California calls for 5-foot clearance around homes: What does it mean?
Gavin Newsom, facing nationwide criticism after the devastating Los Angeles fires, on Thursday signed an executive order to ...
Editorial: The state lags on fire safety rules, but even common sense should limit combustibles near homes
The state can't make people protect their homes and neighborhoods better until it makes the government finish writing the ...
Newsom's order to speed up regulations making CA homes safer from fire threats
The executive order calls for the expedition of efforts to establish Zone 0 regulations, which would expand on the state’s ...
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Newsom’s executive order mandating 5-foot clearance around homes: What does it mean?
With climate change contributing to larger, more frequent wildfires, state authorities have focused heavily on pushing residents to create “defensible space” around their homes. Cal Fire ...
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Gov. Newsom wants to speed up delayed rule making California homes more fire resistant
California already enforces some of the most stringent defensible-space laws in the West, which require homeowners in ...
Los Angeles Times6d
Opinion: Do more than clear brush. Garden for fire
Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some experts say may have helped mitigate the damage from Los Angeles ...
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Crime and Public Safety
With climate change contributing to larger, more frequent wildfires, state authorities have focused heavily on pushing residents to create “defensible space” around their homes. Newsom’s ...
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California calls for 5-foot clearance around homes: What does it mean?
With climate change contributing to larger, more frequent wildfires, state authorities have focused heavily on pushing residents to create “defensible space” around their homes. Newsom’s ...
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Editorial: The state lags on fire safety rules, but even common sense should limit combustibles near homes
If state rules are not in effect when homeowners rebuild, they should still seriously consider rebuilding with a defensible space of at least five feet around their homes. Giving up favored ...