Final Fire Safe Regulations to be Submitted to Office of Administrative Law

Next week the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (BOF) will discuss its final draft of the Fire Safe Regulations for submittal to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL).  The final text is significantly narrowed from previous versions of the rulemaking and is identical to the draft published in May, largely limiting its focus to those specific items outlined in Senate Bill 901 (Chapter 626, Statutes of 2018), such as development requirements for fuel breaks, greenbelts, and ridgelines. RCRC, the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) and the Urban Counties of California (UCC) submitted comments to the BOF in May on the now final version of the rulemaking, generally supporting the narrowed approach. Once submitted, OAL has 30 working days to conduct a review of the rulemaking record to ensure that the BOF satisfied the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act. OAL will then either approve the rulemaking action and file the proposed regulation with the Secretary of State or disapprove the rulemaking. 

The Final rulemaking record to be heard by the BOF can be found here. For more information, contact Senior Policy Advocate, Tracy Rhine.