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CA AB2410
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Stan Ellis
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AI Summary
- Exempts critical fuels reduction projects from CEQA requirements until January 1, 2030, for communities in high fire threat districts or very high fire hazard severity zones
- Covered activities include removing hazardous, dead, or dying trees; creating strategic fuel breaks; clearing vegetation along roadways for evacuation routes; and conducting cultural burning or prescribed fire treatments
- Limits vegetation removal for fuel breaks and roadside clearing to nonnative, common species that are eight inches or less in diameter
- Eliminates coastal development permit requirements for critical fuels reduction projects meeting the same criteria
- Requires the Natural Resources Agency and California Environmental Protection Agency to report to the Legislature by January 31, 2028, on implementation of Governor Newsom's March 1, 2025 emergency proclamation expediting fuels reduction projects
Legislative Description
Wildfire safety: fuels reduction projects: California Environmental Quality Act: California Coastal Act.
Last Action
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.
3/9/2026
Committee Referrals
Natural Resources3/9/2026
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