Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: FAIR Plan policies: wildland-urban interface.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on how the recommendations will be implemented or any funding for wildfire hazard reduction measures.

Wildfire Safety Task Force: Insurance Policies for High-Risk Areas

This law requires California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to work with other agencies to recommend ways to reduce wildfire risks in areas where many people need special insurance due to high fire danger.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, by June 30, 2027, to make recommendations on reducing wildfire hazards in high-risk wildland-urban interface areas identified in the state’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan.
• The recommendations must prioritize specific risk reduction measures for ZIP codes that have seen significant increases in FAIR Plan policies since 2019.

Who It Names or Affects

• Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• Department of Insurance
• California FAIR Plan Association

Terms To Know

FAIR Plan

A program that provides basic property insurance to people who cannot get regular insurance due to high risk.

Wildland-urban interface

The area where buildings and homes meet or are near natural lands, often at risk of wildfires.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how the recommendations will be implemented.
• Does not provide funding for wildfire hazard reduction measures.

Official Summary Text

SB 1162, as amended, Alvarado-Gil.
Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force: FAIR Plan policies: wildland-urban interface.
The California FAIR Plan Association is a joint reinsurance association in which all insurers licensed to write basic property insurance participate in administering a program for the equitable apportionment of basic property insurance for persons who are unable to obtain that coverage through normal channels.
Existing law requires the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to develop a comprehensive implementation strategy to track and ensure the achievement of the goals and key actions identified in the state’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan, as provided. Existing law requires, on or before March 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, the task force to update the action plan.
This bill would require the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, on or before June 30, 2027, and in
consultation with the Department of Insurance and the California FAIR Plan Association, to make recommendations to
prioritize those state efforts to reduce wildfire hazards in the wildland-urban interface identified in the action plan for
the task force regarding specific wildfire risk reduction measures that would reduce the regional risk profile for high-hazard landscapes and communities, particularly those
ZIP
codes
Codes
that have seen the largest increases in FAIR Plan policies sold since 2019.

Current Bill Text

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