On Thursday morning, Santa Clarita Assemblywoman Suzette Martinez Valladares’ bill aimed to prevent wildfires passed through the Assembly floor and is now on it’s way to the Senate.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare and certify an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out. Existing law exempts actions of fuel reduction or forest thinning on federal lands from these CEQA requirements in an effort to promote wildfire prevention.
The bill, AB 267, would extend this exemption to January 1, 2026, allowing for federal property to continue with fire prevention projects in high risk areas.
By R.J. Johnson - @rickerthewriter
Apr 29, 2021
A brush fire in Castaic that has burned around 650 acres and is zero percent contained has prompted authorities to issue mandatory evacuations for several streets in the area.
The North Fire was first reported at around 1:45 p.m. near The Old Road, east of the Golden State (5) Freeway. The fire began as a one acre brush fire that quickly spread to 50 acres by 3:20 p.m.
Mandatory evacuations were issued for those residents north and west of West Hills Drive, north of Iron Village Drive, north and west of Tesoro Del Valle and north of Copper Hill Drive due to the North Fire, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff s Station announced.
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