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Senate committee advances Caballero bill requiring wildfire-specific emergency plans for water suppliers
Summary
SB 1153 would require urban retail water suppliers in high wildfire-risk areas to include wildfire-specific response procedures in emergency-response plans, clarify limits on liability for water-supply limitations during fires, and prompt regional planning and state infrastructure considerations; the committee passed the bill as amended to the Natural Resources and Water Committee.
The Senate Emergency Management Committee on Thursday passed SB 1153, sponsored by Senator Caballero, sending the measure as amended to the Natural Resources and Water Committee. The bill would require urban retail water suppliers in high wildfire-risk areas to include wildfire-specific procedures in their emergency response plans, make findings about the role and limitations of public water systems during wildfires, and clarify that limitations in water supply or pressure during a wildfire are not, by themselves, a substantial cause of wildfire damage.
Senator Caballero said the amendments (filed with input from the California Fire Chiefs Association) preserve liability for…
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