CA SB504

Authorizes public education and outreach programs funded through the local assistance grant program to include new technologies and game elements to enhance property owner education about fire prevention.

Expands defensible space requirements in state responsibility areas to apply uniformly regardless of location or forest cover, requiring 100 feet of defensible space maintenance and fuels management to prevent wildfire ignition of structures (removes reference to "average weather conditions").

Extends the effective date for ember-resistant zone requirements in existing structures from one year to three years after new structure requirements take effect.

Requires the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to prioritize grant applications from local governmental entities that perform defensible space assessments in very high and high fire hazard severity zones and report data using the common reporting platform.

Specifies that no state reimbursement is required because the bill creates new criminal violations related to defensible space maintenance, which are exempt from constitutional reimbursement requirements.