CA SB818

Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to maintain, enhance, and expand its human-mountain lion conflicts program in El Dorado County to protect public health and safety, including public education and outreach on minimizing conflicts

Establishes a grant program to help eligible applicants, including local governments, obtain equipment and measures to protect livestock and domestic animals and minimize activities attracting mountain lions into El Dorado County communities

Directs the department to continue and expand scientific research in El Dorado County to develop methods for deterring mountain lions from communities and preventing habituation

Requires the Director of Fish and Wildlife to appear annually before legislative committees through 2033 to provide status updates, and mandates a report to the Legislature by October 1, 2030, on program results and recommendations

All program provisions sunset on January 1, 2032; the bill is named "Taylen and Wyatt's Law" in reference to two brothers attacked by a mountain lion in El Dorado County in spring 2024, one fatally