May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Summary
The bill lets groups of local governments, special districts and tribal agencies form regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives, which can become joint powers authorities. These collaboratives will write and carry out plans that harden homes, manage vegetation and improve insurance availability. A new revolving fund, financed by revenue bonds issued by the state’s I‑Bank, will provide the money for those projects and require annual reporting.
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