State Senate approves 'Golden State Commitment' Wildfire Package

The California State Senate on Tuesday advanced the Golden State Commitment package, which proponents said will protect Californians from devastating wildfires.

The package of 13 bills is a comprehensive legislative effort to strengthen California's wildfire response and recovery efforts, help stabilize the state's insurance market, streamline rebuilding after disasters and make communities more wildfire safe.

The package, which has bipartisan support, was announced in early February in direct response to the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires, which destroyed over 16,000 structures and tragically took 29 lives.

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SB 616: Insurance Community Hardening Commission (Senators Rubio, Cortese and Stern)

Develop an Insurance Community Hardening Commission to create a consistent data-driven statewide minimum fire standards for mitigation across high fire risk communities. By centralizing these wildfire mitigations into one standard, it will make it easier for homeowners, developers, and builders to comply with all the mitigations, make it easier for homeowners to get insurance, and make structures more wildfire safe.