"The Safe Homes grant program is designed to help low- and middle-income homeowners with fire mitigation. People who qualify could use grants to create 5-foot ember-resistant zones around properties, also known as Zone Zero, as required by law in some areas. The program will also contribute toward costs for fire-safe roofs. The state's Insurance Department, which is responsible for implementing the program, is working out the details around eligibility, the amount of and the distribution of grants."
"It is now developing an application portal that it hopes to have ready by March, said Michael Soller, spokesperson for the department. The insurance department will be handling all the details of the grants, said Mike Dayton, chief of staff of Assemblymember Lisa Calderon, the Los Angeles-area Democrat and chair of the Assembly Insurance Committee who wrote the law, and has so far secured $3 million in the state budget to get the program started. Soller said homeowners who have policies with admitted insurance carriers or the last-resort FAIR Plan"
California has enacted the Safe Homes grant program to assist low- and middle-income homeowners in high wildfire-risk areas with fire mitigation expenses. Qualified homeowners can use grants to create 5-foot ember-resistant Zone Zero perimeters and to help pay for fire-safe roofs. The state's Insurance Department will implement the program, establish eligibility, grant amounts, and distribution, and is developing an application portal expected by March. Initial funding of $3 million is secured in the state budget. Eligibility will require homeowners to have policies with admitted carriers or the FAIR Plan and to meet state housing department income limits. Communities and local governments may also apply for mitigation grants.
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