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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Allen</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 63048.51) to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 6.7 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 4208 of, and to add Sections 4208.2, 4208.3, and 4208.4 to, the Public Resources Code, relating to fire prevention, and making an appropriation therefor.</ns0:Title>
<ns0:RelatingClause>fire prevention, and making an appropriation therefor</ns0:RelatingClause>
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<ns0:Subject>Regional Wildfire Mitigation Collaboratives.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law establishes in the Department of Conservation the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program to support regional leadership to build local and regional capacity and develop, prioritize, and implement strategies and projects that create fire adapted communities and landscapes by improving ecosystem health, community wildfire preparedness, and fire resilience. Existing law requires the department, upon appropriation, among other things, to provide block grants to regional entities, as defined, to develop regional strategies and projects that create fire adapted communities and landscapes, as provided. </html:p>
<html:p>This bill would authorize regional entities
to form regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives, consisting of specified local government entities, special districts, and tribal governments, and would further authorize these collaboratives to take the form of a joint powers authority. The bill would require these collaboratives to form cooperative agreements with specified entities, as provided. The bill would authorize the collaboratives to develop wildfire mitigation plans to implement projects across the region that mitigate against the risk of wildfire, including projects related to, among other things, structure hardening and retrofitting. The bill would require the plans to consider projects that accomplish specified goals, including, among other things, improve the availability and affordability of property insurance in the region.</html:p>
<html:p>Existing law, the Bergeson-Peace Infrastructure and Economic
Development Bank Act, establishes the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I-Bank) within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development and, among other things, authorizes the I-Bank to make loans, issue bonds, and provide financial assistance for various types of projects that qualify as economic development or public development facilities, as provided. </html:p>
<html:p>This bill would authorize the I-Bank, in coordination with the Treasurer and the Department of Conservation, to issue revenue bonds to finance wildfire mitigation plans developed by regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives. The bill would establish the Regional Wildfire Mitigation Collaborative Revolving Fund (revolving fund) in the State Treasury, require moneys generated from the sale of bonds to be deposited in the revolving fund and used exclusively to support the
regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives, and continuously appropriate moneys in the revolving fund to the I-Bank to support the regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives. By establishing a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require a regional wildfire mitigation collaborative receiving funds from the I-Bank to enter into a repayment and participation agreement with the bank, specifying the funding commitments and reporting obligations.</html:p>
<html:p>The bill would require a regional wildfire mitigation collaborative seeking funds from the Revolving Fund to submit a wildfire mitigation plan to the Department of Conservation. The bill would authorize the department to consult with specified state entities to review the plans according to specified criteria. The bill would make the regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives eligible for funding from the Revolving Fund upon the department’s approval of the wildfire mitigation
plan. The bill would also authorize the I-Bank to provide technical assistance to regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives. </html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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<html:p>The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:</html:p>
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(a)
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California’s wildfire crisis poses systemic risks to insurance markets, investor-owned utilities, ratepayers, and the state’s long-term fiscal outlook.
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(b)
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Wildfire prevention actions, including home hardening, defensible space, landscape-scale vegetation management, and more, are necessary to reduce the risk of
loss and damage to life and property.
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(c)
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Current wildfire spending is insufficient to result in the needed risk reduction at the scale required. In addition, current spending is not directed enough towards structural hardening and communitywide risk reduction.
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(d)
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In the 2025–26 fiscal year, the State of California spent roughly $4,000,000,000 on wildfire, 90 percent of which went towards firefighting and fire suppression, and only 10 percent towards prevention.
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(e)
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In 2025, according to Stanford University researchers, investor-owned utility planned wildfire expenditures totaled more than $9,000,000,0000, to be spent primarily on distribution line right-of-way clearance.
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(f)
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Conservation finance methodologies, including pay-for-success models where
public and private entities quantify the benefits associated with a planned conservation action and agree to a schedule of milestone payments based upon the action being implemented and the benefits accrued, have been successfully deployed, including in California, to raise upfront financing via bond markets.
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(g)
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It is the intent of the Legislature, on a voluntary basis, to incentivize similar financing strategies via existing programs and in a targeted manner to increase wildfire prevention in California.
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<ns0:Num>SEC. 2.</ns0:Num>
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Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 63048.51) is added to Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 6.7 of the
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<html:p>For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: </html:p>
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(a)
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“Entity” means an entity listed in paragraphs (1) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 4208.2 of the Public Resources Code.
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(b)
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“Regional wildfire mitigation collaborative” means an entity formed pursuant to Section 4208.2 of the Public Resources Code.
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(c)
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“Revolving fund” means the Regional Wildfire Mitigation Collaborative Revolving Fund established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 63048.52.
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(a)
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The bank, in coordination with the Treasurer and the Department of Conservation, may issue revenue bonds to finance wildfire mitigation plans developed by regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 4208) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code.
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(b)
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A regional wildfire mitigation collaborative receiving funding for a plan developed pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 4208) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code shall enter into a repayment and participation agreement with the bank, specifying the funding commitments and reporting obligations.
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(c)
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(1)
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The Regional Wildfire Mitigation Collaborative Revolving Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the revolving fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the bank without regard to fiscal year for the purposes of this article.
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(2)
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Moneys generated from the sale of bonds shall be deposited into the revolving fund.
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(d)
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The bank may distribute proceeds from the revolving fund to regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives, following approval of the collaborative’s wildfire mitigation plan pursuant to Section 4208.4 of the Public Resources Code.
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(e)
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The bank may also provide technical assistance to regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives, including joint powers authorities.
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(a)
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The bank may issue taxable or tax-exempt revenue bonds pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 63070) to finance wildfire mitigation plans developed by regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 4208) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code. The proceeds of the bonds shall be deposited into the revolving fund, as provided in Section 63048.52, and used exclusively for the purposes of supporting wildfire mitigation plans developed by regional wildfire mitigation collaboratives pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 4208 of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Public Resources Code). Bond proceeds may also be used to fund necessary reserves, capitalized interest, or costs of issuance.
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(b)
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Bonds issued under this article shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the state or of any political subdivision of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision, other than the bank, but shall be payable solely from the revolving fund and the assets of the revolving fund, and the security provided by the revolving fund. All bonds issued under this article shall contain on the face of the bonds a statement to that effect.
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Section 4208 of the
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<html:p>For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:</html:p>
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(a)
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“Department” means the Department of Conservation.
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(b)
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“Eligible coordinating organization” means a local government, tribal government, resource conservation district, joint powers authority, or nongovernmental organization with a history of providing technical assistance and demonstrated capacity to coordinate regional partners across the state.
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(c)
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“Program” means the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program.
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(d)
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“Regional entity” means a state conservancy, local government, tribal government, resource conservation
district, joint powers authority, or nongovernmental organization with a history of implementing related projects, demonstrated capacity to work across regional partners, and ability to serve as fiscal administrators for the program.
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(e)
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“Regional wildfire mitigation collaborative” or “collaborative” means an entity formed by a regional entity as described in Section 4208.2.
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(f)
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“Statewide implementation” means identifying and supporting regional entities in every part of the state that contains or is
adjacent to a very high or high fire hazard severity zone identified by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to Section 51178 of the Government Code or Article 9 (commencing with Section 4201).
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Section 4208.2 is added to the
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(a)
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A regional entity may form a regional wildfire mitigation collaborative with any or all of the following entities:
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(1)
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Cities.
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(2)
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Counties.
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(3)
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Fire districts.
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(4)
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Water agencies.
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(5)
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Public utilities.
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(6)
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Conservancies.
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(7)
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Resource conservation districts.
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(8)
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Tribal governments.
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(9)
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Other relevant public agencies.
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(b)
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A collaborative shall form cooperative agreements with any or all of the following entities:
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(1)
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Property insurers that serve the region, if applicable.
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(2)
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Private utilities that serve the region, if applicable.
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(3)
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Other relevant private or nonprofit entities.
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(c)
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A collaborative formed pursuant to subdivision (a) may be formed as a joints powers authority pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
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<ns0:Num>SEC. 5.</ns0:Num>
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Section 4208.3 is added to the
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(a)
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A regional wildfire mitigation collaborative formed pursuant to Section 4208.2 may develop wildfire mitigation plans to implement projects across the region that mitigate against the risk of wildfire, including, but not limited to, the following types of projects:
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(1)
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Structure hardening and retrofitting that creates fire-resistant homes, businesses, and public buildings.
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(2)
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Creation of additional “Firewise USA” communities.
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(3)
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Projects that facilitate vegetation management.
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(4)
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Prescribed grazing.
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(5)
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Prescribed burns.
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(6)
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The creation and maintenance of defensible space.
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(7)
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Development and implementation of public education and outreach programs, including the following:
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(A)
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Programs that include technical assistance, new technologies, game elements to enhance and accelerate the education of property owners, workforce recruitment and training, and equipment purchases.
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(B)
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Public education outreach regarding making homes and communities more wildfire resilient, including training on defensible space and prescribed grazing.
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(8)
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Ignition prevention.
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(9)
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Other
fuel modification activities that provide neighborhood or communitywide benefits against wildfire.
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(b)
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Wildfire mitigation plans shall be focused primarily on maximizing communitywide wildfire risk reduction. Plans may also include projects that benefit individual properties.
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(c)
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Wildfire mitigation plans shall consider projects that accomplish the following goals:
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(1)
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Improve the availability and affordability of property insurance in the region.
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(2)
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Reduce the risk of utility started fires.
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(3)
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Complement other fire prevention or forest health activities and plans.
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Section 4208.4 is added to the
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(a)
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A regional wildfire mitigation collaborative may, consistent with the requirements of this section, receive funds from the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank pursuant to Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 63048.51) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 6.7 of the Government Code.
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(b)
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A regional wildfire mitigation collaborative seeking funds pursuant to Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 63048.51) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 6.7 of the Government Code shall submit a wildfire mitigation plan consistent with Section 4208.3 to the department.
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(c)
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The department may consult with the State Fire Marshal, the Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Office of Emergency Services, the Department of Insurance, and the Public Utilities Commission, as applicable, to review a wildfire mitigation plan according to the following criteria:
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(1)
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The wildfire risk and loss reduction that the plan brings to the region.
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(2)
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The wildfire risk and loss reduction that the plan brings to very high and high fire hazard severity zones.
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(3)
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Geographic areas to which the plan and its activities apply.
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(4)
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Cost effectiveness of the activities identified in the plan.
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(d)
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Following approval of the wildfire mitigation plan by the department, the collaborative shall be eligible to receive
funds for purposes of the wildfire mitigation plan pursuant to Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 63048.51) of Chapter 2 of Division 1 of Title 6.7 of the Government Code.
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