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California Senate committee advances bill to require disclosure of fireworks storage and local permits after deadly warehouse blast
Summary
The Senate committee advanced SB828 to require fireworks-license applicants to disclose storage addresses and verify local permits, a response to a deadly explosion in Esparto that exposed gaps between state licensing and local permitting.
The California State Senate Committee on Governmental Organization advanced SB828 on a voice roll call after testimony that a deadly fireworks warehouse explosion revealed gaps in state and local oversight.
Senator Cabaldon, the bill’s author, told the committee the July explosion in Esparto killed seven people and highlighted that current systems ‘‘don’t talk to each other’’: state licensure and local storage permits are not verified against one another. He said SB828 would require anyone applying for a state fireworks license to disclose all storage-facility addresses and to show proof of any required local permits; the State Fire Marshal would notify local agencies, and the state could deny or revoke a license if applicants cannot provide…
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