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Environment
fromKqed
2 days ago

Will Newsom Sign California's 'Biggest Step' Toward Saving Fire-Prone Neighborhoods? | KQED

Implementing Zone 0 defensible space and home hardening significantly reduces ember-driven structure loss and requires coordinated prevention across landscape, neighborhood, and parcel levels.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

'Zone zero' rule could be California's wildfire savior - or its environmental undoing

Proposed 'zone zero' rules would ban flammable landscaping within five feet of structures in very high fire hazard zones, prompting concern over tree canopy loss.
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