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fromThe Mercury News
2 weeks ago
California

These are the wildfire-related bills the California Legislature OK'd this year

Roughly half of California's wildfire-related legislative bills have passed the legislature and await the governor's signature, covering home hardening, insurance, permits, and firefighter compensation.
fromwww.dailynews.com
2 weeks ago
California

These are the wildfire-related bills the California Legislature OK'd this year

Roughly half of dozens of wildfire-related bills have passed the legislature and await the governor's signature, covering home hardening, insurance, permits, and firefighter incentives.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

Letters: Put fire safety focus on neighborhoods, not backcountry

Prioritize community-focused wildfire measures—defensible space, ember-resistant construction, local mitigation—rather than distant backcountry forest thinning.
fromThe Mercury News
3 weeks ago

How to defend a home from wildfire: UC Berkeley researchers' lessons from infernos

Lessons learned from catastrophic and deadly wildfires that ravaged California in recent years could help residents and communities in and near forested areas limit damage from future fires, a first-of-its-kind study suggests. And experts say the researchers' conclusion that clearing flammable materials for five feet around houses - the area targeted as Zone 0 under a looming and controversial state-wide regulation - should also help residents in fire-risk zones understand the need for such measures.
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Environment
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

How to protect a home, and community, from wildfire: UC Berkeley researchers take lessons from California infernos

Communitywide home-hardening and clearing flammable materials, including a five-foot Zone 0 around houses, significantly reduce wildfire damage and risk.
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