By Brian White, KP Public Affairs, FLC Legislative Advocate and Larry Camp, FLC Legislative Committee
There will likely be updates in the next couple of weeks and the FLC Legislative Committee will provide updates as quickly as they can through email broadcasts and posts on the website. Should you have questions, direct them to legchair@forestlandowners.org.
Bill# |
Author |
Status |
Comments |
Position |
| AB 425 | Caballero (D) | Senate Floor | THP Exemption and Temp Roads | Support |
| AB 1954 | Patterson (R) | Passed 8/13 to Gov. | Extends Exemption for clearing around homes and buildings | Support |
| AB 1956 | Limon (D) | Senate Floor | Grant program for fuels management | Support |
| AB 2518 | Aguiar-Curry (D) | Senate Floor | Forest Products and Mass Timber Production | Support |
| AB 2889 | Caballero (D) | Senate on hold | THP bill of rights | Support |
| SB 1453 | McGuire (D) | Assembly Floor | Statute of Limitations FP violations | Watch |
| SB 1260 | Jackson (D) | Assembly Floor | Change liability std. for fires likely to be amended in the next week | Support |
| AB 2091 | Grayson (D) | Senate Floor | Creates an insurance pool for prescribed fire - likely to be amended in the next week | Support |
| AB 2551 | Wood (D) | Senate Floor | Use of GHG funds for forest management | Support |
| SB 1079 | Monning (D) | Assembly Floor | Grant funding for forest management including advances to landowners for forest management | Support |
| AB 2627 | Kalra (D) | Senate Floor | Migratory bird protection with exemptions for THPs, etc. | Support |
| AB 528 | Bloom (D) | Senate Floor | Climate adaptation | Oppose |
| SB 473 | Hertzberg (D) | Assembly Floor | Calif Endangered Species Act | Oppose |
| AB 2975 | Friedman (D) | Passed 8/14 to Gov. | Protection of wild and scenic rivers | Oppose |
| SB 901 | Dodd (D) | Conference Committee | Wildfire mitigation likely to be amended in the next week | Watch |
| SB 1088 | Dodd (D) | Conference Committee | Utilities resiliency and planning likely to be amended in the next week | Watch |
Track Bills by visiting http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov and use the Quick Bill Search function.
Legislative Archives
Appellate Decision on WFMP Case
Good News -- Exemptions and NTMPs
CAL FIRE has reversed its policy change regarding the acceptance of exemptions for NTMPs. Please refer to the link below to view the letter from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Ken Pimlott) to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Keith Gilless).
Should you have any questions, please send an email to the FLC Legislative Committee at legchair@forestlandowners.org.
Letter and Supporting Content from CAL FIRE to Board of Forestry
Legislative Committee Assignments
Public Policy Institute of California
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) issued a report in mid-September on the status of forest health in the Headwaters Forests. On September 20, there was a panel debriefing on the report. Click on the links below to download the documents.
If you are interested in wathcing the panel debrief, the video is posted on the PPIC's website: