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Senate committee advances SB 904 to speed and coordinate wildfire rebuilding
Summary
The Senate Emergency Management Committee advanced SB 904 to Appropriations. The bill would codify parts of Executive Order N‑425 to identify permitting and building-code barriers after wildfire disasters; Climate Action California opposed the measure, citing concerns about streamlining protections.
The Senate Emergency Management Committee voted to advance SB 904, a bill that would codify elements of Executive Order N‑425 to coordinate agency responses and identify permitting and building-code requirements that can impede rebuilding after declared wildfire emergencies.
The vice chair, who presented the bill, told the committee SB 904 “builds upon the broad and coordinated agency response effort demonstrated in the LA County Palisades fires” and would make similar…
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