This week the California Board of Forestry (BOF) released a revised draft of its proposed changes to the State Fire Safe regulations. The February 8th proposal is accompanied by an explanatory memo and attachment outlining revisions to the language and specific areas of focus for stakeholder feedback.
The BOF has scheduled a public workshop for February 24 at 8:30 a.m. to discuss the revised draft rulemaking language. BOF staff is requesting that comments on the new proposal be submitted by February 17th in order to allow staff time to consider the feedback before the workshop. All public comments received by the BOF since the first workshop in November are now available for viewing on the BOF website, and will be updated weekly.
The State Fire Safe regulations set forth basic wildfire protection standards for development in the State Responsibility Area and, beginning July 1, 2021, the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones of the Local Responsibility Area.
For updates from the BOF on the Fire Safe Regulations and other activities of the BOF Resource Protection Committee, subscribe to email updates here. For more information, please contact Tracy Rhine at trhine@rcrcnet.org.