Existing law establishes the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (office) in the Governor's office for the purpose of serving the Governor and the Governor's cabinet as staff for long-range planning and research and constituting the comprehensive state planning agency. Existing law requires the office, by July 1, 2020, and in consultation with the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, and other fire and safety experts, to update the guidance document entitled "Fire Hazard Planning, General Plan Technical Advice Series," and to subsequently update that document not less than once every 8 years.
This bill would, beginning January 1, 2026, require the office to update the above-described document not less than once every 5 years.