THE OPERATOR DID NOT FOLLOW ANY
OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTOCOLS
FIRST THE SITE WAS NEVER REALLY
BURNED ONLY THE GRASSES WILL
BURN THE TREES WERE BARELY
TOUCH. SO THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A PRE INSPECTION BEFORE THE
LONGER GOT THE PERMIT SECOND
SOMEONE NEEDS TO REVIEW WHY THE
PROJECT WAS ALREADY DENIED A
TIMBER HARVARD'S PERMIT BEFORE
THE LOG BEFORE GIVING A PERMIT
TO LOG. AND THE THIRD DAY THE
LONGER WHEN IN AND HIGH GRADED
OUT ALL THE REDWOODS AND SO NOW
WE HAVE A STAND OF TREES THAT IS
MUCH MORE FIRE PRONE. SO FIVE
REDWOOD FORESTS ARE VERY
DIFFERENT. THAN SIERRA FORESTS
AND WE SHOULD NOT BE USING THE
RESEARCH THAT'S FOUND IN THE
SIERRAS TO. ADVISE HOW WE MANAGE
REDWOOD FORESTS THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. TUR CONNELLY THANK YOU FOR
THIS SESSION REALLY BEEN
APPRECIATING AT- I WAS AT SO
SHE'S- SHOWN FARM ABOUT A FEW
WEEKENDS AGO THAT WAS
OUTSTANDING I GOT TO VISIT THE
SUBTLE MOUNTAIN PRESERVE- THE
NEXT DAY. AND THERE'S A SHADED
FUEL BREAK A PICTURE WHICH
SHOULD BE IN EVERY TEXT BOOK
IT'S PERFECT- THE REASON I WANT
TO TALK TO YOU- I LIVE IN THE
OAKLAND COMMUNITY IN SANTA ROSA.
I'M ON THE OF MY BOARD OF
DIRECTORS- I HAVE AN UNUSUAL
PROPERTY YOU KNOW C'MON I HAVE
ABOUT THREE OR FOUR HUNDRED FEET
OF FENCE LINE AGAINST AN ADULT
AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME IF I'M
SORRY. NEWMAN I JUST WELCOME
YEAH- SO JEFF NEWMAN SANTA ROSA
OF MY- I HAVE ABOUT THREE OR
FOUR HUNDRED FEET OF FENCE LINE
AGAINST HOUSE- TRILLION UNTIL
STATE PARK. AND I DECIDED TO
PULL A PERMIT THAT ALLOWS ME TO
DO FUEL REDUCTION WORK ON THE
STATE PROPERTY WITHIN A HUNDRED
THIRTY FEET OF MY STRUCTURE-
GETTING THIS PERMIT TOOK ABOUT
SIX MONTHS ABOUT FIVE CONTACTS
WITH THE VERY DEDICATED STATE
PARKS PERSON. AND A SITE VISIT
FROM HER AND THAT'S ABOUT THREE
HUNDRED FEET OF FENCE LINE
WITHOUT A DOUBT- THIS IS NOT A
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS AND A GOOD
USE OF A STATE EMPLOYEES TIME.
THERE SHOULD BE A STANDING
PERMIT. FOR THE ENTIRE PERIMETER
OF ANNADEL THAT SAYS HERE'S
CONDITIONS YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR
HERE'S HOW YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO
THAT WORK IT SHOULD BE ONE AND
DONE- NOT A PROCESS WHERE AN
INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER. PULLS A
PERMIT THAT'S GOOD FOR ONE YEAR-
JUST NOT A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
THANK YOU. WELCOME HI GOOD
AFTERNOON THANKS FOR CONVENING
THIS TODAY. MY NAME'S MERRY MAKE
ONLINE AND I WERE A NUMBER OF
HAD SOME ANNOUNCED THOSE HATS-
STARTING MY OWN TO AN
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING FIRM
FOR FORTY YEARS. AND I HAVE
NOTHING BUT PRAISE TO SAY FOR
THE CALIFORNIA T. P. THAT ONLY
APPLIES TO THE S. R. A. I HAVE
NOTHING BUT PRAISE. FOR MARK
BROWN'S ORGANIZATION TO BE
EMBARKING ON THEIR OWN VTP
BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE LRA. AS
AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT AND
I HAVE TO. DISCLOSE THAT I HAVE
A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP
BECAUSE I WAS BUSINESS PARTNERS
WITH THE- AUTHOR AS SOMETHING
FARMING OF THE COUNTY PT. THAT
BEING ASSIGNED I'M SPEAKING YOU
WITH FRANKNESS. THAT IT IS
STREAMLINED. AND ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS ARE IMPORTANT AS CHIEF
BIGELOW SPOKE TO. AND I'M VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESSURE ON
THE LEGISLATURE. TO CONTINUING
CONTINUE. TO FIND EXCLUSIONS FOR
SYNC CLASS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS. I'M ALL FOR STREAMLINING I
THINK STREAMLINING IT'S ABOUT
BEING SMART YOU GO TO YOUR
CLIENT AND YOU SAY THESE ARE
CONSTRAINTS THESE- OPPORTUNITIES
THESE YOUR CONDITIONS YOU CAN
NAVIGATE THIS IF YOU'RE WILLING
TO AVOID OR MINIMIZE IMPACTS.
AND WHEN MY CLIENTS GET IN THEIR
OWN WAY AND I DON'T WANNA FORTY
DIDN'T MINIMIZE IMPACTS. THEY
HAVE A HELL OF A PROCESS. BUT MY
COMPANY HAD. A NAME FOR ITSELF
AND PEOPLE CAME TO US. SO WE CAN
GET THEM PERMITS EFFICIENTLY WE
COULD STREAMLINE BUT THEY HAD TO
PUT THE PROJECT OUT THERE THEY
HAD TO BE OPEN TO. AVOIDING AND
MINIMIZING IMPACTS IT'S THAT
SIMPLE IT WAS THAT SIMPLE AND
THAT'S WHAT THE VTP HAS DONE. SO
IN MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION
ASSEMBLY MEN. THAT WOULD BE T.
PAY DOESN'T NEED ANYMORE
STREAMLINING WE NEED TO JUST
EDUCATE. APPLICANTS TO HAVE AN
ADVOCATE AND HOW TO DO IT
BECAUSE IT'S FOR HOME TO A BALL
IT'S YEAH I JUST WANT TO SAY
THAT WITH ALL MY PASSION. THAT
WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT HOW
THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR MORE
STREAMLINING BUTTON I DON'T
THINK WHEN HE TOOK HE TURNED
ANYMORE EXCLUSIONS. THE OTHER
THING I CAN WEAR A- HOW IT
BECAUSE I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF.
THE FIRE SAFE COUNCIL CALLED
SUPER WAS COUNTING. AND I'M ALSO
A MEMBER OF FOUNDING MEMBER OF
AN ORGANIZATION CALLED-
STABILIZE FOR FIRE SAFETY
REGULATIONS. AND I KNOW THAT
HASN'T BEEN BROUGHT UP TODAY BUT
NEW DEVELOPMENT REALLY NEEDS TO
BE OUT HERE IN THE CONVERSATION-
WE HAVE OUR STATE MINIMUM FIRE
SAFE REGULATIONS THAT MY
ORGANIZATION. FOUNDED UP AROUND
. AND I THINK- CLOSE NINETEEN
NINETY ONE REGULATIONS. WERE RE
APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF
FORESTRY AND THE NOT AMENDED
VERY MUCH THEY WERE BASICALLY
JUST PRESERVED- WE'RE LOOKING.
BACK HELLFIRE TO COME OUT WITH
TRAINING TO CLARIFY WHAT THE
PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THOSE
REGULATIONS ARE. AND MARK BROWN
TOUCHED ON THIS AND IT'S ALSO
VERY IMPORTANT AND I'M- ON A FAT
COMMISSION ASSESSMENT. INGRESS
AND EGRESS RISK ASSESSMENT. AND
WHEN I. SEVERAL YEARS AGO BECAME
VERY INVOLVED IN THIS EVACUATION
ISSUE I HAVE THIS GREAT HOPE
THAT WE WERE GONNA AND VANCE
EVACUATION AND WHAT WE ENDED UP
DOING IN THE FIRST REGULATIONS
WENT THROUGH A BACK PANEL. AND
ALMOST RISK ENTIRELY LOSING THEM
WE ENDED UP JUST PRESERVING THEM
BUT I WOULD ASK. THAT THE
LEGISLATURE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE
ACTUALLY NEED TO ADVANCE
EVACUATION ANALYSIS. AND WHAT WE
DO WITH THAT INFORMATION. AND I
THINK ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE
SPEAKER AND SOME WOMEN CONNELLY
FOR YOUR TIME THANK YOU GREAT
PERSPECTIVES. HI HI MY NAME IS
JANET RUIZ I AM THE CALIFORNIA'S
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE INSURANCE
INFORMATION. INSTITUTE A
NONPROFIT INSURANCE TRADE
ASSOCIATION AND- WE REPRESENT
MANY MAJOR INSURANCE COMPANIES.
IN THE STATE AS WELL AS OUR
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WE DON'T
LOBBY. IS SO WE'RE MORE
EDUCATIONAL AND- DEVIN TYPE
INFORMATION ABOUT MAKES REALLY
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT
HEARING TODAY. AND FOR INCLUDING
ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND ALSO
PROMOTING THE WORK THAT THE
INSURANCE INDUSTRY IS DOING-
THROUGH I. B. H. US IN OUR
RESEARCH AS WELL AS- THE
MITIGATION PROGRAMS WITH THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
INSURANCE SO. I APPLIED THAT
BECAUSE I THINK SATOSHI'S
COMMENT ON THE POSITIVE
INCLUSION OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS IS
ACTUALLY MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE
MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT RIGHT THIS
SECOND. BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE HAD
SOME ISSUES IN OUR MARKET PLACE
BUT WE ACTUALLY ARE WORKING
TOWARD SOLUTIONS AND DO YOU WANT
TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. AND I FEEL LIKE
WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT I'VE
BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY THIRTY
YEARS IN CALIFORNIA SO WELL
AWARE OF. ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS
SPENT AND- SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TO
SOLUTION. SO THOSE ARE MY
COMMENTS ON THAT AND THEN I HAVE
A COLLEAGUE FROM ONE OF THE
CALIFORNIA BASED INSURANCE
COMPANIES LOCATED IN THE BAY
AREA OF FOR JOHN ANDERSON- SHE
IS VERY INTERESTED IN
OPPORTUNITIES. FOR THE WELFARE
INNOVATION FUND THROUGH BLUE
FOREST SO- JUST SOMETHING IN
THEM I CAN CONNECT YOU WITH SO.
YOU CAN HELP HER WITH HER
QUESTIONS- BECAUSE THEY DO
SUPPORT THE BLUE FOREST FIND
AND- ARE VERY INTERESTED IN YOUR
WORK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES
GOOD AFTERNOON NEIL HANCOCK- I
LIVE ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY FROM
HERE AIM TO TANTI AND I'D JUST
LIKE TO SPEAK AS A HOMEOWNER- I
RESPECT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
INFORMATION AND MANY LAYERS IN
HERE ALL OF. INFORMATION AND-
RESEARCH BACK COMING IN AS A
HOMEOWNER FROM THIS IN TWO
THOUSAND AND SEVENTEEN WE HAD
THOSE AND THOSE FLYING OVER THIS
AREA. HOUSES BURNT UP ON THE
HILL- IN MY PROPERTY THERE WAS
BLACK AND THOSE LEAVES THAT
LANDED ON THERE AND WE STARTED I
STARTED PAYING A LOT OF
ATTENTION TO IT. SO WHAT STRIKES
ME IS THAT THE BRANDING THAT IS
BEING PUT OUT OF THE MOMENT- IT
REALLY NEEDS TO BE ABOUT THAT
HOME HARKENING. BRINGING IN THE-
HOLE OF THE- DEFENSIBLE SPACE
WHILE I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A
LOT OF GOOD THEORY BEHIND IT OR
SOME MAYBE EVEN DOUBTFUL FAIRY I
WOULD SAY IT REALLY DOESN'T
ADDRESS THE HOMEOWNERS CONCERNS
IN OUR IF IT'S YOUR SPACE THAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO PROTECT HOME
HARDENING YOU PAY A LOT MORE
ATTENTION TO IT. AND I STARTED
PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT- I WENT
TO SEMINARS AND THINGS ALL THAT
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT WAS
DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND I LOST WHAT
ABOUT THE PROPERTIES AND THEY
SAID. YOU KNOW THAT'S SOMEBODY
ELSE'S PROBLEM WHAT ABOUT THE
STRUCTURES THIS WAS IN TWO
THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN AND TWO
THOUSAND AND NINETEEN. TWO
THOUSAND AND TWENTY I HAD A LEAK
ON MY ROOF AND I PROBABLY DUE TO
A SOLAR PANEL IN SET THAT WAS AN
OLDER ROOF. REPLACE THE ROOF I
GOT A NUMBER OF QUOTES ON IT
WHEN THE ROOF CAME AND IT WAS A
CLASS A ROOF BUT WHEN I SAW THEM
PUTTING ON THE RIDGE LINE OF
THAT ROOF. WE DESIGNED IT TO BE
A COOL ROOFS OUT AND PAINTED
OUT. BUT AMBAS COULD FLOW BACK
IN. NOW I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME
GOING ROUND MY HOME PUTTING AND
ONE SIXTEENTH INCH MASH AND I
BELIEVE ONE EIGHT THEN SMASHES
NOW WHAT'S- REALLY A GOOD IDEA
TO PUT ON THE HOUSE TO PREVENT
AMBROSE GOING IN ON THE ATTIC
SPACES. SO REALLY I'M I'M JUST
ASKING FOR THE TWO. FOR WHEN
YOU'RE REACHING OUT TO THE
PUBLIC AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
TO THINGS THIS HOME HARDENING
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT
AND I REALLY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING
WHAT THAT MARIN WILDLIFE MARIN-
DEFENSIBLE SPACE HAS BEEN DOING
AND APPRECIATED WHAT'S ON THE
WEBSITE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S
VERY VERY HELPFUL- TO DO THAT.
IF I GO TO THE LOCAL RANCHO
ADOBE FIRE DISTRICT. PREVENTION
WEBSITE WHAT DID THEY TALK
ABOUT. HUNDRED FOOT OF
DEFENSIBLE SPACE. I LOOK AT ****
A HOMEOWNER AND SAY IT'S FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE IT'S NOT FOR
ACTUALLY ME. YOU KNOW SO YES RUN
. CHAU DOBIE FIVE DISTRICT
COVERS ON LOTS OF RURAL AREA.
BUT I REYES TO. I SAID- RUN
ADOBE FIRE DOES MEETING AND THEY
SAID SOMETHING LIKE. OH WE TAKE
DIRECTION FROM SOME OTHER HIGHER
AUTHORITY. SO I KNOW THIS LADY
IS HERE AND THE JOINT POWERS
AGREEMENT DOES HELP THOSE PLANS
BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SPEAK TO.
THAT WHEN YOU'RE REACHING OUT
FOR PUBLIC ACCESS AS OPPOSED TO
RESEARCH YOU REALLY BRING IN
THAT HOME DEFENSIBLE SPACE. WHEN
IT COMES TO THEM. YOU KNOW THE
AND THE FORESTED AREAS THAT ARE
IN THIS WILD LAND SIDE OF THINGS
. I ALWAYS LOOK AT THIS AND JUST
SAY WELL. THE RESEARCH OUT THERE
SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT. WE'VE
CUT DOWN 98% OF THE FOREST.
HISTORICALLY THOSE FORESTS
ACCOUNT BEING CUT DOWN WE DON'T
HAVE THESE MATURE FORESTS
ANYMORE WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS OF
THAT THE- AREAS LIKE PARADISE
AND ALSO- THE BOOTLEG FIRE. FOR
THE THEMEFOREST. IN THE WAY THAT
THEY DID IT MAYBE THERE'S OTHER
WAYS OF DOING IT THE FIRE SPREAD
THROUGH THAT PASTA. SO I DIDN'T
THINK IN CINEMA COUNTY WE GONNA
GET THAT SORT OF. DEGREE OF FIRE
COMING OVER THE HILL BECAUSE I
UNDERSTAND IT COMES FROM A
CERTAIN DIRECTION. SO CERTAINLY
FOR THE I WOULD SAY FOR THE
URBAN AREAS PLEASE FOCUS ON THE
WHOLE ASPECT OF HOME HARDENING-
FOR THE RURAL AREAS FOR THE
FORESTED AREAS I THINK IT'S
ANOTHER ISSUE BY OUR A DIFFERENT
TYPE OF FOCUS THAT NEEDS TO
ACTUALLY COME OUT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. AM I RIGHT. YEAH
OKAY- I'M JANICE WATKINS- I'M A
BOARD MEMBER OF CINEMA COUNTY
CONSERVATION ACTION WHICH IS. AN
ENVIRONMENTAL- ORGANIZATION
THIRTY ONE YEARS NOW IN CINEMA
COUNTY- IN THANK YOU VERY MUCH
ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR- INPUT AND
FOR- SINCE- DAMON CONNOLLY FOR
SETTING THIS UP FOR US- I WANNA
TALK ABOUT. WHAT I EAT. C. AS A
STATE WIDE ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT
AND THAT IS A LARGE SCALE
BIOMASS BURNING- SO. AND
MISTRANSLATION DID ALLUDE TO
THIS IN SOME OF HIS COMMENTS
ABOUT BIOMASS. BURNING- THAT
LARGE SCALE BIOMASS ENERGY IS
CREATING INCENTIVES TO STRIP
FOREST FOR FEEDSTOCK. FOR
PROVIDING LITTLE TO NO
ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT AND NO
ACCURATE CARBON ACCOUNTING. THIS
IS THIS IS A STATE WIDE THREAT
IF IT GOES TO THE SCALE AND SIZE
THAT SOME OF THE ENTITIES
POWERFUL ENTITIES ARE
CONTEMPLATING RIGHT NOW THERE'S
PILOT PROJECTS THAT ARE LINED
UP. THERE'S THE DESIRE TO DO
MORE AND MORE ACREAGE AND THAT
WILL REQUIRE DISPOSAL OF- WHAT
HE BIOMASS. AT LARGE SCALE. THIS
VAST INDUSTRY IS WHAT THE STATE
NEEDS TO TELL IT TO BACK OFF.
THE PLAN DOES NOT WORK AT ALL
UNLESS IT'S SCALED WAY UP I
THINK MISTER ANDERSON ADDRESS
THAT MORE SUBSIDY NEEDED. HE
CALLED IT STATE INVESTMENT BUT
REALLY IT IS PROPPING UP AN
INDUSTRY THAT CANNOT- SURVIVE ON
ITS OWN. THE CENTER FOR
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY- HAS IN
TWENTY TWENTY MONTH PUBLISHED A
VERY POWERFUL SCIENTIFIC PAPER
ABOUT THE CARBON ACCOUNTING- IN
PACKS OF. BIOMASS IN IT SEVEN
TIMES LARGER THAN COAL AT THE
SPENT AT THE END OF SMOKESTACK.
I LOST MY PLACE SORRY- WE GOT.
MANY INPUTS AND FACTORS HAVE TO
BE LONG TERM AND AT SCALE FOR
THE FEEDSTOCK BUSINESS TO PENCIL
OUT. THIS INCLUDES
INFRASTRUCTURE ROADS. FINANCIAL
GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENT YES
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR INVESTORS
IN BIOMASS BURNING. ENTRIES HAVE
BECOME THE NEW FOSSIL FUEL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO MY
NAME'S JENNY BLAKER I LIVE IN
CANTANTE AND I'M ASSOCIATED WITH
A FEW DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT HAVE
SIMILAR CONCERNS ABOUT THESE
ISSUES FIRST OF ALL I JUST
WANTED TO POINT OUT THE IRONY OF
THE COMMITTEE'S NAME WILDFIRE
PREVENTION COMMITTEE WHEN I
THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE
ACTUALLY CALLED PREVENT WILDFIRE
THAT IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR EONS.
AND THAT'S AS THE- MORAN-
WEBSITE POINTS OUT THE MARIN
WILDFIRE PREVENTION AUTHORITY
WEBSITE POINTS OUT WE HAVE TO
LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT AND THE
JOB TO IT WE CON PREVENTED.
GIVEN THAT UP 290% OF THE
DISTRICT THE HEART OF THE FIRES
THAT ARE DESTRUCTIVE TO HOMES
AND COMMUNITIES COME FROM FLYING
EMBERS- I THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE FOCUS ON THE
HOME HARDENING AND DEFENSIBLE
SPACE I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY-
THE SPEAKER FOR MARIN AND I'VE
BEEN LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE TO
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK
ON THAT I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT
BEING USED. AS A ROLE MODEL IN
CINEMA COUNTY TO THE BOTTOM HOME
HOLDING A DEFENSIBLE SPACE.
BEYOND THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A BEYOND A HUNDRED FEET FROM
STRUCTURES THERE'S A LOT OF
DEBATES ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT
SCIENCE AND I THINK WE JUST NEED
TO LISTEN TO ALL SIDES. I'D LIKE
TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE WORDS
LOGGING AND THINNING BECAUSE
THEY'RE BEING USED AS IF THEY A
DIFFERENCE BUT I BELIEVE THAT
THE SAME THING. I DON'T THINK
THAT I MEAN SPENDING SOUNDS
BENIGN. BUT IT'S OFTEN LOGGING
OF HUGE TREES AND I'D LIKE TO
ASK YOU KNOW FOR LIMITS ON
THINGS LIKE THE SIZE OF TREES
BEING CAUGHT- THAT KIND OF THING
WHICH WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING.
THE HEALTH OF WATERSHEDS. THE
HEALTH OF WATER WAYS. SPECIES I
MEAN WE'RE NOT ONLY IN A CLIMATE
CRISIS WERE ALSO IN AN
EXTINCTION CRISIS. AND I SEE THE
MAJOR PROJECT THE MAJOR PROBLEM
NOT ONLY IS CLIMATE CHANGE BUT
ALSO IS ECO SIDE. AND WE NEED TO
BE TAKING CARE OF ALL THOSE.
CREATURES THE SOIL THE WATER- IN
THE HEALTHY FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
THAT WOULD HEALTHY FOREST IS
BEING- HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS IS A-
EARLIEST BECAUSE SAID AS WELL.
OF THE FOREST IS BEING USED AS
AN EXCUSE TO DO MORE LOGGING
BASICALLY- WE NEED FORESTS FOR.
OUR HEALTH FROM THE LAWN AND THE
HEALTH OF THE PLANET AND
EVERYTHING ON IT AND IF YOU JUST
THINK ABOUT GOING OUTSIDE AND
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING
UNDER THE SHADE OF A TREE. AND
ALSO IN THE OPEN SUNLIGHT SURELY
IT STANDS TO REASON BUT CUTTING
DOWN FORESTS IS NOT GOING TO BE
HELPFUL WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO-
MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE. AND
LASTLY I DO THINK THAT THE
BIOMASS INDUSTRIES INCENTIVIZE
INCENTIVIZING AND MONETIZING THE
DESTRUCTION OF FORESTS- BIO
ENERGY BURNING BIOMASS FOR FUEL
ELECTRICITY. AT SUCH A IS.
EXTREMELY DESTRUCTIVE IT'S NOT
SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE IT TAKES SO
LONG FOR THE TREES TO GROW BACK
THAT WERE CUT DOWN- AND ACTUALLY
MOST OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE
HERE IN THE STATES ARE TO DO
WITH CREATION FUEL LOG EXPORTS
TO. ASIA OR IN EUROPE THE NOT
PHOTO COLE. LOCAL ENERGY- SIR-
HUGE AREAS OF SOUTHEAST USA HAVE
BEEN DESTROYED BY LOOKING. TO
FIX TO SEND. WOODCHIPS THAT OF
GLUED TOGETHER AND EXPORTED TO
ASIA AND EUROPE WE DON'T WANT TO
SEE THAT HAPPENING HERE THERE
ARE PLANS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN IN
CALIFORNIA- BURNING. BIOMASS
ENERGY IS WORSE THAN COAL
BURNING COAL IN TERMS OF THE
EMISSIONS. AND I THINK WE HAVE
TO BE REALLY REALLY CAREFUL
ABOUT- TAKING BACK REGULATIONS
WE NEED THINGS LIKE THE AIR
QUALITY ACCESS- SYKORA THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
AND ALL THESE- AGENCIES AND
REGULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
PRETTY. PROTECTING OUR
ENVIRONMENT I THINK WE NEED TO
BE VERY CAREFUL OF GETTING RID
OF THEM IN FAVOR OF- THE
INDUSTRIAL INCENTIVIZE ATION TO
CUT DOWN FORESTS IN THE NAME OF
FIRE PROTECTION THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON MR CHAIRMAN AND- THANK
YOU TO THE PANEL ALSO FOR ALL
THE GREAT INFORMATION YOU SHARED
MY NAME IS BARBARA LEE. AND I AM
THE DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE ACTION
AND RESILIENCY FOR THE COUNTY OF
CINEMA- I APPRECIATE THE SHOUT
OUT THAT SO SHE GAVE TO THE
AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
HERE IN THE COUNTY I KNOW. THERE
ISN'T TIME TO GO INTO IT- TODAY
BUT FOR THOSE OF THAT COUNTY
RESIDENTS WE'RE HEARING
CONCERNED ABOUT IT WE ARE
WORKING VERY HARD ON PUTTING
TOGETHER AN INTEGRATED MODEL TO
ADDRESS. A WILDFIRE PREVENTION
HI HERE IN THE COUNTY. THE BOARD
IS OVERSEEING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS OF INVESTMENT BETWEEN
COUNTY FUNDS AND GRANT FUNDS.
THAT ARE GOING INTO- DEFENSIBLE
SPACE AND- TO A LARGE EXTENT
HOME HARDENING INCENTIVES ON A
COMMUNITY FOCUSED ON A BASIS AND
SO SHE WAS PART OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SOME OF THE KEY
TOOLS THAT WE'RE USING TO
IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE. THE
AREAS WHERE THAT COMMUNITY
FOCUSED APPROACH WILL PAY THE
GREATEST DIVIDENDS FOR THE
COUNTY AS A WHOLE- ONE OF THE
THINGS I SHE ALSO MENTIONED IN
HER REMARKS IS THAT THE COUNTY.
HAS BEEN TRYING TO STAND UP A- A
PILOT PROGRAM- TO. TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT ALL THE INVESTMENTS THE
COUNTY IS MAKING TO PREVENT
WILDFIRE AND SEE IF THERE'S A
WAY TO GET. CREDIT WITH
INSURANCE PROVIDERS TO PROPERTY
OWNERS IN THE COUNTY EITHER BY
WAY OF REDUCED FIRE INSURANCE
PREMIUMS OR- FOR THE
RECONSIDERATION OF POLICIES THAT
WERE DENIED IF THE PROPERTY
OWNER UNDERTAKES A COMPLETE SET.
OF WILDFIRE HARDENING MEASURES
ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THAT.
THERE IS AN INSPECTION BY. AN
ACCREDITED INSPECTOR WHO
CERTIFIES THAT THAT WORK WAS
DONE PROPERLY WE WERE MAKING
SOME REALLY GOOD PROGRESS AND
HAD INTEREST WITH ABOUT 73% OF
THE HOMEOWNER- POLICIES UNDER
WRITTEN- IN THE STATE IN TERMS
OF THE PARTICIPATION BY THE
COMPANIES WE WERE SPEAKING WITH-
AND- WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME
FROM STATE FARM AND- SOME OF THE
OTHERS ABOUT. OF THE CHILL ON
THEIR POLICY UNDERWRITING IN THE
STATE IT REALLY SLOWED DOWN OUR
WORK. MY ASK FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION MISTER CHAIRMAN.
IS THAT AS YOU LOOK AT WAYS TO-
IMPROVE WILDFIRE PREVENTION IN
THE STATE AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THE INSURANCE ISSUES THAT ARE
BECOMING MORE PREVALENT. THAT
YOU MAKE SPACE FOR THE CREATIVE
LOCAL EFFORTS LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
IN MARIN LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING
HERE IN CINEMA COUNTY BECAUSE
WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF REALLY
GOOD THINKING AND HOW TO MAKE
THIS WORK. FOR ALL OF OUR
RESIDENTS AND IN IN
CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSTRAINTS
WE HAVE HERE AND WE WOULD VERY
MUCH APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND FOR
TO BE CONSIDERED AND IN THE WORK
YOU UNDERTAKE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
TOM CONLIN I MANAGE TO
HOMEOWNERS LIVE OVER THE HILL IN
CINEMA JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY
LIMITS. AND- RIGHT ON THE CUSP
OF A LOCAL RESOURCE AND THE
LOCAL RESPONSIBILITY AREA AND
THE STATE RESPONSIBILITY AREA
THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM
ME IS AND LOCAL I'M IN STATE.
AND SO I'M ALSO A PROFESSIONAL
APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGIST AND I'VE
ONLY BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO
THIS SPACE FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS OR SO. BUT I'VE BEEN I'VE
BEEN OVERWHELMED AS I'VE TOLD
SASHI IN THE PAST BY THE DEGREE
OF- STORY TELLING AND MYTH
MAKING THAT THE TO KERNING IN
OUR WORLD RIGHT NOW IN RESPONSE
TO THIS POST DRAMATIC INCREASE
OF THESE DRAMATIC WILDFIRES. SO
YES I LIVED THROUGH THE TWENTY
SEVENTEEN FIRES IN OUR IN OUR
VALLEY. AS DID MOST OF US HERE
IN SONOMA COUNTY. AND THOSE
INFORMED THAT EXPERIENCE OF
COURSE MY TESTIMONY TODAY- I
WILL APPRECIATE YOU
ASSEMBLYMEMBER COLLEGE CALLING
FOR BRINGING THIS BODY TOGETHER-
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC
FOR US TO BE DISCUSSING. THE
PUBLIC IS SHOWING UP IN
EXPRESSING SOME OF OUR CONCERNS
AS WELL- I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS
MYSELF AT FIRST ONE ANSWER THAT
FIRST QUESTION THAT WAS
ADDRESSED AND HERE AT THE MOMENT
MICROPHONE FROM I THINK IT WAS
MISTER COLE. ABOUT WHY- CAN'T BE
REPLICATED MARIN MODEL. AND MY
UNDERSTANDING WE JUST DID A
POLL. OF THE REGIONAL CLIMB
PROTECTION AUTHORITY THE POLL OF
LIKELY VOTERS HERE IN SONOMA
COUNTY. 39% NOW SAY THEY WILL
VOTE FOR NO TAX. REGARDLESS OF
WHAT IT IS FOR. WE HAVE AN
INCREASING PROBLEM IN OUR
SOCIETY OF LACK OF TRUST. IN
GOVERNMENT IN GOVERNMENT AS A
SOLUTIONS PROVIDER. SO WITH THAT
I WANT TO HAVE PRETTY MUCH
APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS CHIEF
BIGELOW AND- YOU KNOW BROWN
ABOUT HOME HARDENING. IN YOUR
POLICY STACK. THAT THAT
INFORMATION WAS NOT PROMINENT.
IN THESE DISCUSSIONS TWO YEARS
AGO. WE WERE PLAYING CATCH UP ON
THAT AND I APPRECIATE THOSE
EFFORTS. AS A HOMEOWNER AS A
MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY- THIS IS
THE- MOST A VOTERS DON'T HAVE
LARGE NUMBERS OF TREES TO MANAGE
. BUT EVEN TODAY WITH THIS
ASSEMBLED PANEL. WE DON'T SEE
THOSE STAKEHOLDERS DIRECTLY
REPRESENTED WE SEE THE LOGGING
INDUSTRY DIRECTLY REPRESENTED
BUT WE DON'T SEE THAT HERE TODAY
IT'S ALL HOPE THE FUTURE
HEARINGS WILL START TO HEAR MORE
ABOUT THAT- THE EQUITY IN THE
IMPACTS OF THAT ARE ALSO
SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE- THOSE ARE
THE FOLKS WHO WILL ULTIMATELY
PAY THEIR ULTIMATE PAYING NOW.
FOR ALL THIS- JUST WORK THAT'S
BEING INVESTED IN. WE HAVE BEEN
ASKING A NUMBER OF US IN THIS
COUNTY IN ASSOCIATED WITH US A
GROUP OF SASHI PUT TOGETHER.
HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR BETTER
TRACKING OF WHERE THE MONEY'S
GOING HOW MUCH IS GOING INTO. A
SPENDING OUT IN THE BEYOND
HUNDRED FOOT RANGE. VERSUS
WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT IN THE IN
THE HOUSES WHICH IS KIND OF
WHERE WHERE IT'S REALLY GONNA
IMPACT. UP THE INSURANCE
INDUSTRY AND THE GENERATOR
PREPARES. SO I'M I WOULD LIKE TO
LEAVE YOU WITH A LETTER THAT WE
PUT TOGETHER AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE YEAR TO OUR BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS- SOME OF THOSE
QUESTIONS HAVE NOT YET BEEN
ANSWERED BY OUR COUNTY. BUT
THESE ARE THINGS I THINK TO
RELEVANT PROBABLY ALL OVER THE
STATE AND TO THIS MEETING TODAY
SO- WITH THAT I'LL CONCLUDE BUT
THANK YOU FOR I CAN'T PROJECT.
WELCOME. HI I'M PATTON CARSON.
AND I'M A RESIDENT OF OAKMONT
AND ALSO ON A VOLUNTEER ON OUR
FIRE WEISS- RESOURCE COMMITTEE.
WHICH WITH ITS AN EDUCATIONAL
BRANCH AND WE GO OUT AND
VOLUNTEER TO DO. ASSESSMENTS ON
PEOPLE'S HOMES THAT ARE
INTERESTED TO GET AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO- TRAIN THEM ON
WHAT THEY NEED FOR A HOME HARD
EVENING. AND YOU WERE REALLY
FOCUS ON THE ZERO TO FIVE AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT'S OUR GOAL
NOW AS WELL AS TRYING TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WANT TO HAVE
THOSE. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS
WE DID THIS YEAR JUST IN MAY I
THINK EARLY JUNE. I WAS TO HAVE
A FAIR. AND SO I WOULD STATUS
STATION AND I HAD A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY TO- TALK TO PEOPLE
WHO HAVE QUESTIONS BUT I ALSO
GOT SOME INFORMATION. SO SOME OF
THE INFORMATION. IT WAS RIGHT
TIMING WITH WIND- PEOPLE WERE
GETTING NOTICES THAT THEIR IT
INCHED HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE WAS
CANCELED. OR THEY WERE GETTING A
NOTICES HERE IS THE VERY
EXPENSIVE LIST YOU NEED TO DO IN
ORDER TO GET YOUR INSURANCE BACK
EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO BE
TRIPLED. AND SO- WHAT I REALIZED
IN THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE HERE
WE DO ATTEND LOTS OF DIFFERENT
OF FORUMS AS PART OF STAYING UP
TO DATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THIS. NEW NORMAL OF CALIFORNIA
AND PARTICULARLY SONOMA COUNTY.
I REALIZE THAT. WITHIN INSURANCE
OFFICES THERE'S A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION. SO WHAT ONE
PERSON. WHO'S OUR FRONTLINE
PERSON TELLING THEM THAT THEY
WERE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND
FIVE. HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
TO GET INSURANCE BACK. AND THEN
ONLY TO FIND OUT BECAUSE THEY
CONTINUE TO PURSUE. THAT IT WAS
GONNA COST HIM ABOUT. TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS SO WE REALLY
NEED A PROGRAM HERE AND SOME
COUNTY THAT IS ADDRESSING ALL
THE MISINFORMATION. INSURANCE
COMPANIES. AND THE OTHER PART
FOR US HERE YOU HAVE HOPE IN
OAKLAND IS THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY
RECEIVED THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
THERE WAS GRANT MONEY AND THEN I
WENT TO LOOK FOR IT. AND BIG
BECAUSE OAKMONT. WELL LIVING IN
OAKMONT THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE
ANNADEL STATE. LOTTERIES WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF CONTROLLED BURNING
THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING I HAVE TO
SAY THERE'S PLENTY OF YOU KNOW.
B. QUITMAN THAT'S HELPING THEM
AND WE DID FEEL REASSURED LAST
YEAR THAT YOU KNOW THERE WERE
FIRE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GOING TO
LIVE THERE IF NEED BE SO WE
WE'RE LESS NERVOUS LAST YEAR-
BUT THEN. WE HAVE THE REGIONAL
PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE MATH
COURSE THE SIDE THAT COPPERED
VERY PART. IN TWO YEARS WORTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE LIVE WITH. AND
YET BECAUSE WE ARE SANTA ROSA
ADDRESS BUT CONSIDERED. NOT IN
SANTA ROSA NONE OF US QUALIFY
FOR THE GRANTS FOR HOME
MARKETING. THAT IS A HUGE
DISAPPOINTMENT BECAUSE IT'S HARD
ENOUGH TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT
OF FOLKS MARC RESIDENTS WHO HAVE
BEEN AGING OUT FOR THE LAST FIVE
YEARS. BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE SO
THEY CAN'T PHYSICALLY DO IT.
THEIR INCOME HAS BEEN STABLE FOR
A LONG TIME BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT
COSTS ARE GOING UP. WE NEEDED
THAT MONEY I CAN MORE SELL
PEOPLE ON WHAT TO DO IF WE HAD
MONEY TO BACK IT UP. I HAD A
THIRD THOUGHT BUT I LOST THAT SO
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. KEMANA. LOW
COUNTRIES MAJORS- A RESIDENT OF
SANTA ROSA AND THE QUESTION I
HAVE IS. WILL THE CALIFORNIA
FAIR PLAN. ADOPT THE SAME
REQUIREMENTS THAT THE INSURANCE
WORDS ASKING OF THE- FIVE
INSURERS. AS THE AWAY FOR
CITIZENS WHO HAVE LOST INSURANCE
. TO THE SAME HARDENING SAYING
FUELS WORK PLANS THAT WERE
REQUIRING OUTSIDE CARRIERS TO DO
REAL THE STATE. FAIR PLAN EXCEPT
THOSE SAME REQUIREMENTS. AND
THEN. THANKS ONE YEAH BECAUSE
WE'RE ASKING OUTSIDE CARRIERS.
ACCEPT THOSE AND THE CALIFORNIA
PLAN I MY UNDERSTANDING IS IN
TERMS OF INCENTIVIZE ACTING LIKE
TO TWO FACTOR INTO RATED YES
SERVING YEAH THE LOWER RATES
BASED OFF OF THE WORK YOU CAN DO
THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY THE
INSURANCE BOARD ASKING IN THE
HOME. IT WILL MAKE AN EARLIER
QUESTION ANY OTHER COMMENTS THE
OTHER IS FOR CHEAP BIGELOW WITH
THE- THE MAPS THE HAZARD
ASSESSMENT MAPS THAT HAVE BEEN
PUT OUT FOR THE STATE THE HIGH
RISK. YEAH IT IS CALIFORNIA-
STAFFING BASED OFF OF THE HIGHER
INTENSITY ERRORS FOR INITIAL
ATTACK OR HAS THAT INFLUENCED
THE WAY- RESERVES RESOURCES OUR
POSITION. AND THAT'LL HELP.
THANK YOU FOR THAT WOULD ANYONE
ELSE LIKE TO COME UP IN OFFERED
TESTIMONY AT THIS TIME. NOT SEEN
ANYONE WILL BRIEFLY AND I KNOW
WE'RE KIND OF AT TIME AS
ADVERTISED BUT TURN IT BACK TO
THE PANEL FOR ANY. CORRECT
ANSWERS OR OR FINAL THOUGHTS
CHIU BIGELOW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
WANT TO TACKLE THAT LAST ONE
THAT WE GOT. YEAH THERE IS A I'D
I TOOK NOTE OF- OF ALL OF THEM
AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE
QUESTIONS- OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE
QUESTIONS FOR YOU EACH OF US
HERE- BUT. SOURCES OR
STRATEGICALLY PLACE- STATIONS
ARE RESOURCES IT'S SOLELY BASED
ON FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES
THE ANSWER'S NO THERE'S A LOT OF
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS THAT GO INTO
IT AND THAT IS A COMPONENT OF
IT- BUT DENSITY OF HOUSING
HISTORICAL CALL AVERAGE- WE
USED- NET AT WITH TOOL CALLED
NETWORK ANALYST TO DETERMINE
RUNTIMES DISTANCE FROM OTHER
STATIONS SO WE CAN. GET THOSE
ENGINES ALL TO COME TOGETHER IN
ONE PLACE BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A
CONSIDERATION BUT NOT THE ONLY
CONSIDERATION- AND THEN ONE
OTHER QUESTION THAT THAT ALL
ANSWER QUICK OR- YEAH ANSWER
QUICKLY- MISTER KINGSTON GOALS-
QUESTION- ABOUT WHY AREN'T
OTHER. PLACES DOING WHAT MARIN
DID WELL- THAT'S A GREAT
QUESTION AND WE'VE- ACTING STATE
FIRE MARSHAL AND I DANIEL PER
LAN WENT TO VISIT WITH THEM-
ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND SAW THE
SAME VALUE THAT YOU ALL SEE AND
WHAT MARIN HAS DONE. AND SEE
THAT THIS IS BEING A MODEL FOR
THE STATE SO IN THAT WILDFIRE
MITIGATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
THAT I MENTIONED DURING MY
PRESENTATION WE ARE WE HAVE
INVITED MARK TO COME AND SPEAK
AT THIS PUBLIC FORUM THE STATE
WIDE FORM AND TO GET THE WORD
OUT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO
THAT THEY CAN MODEL THIS IN
OTHER JURISDICTIONS SO-
TESTIMONY TO THEIR SUCCESS AND.
LOOK FORWARD TO JUST PLAYING UP
FOR EVERYBODY. I CAN. I CAN
THINK BACK ON THAT WOULD RESTORE
THE NWP. WE KNEW IS IN A- WE WIN
KNEW WE NEED SIX FOR THE REST OF
MARIE. BUT WE FELT LIKE WE
NEEDED TO SUCCEED FOR THE REST
OF CALIFORNIA SO THAT WE COULD
PROVIDE. A SUSTAINABLE MODEL-
AND I KNOW SAW SHE WAS PART OF A
OF SHARING THAT BUT MODEL WITH
PLEA CALIFORNIA CITIES WE'VE
GONE TO. NUMEROUS CONNECTIONS
AND CONFERENCES AND SHARED OUR
MESSAGE I'VE HAD. I DON'T KNOW
EASILY A HUNDRED ZOOM MEETINGS
WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON HOW
WE CAN SHARE THIS- WE WRITE IT'S
GOOD TO ME IT'S AMAZING THAT WE
WERE MAKE IT WE WERE ABLE TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN FROM THE END OF
TWENTY EIGHTEEN TO BEGIN AT
TWENTY TWENTY THAT'S LIGHTNING
SPEED SO- I DO KNOW SOME AREAS
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE A
DEDICATED- TAX FUNDING. FOR
THEIR WORK OR THEY'VE BEEN ABLE
TO DO THAT TODAY PUT ON THE- TAX
LAW OR IN THE DONALD BALLOT. AND
IT'S FAILED IN OTHER AREAS SO- I
DO THINK THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE
UNWILLINGNESS TO. UP VOTE YES ON
TAXES ANOTHER IMPEDIMENT. AB I
CAN TELL YOU WHY IT'S NOT
HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES ONE IT
ACTUALLY IS- SO THE- AT NAPA
COMMITTEE FIREEYE'S FOUNDATION
DOES EXACTLY THE SAME THING IT'S
A VERY IT'S A DIFFERENT MODEL OF
DIFFERENT GOVERNANCE MODEL IN A
DIFFERENT- METHOD OF. BUT IT'S
STILL A GROUP THAT FOCUSES ON
WILDFIRE PREVENTION AN AVERAGE
FUNDING- AND WORKS WITH
DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS- IN
SANTA BARBARA THEY HAVE A- THEY
CALL IT REGIONAL WILDFIRE
MITIGATION PROGRAM THAT JOB
FOCUSES ON THREE DIFFERENT
LEVELS. SO THERE THERE THERE IS
A LOT GOING ON IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE STATE AND IT REALLY JUST
POINTS TO- IT HAS TO FIT THE
COMMUNITY- THE OTHER THING ABOUT
YOU KNOW WHAT. AB UNDERSCORE
MARC SAID ABOUT IT WAS LIGHTNING
SPEED- YOU KNOW I THINK DAMON
KNOWS SOME OF THE SENATE AND I
KNOW- THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE-
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE YOU KNOW WHAT
PEOPLE SAY ABOUT LIKE YOUR
TYPICAL OVERNIGHT SAFETY SUCCESS
OF TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. ALL
THERE WERE THERE WAS SO MUCH
WORK OVER THE PREVIOUS DECADE OR
MORE. OF ALIGNING THE DIFFERENT
FIRE AGENCIES AND ALIGNING THE
DIFFERENT COUNCILS AND- ALL OF
THAT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED AND SO
THEN IT WAS LIKE. WE GOT YOU
KNOW SO THAT THAT IS- AT AND
THAT'S ME COMING FROM HAVING
BEEN- THAT. THE CHAIR OF THE
MARIN LASKO FOR. A LONG TIME AND
KNOWING HOW LONG IT TAKES- FOR.
AS A CONSOLIDATION TO HAPPEN-
FOR ENOUGH FOR COORDINATION TO
HAPPEN. IT JUST TAKES IT TAKES A
DECADE AT LEAST. IN THAT IF
YOU'VE GOT EVERYBODY INTERESTED
IN AND PULLING TOGETHER SO-
PUTTING THESE THINGS TOGETHER
YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PLANT SEEDS
AND IT REALLY HAS TO START AT.
THAT THAT- YOU KNOW FIREWISE
COMMUNITY- YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE GOING WE'RE
GOING OUR DOOR WERE YOU KNOW
KIND OF VOLUNTARILY KIND OF
SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT THAT LOOKS
LIKE. THAT'S HOW THAT HAPPENS
AND YOU KIND OF DO THAT OVER
TIME IT JUST TAKES A LONG TIME.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY SAY THAT-
I DID WANT TO MAKE A AT. A QUICK
COMMENT BY YOU KNOW JUST IN THE
INSURANCE HERE IN OTHER SAID
THAT'S NOT REALLY THE PURVIEW OF
THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THERE'S
SOME- BOUNDARIES AROUND WHAT THE
LEGISLATURE CAN CAN TALK ABOUT
THEIR- BACK TO. I THERE AT I AYE
HA THAT THERE A WAY FOR A DELAY.
TO WITH THE OF AND- ON IN KERR-
THE WAY THAT THEY IMPLEMENTED
THE RULES FOR- PROP ONE OH THREE
AND- IT WOULD REALLY MOVE A LOT
MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS IN. THE
ABILITY FOR INSURANCE INSURANCE
COMPANIES TO- IN UP TO TWO TO
PRICE BASED ON- PROBABILISTIC
RISK- RATHER THAN HISTORICAL
DATA AND ALSO ONE OF THE BIGGEST
THINGS RIGHT NOW IS THE AMOUNT
OF TIME. RATE FILINGS ARE TAKING
TO BE PROCESSED AND- WE ARE
DEFINITELY ATTY. A RISK OF
HAVING A NORTHRIDGE PROBLEM-
WHERE YOU KNOW AFTER THE
NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE ALL THE
INSURERS LEFT- YEAH THAT'S A
RISK. THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER.
JOHN FINAL THOUGHTS. YEAH I
APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS ON
FORCE MANAGEMENT AND WALKING
VERSUS STANDING AND- IT WAS ONE
OF THE REASONS WHY SENATE MUCH
RATHER HAVE THIS MEETING OUT IN
THE WOODS- AS A SEEING IT FIRST
HAND YOU KNOW THE HISTORICAL
LOGGING OPERATIONS TOTALLY
AGREE. THEY WERE TERRIBLE-
CONTEMPORARY FORCE MANAGEMENT
AND IT'S NIGHT AND DAY AND LIKE
I SAID I LOVE TO SHOW IT TO YOU
FIRSTHAND- YEAH IN REGARDS TO
COMMENTS ON BIOMASS- YOU KNOW WE
CAN LEAVE THIS MATERIAL IN THE
WOODS- THAT WOULD BE ONE OPTION
IT'S- FUEL FOR THE NEXT WILDFIRE
IS IT DEGRADES. IT'S EMITTING
METHANE WHICH AND HOW IS IT TEN
TIMES WORSE GREENHOUSE GAS AND
CARBON. SO YOU KNOW WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE FULL LIFE CYCLE OF KERR
OF- BIOMASS ENERGY. FROM THE
WOODS- ALL THE WAY TO THE PLANT
AND- EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN WE
SEE THAT IT IS A WHOLE LOT LESS
DIRTIER THAN COAL IF YOU JUST
LOOK AT THE SMOKESTACK YES YEAH
I MEAN THEY'RE PRETTY COMPARABLE
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
BENEFITS OF REDUCING THAT FEEL
IN THE FOREST. AND THE MISSIONS
I COME FROM WILDFIRES-
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS- IN
AGAIN LOVE TO TAKE A YOU KNOW
AND AS FAR AS VACUUMING UP THE
FOREST OF EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF
WOOD OUT THERE IT JUST DOESN'T
HAPPEN WE CAN'T DO THAT ON TO
THE FORCE PRACTICE RULES IN
CALIFORNIA- YES A BIGGER TREES
GET. HARVESTED AND YOU KNOW LAST
THING WE DO WANT TO DO AS IT IS
CHIP ALL THOSE UP INTO TINY
PIECES ITS HIGHEST AND BEST USE
IS AS LONGER SO. HARVESTING
TREES IN CALIFORNIA JUST FOR
BIOMASS DOESN'T HAPPEN AND WE
DON'T HAVE PLANTATIONS THAT WE
GROWN TO TWELVE INCHES COME DOWN
AND CHECK THEM OUT. IT DOES
HAPPEN IN THE SOUTHWEST OR
SOUTHEAST BEHIND HERE- SO
BASICALLY WE GOES THESE BIOMASS
PLANTS ARE SOME COMMERCIAL VERGE
TO WHY OVER- AND ALSO WASTE.
SAWMILLS PARKS AND CHIPS AND YOU
KNOW ALL THAT- IN THE CASE OF
OURS SAWMILL WE HAVE A BIOMASS
PLANT IT ALL COMES FROM-
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT ON
TOP OF THAT IT'S CERTIFIED BY
THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL
IS WHAT THAT. IS COMING FROM A
FORCE THAT'S WELL MANAGED AND
IT'S CREATING BIOMASS ENERGY
RATHER THAN BURNING IT OUT IN
THE WOODS- BUT- COME SEE OUR
WORDS THERE'S LOTS OF MATERIAL
ON THE GROUND WE LIKE THAT
NUTRIENT RECYCLING IN THE FORCE
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT- SO IT'S
JUST A ACCESS. REDUCE APPEALS
LET'S GET THAT TO A BETTER SPOT.
BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH ANYBODY
AFTER WE'RE DONE HERE TODAY TO.
THANK YOU YEP. WOULD YOU CHOOSE
ONE GOLD IN THAT WAY BE TO TALK
ABOUT THE BTP THAT MR OF TALKED.
AND STREAMLINING- WE'VE-
SUCCESSFULLY CREATED A PROJECT
SPECIFIC ANALYSIS UP FOR TWO
PROJECTS GROUP USING THE CAL BTP
WERE ENTERING OR THIRD. AND WE
HIRED A EXCELLENT ARE MENTAL
CONSULTING FIRM TO HAS NAVIGATED
THAT PROCESS WITH US WE HAVE
BECOME VERY EFFICIENT. AND WE
ARE FANS OF THE CALVI T. P. WE
BELIEVE WE CAN SEE EFFICIENCIES
FOR OUR FUTURE PROJECTS OF OURS.
IF OTHER STATE ENTITIES EXCEPT.
THE RESULT OF THE CHALVEY TP AND
A PROJECT CIVIC ANALYSIS. I DO
KNOW THAT- DON'T STATE WATER
RESOURCE BOARD HAS ACCEPTED TO A
LOT OF THE WORK WITH VTP THEY'RE
INTIMATELY INVOLVED AND ACTUALLY
CAME AND LOOKED AT ONE OF OUR
PROJECTS USING THE V. T. P. AND
WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THE
MEDICATIONS THAT THEY HAD
INCLUDED. BUT TO SOCIETY A
SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF WE CAN GET
THE COASTAL COMMISSION TO ACCEPT
CORP LAUNCHED THE V. T. P. WHICH
MEETS MANY OF THE CALLS
COMMISSION REQUIREMENTS. THEN
THAT WOULD REALLY INCREASE OUR
PACE AND SCALE OF OUR PROJECTS
IN ACOSTA. GREAT WHITE REALLY
WANT TO THANK EACH OF OUR
PANELISTS AGAIN VERY THOUGHTFUL-
COMMENTS. I WANT TO THANK THE
COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT- THIS
MORNING NOW AFTERNOON- FOR THE
HEARING THAT. THANKS AGAIN TO
CINEMA STATE UNIVERSITY I WANT
TO GIVE A- HUGE THANKS TO SUSAN
CHANNEL OF MY STAFF YEAH.
FANTASTIC JOB ALL RIGHT
INTERESTS ARE GET TO BE ABLE TO
DO THIS IN THE DISTRICT AS WELL.
SORROW AS STATED WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE MANY MORE THESE HEARINGS- I
THINK WE TEED UP A LOT OF THE
ISSUES- THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE-
BUT DIGGING IN DEEPER ON THEM-
AND REALLY GOING FORWARD IN A
WAY THAT- HELPS OUR COMMUNITIES
BUT ALSO REALLY HELPS THE
ENVIRONMENT AS WELL I THINK I
WAS A CONSISTENT THEME- WE HEARD
TODAY SO WITH THAT WE'RE GONNA.
A JOURNEY- THE FIRST OFFICIAL
MEETING OF THE- SELECT COMMITTEE
ON WILDFIRE PREVENTION FOR THE
ASSEMBLY AND LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO WORK WITH ALL OF
YOU MOVING FORWARD THANKS AGAIN
.