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California authorizes regional landscape wildfire-resilience grants
Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2513 (Ch. 768, Stats. 2026) on September 29, 2026. It lets the Department of Conservation, CAL FIRE and the Wildlife Conservation Board directly award regional landscape grants to regional or local entities to carry out regional wildfire priority strategies, makes advance grant payments permanent, and adds ignition prevention and roadside vegetation modification to activities eligible for CAL FIRE's local assistance grants.
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Key points
- The Director of Conservation may directly award regional landscape grants to regional entities to implement regional wildfire priority strategies.California Legislative Information
- Amends Public Resources Code 4124, 4124.5, 4208, 4208.1 and 4799.05 and adds Fish and Game Code 1357 (Ch. 768, Stats. 2026).California Legislative Information
- Adds ignition prevention and roadside vegetation modification to activities eligible for CAL FIRE local assistance grants.California Legislative Information
- The Department of Conservation may again make advance payments on program grants; the prior authority lapsed July 1, 2025, and now has no end date.California Legislative Information
- Signed September 29, 2026, in the wildfire prevention and response package; the law takes effect January 1, 2027.California Legislative InformationOffice of the Governor
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