Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery
In response to the increasing threat of wildfires, Governor Brown signed into law SB 901, an extensive piece of legislation that helps to mitigate wildfire risk and increase the pace and scale of recovery efforts.
As part of this legislation, The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research is required to establish a Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery to examine issues related to wildfires associated with utility infrastructure, and to produce recommendations on changes to law that would ensure equitable distribution of costs among affected parties. Those recommendation are due to the Governor and the Legislature by July 1st, 2019.
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At the June 7th meeting, the commission will discussed draft reports from the three subcommittees (workgroups) and the draft executive summary compiled by commission staff, and received public comment. Written comments are also welcome prior to the public meeting, and will be postedreceived regarding that meeting are posted on the commission website. Please send advance written comments to wildfirecommission@opr.ca.gov.The commission transmitted its final report to the Legislature on June 18, 2019.
- Final Report of the Commission on Catastrophic Wildire Cost and Recovery Transmitted to the Legislature on 6/18/2019
Commission Meetings
The commission will hold no fewer than fourheld five public workshops, seeking at which it sought stakeholder comment and expert testimony on these issues. Links to upcoming and previousall of these meetings are listed below:
- June 7, 2019 Meeting
- April 29, 2019 Meeting
- April 3, 2019 Meeting
- March 13, 2019 Meeting
- February 25, 2019 Meeting
Public comments on file.
For additional information about the commission, contact wildfirecommission@opr.ca.gov