WILDFIRE SPECIAL SESSION UPDATE: Today I introduced a wildfire legislative package which will cut bureaucratic red tape to help FIREPROOF our state. These are 3 common sense proposals that will protect our communities and the environment from future wildfires 🧵: 
EXEMPT Wildfire Prevention Projects from CEQA (ABX1-7): It takes months or years to receive CEQA approval for wildfire prevention projects. According to CalFire we have 16 million acres of VERY high risk areas that need immediate brush clearing. tinyurl.com/56jj63ar
EXEMPT Controlled Burns from CARB (ABX1-8): It doesn’t make sense to worry about the smoke from small controlled burns when the alternative is massive wildfires that omit up to 20 years-worth of climate change gases we’ve worked hard to reduce. tinyurl.com/ydynaeaj
EXEMPT Powerline Undergrounding from CARB (ABX1-9): Undergrounding makes electrical power safer and more reliable. Right now the work around is to shut off the power every time the wind blows. That’s not a solution. tinyurl.com/377v54xd
These three bills are common sense measures to get bureaucrats out of the way of fireproofing our state. @GavinNewsom talks a lot about cutting red tape; I urge him to support and sign these bills quickly. tinyurl.com/3uzn92cj
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