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California Burning: Funding to Fight It John Bliss Valerie Flores 1 4745 Mangels Blvd, Fairfield, California 94534 Recent Wildland Fire History in California Acres Burned 9,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,000,000

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California Burning: Funding to Fight It

4745 Mangels Blvd, Fairfield, California 94534

John Bliss Valerie Flores

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Recent Wildland Fire History in California

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Source: CalFire 2018 fire season was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season on record in CA, with 1.89 million acres burned 2019 expected burned acres are estimated

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Acres Burned

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Recent Wildland Fire History

  • Of the top 20 most destructive wildfires since 1923, 10 (50%) have
  • ccurred in just the last 4 years (2015-2018).
  • Almost 2,400,000 acres burned, causing 144 deaths and the loss of over

33,000 structures.

  • The most recently devastating Camp Fire burned about 153,000 acres

and almost 19,000 structures and caused the most deaths (85). The human and economic impacts have been staggering.

  • This is a radically different pattern from the prior 1923 to 2015 period.
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Areas Burned in California

(1980s to 2017)

Source: CalFire 2018 fires are not included in this map 2018 fires burned over 1.89 million acres (almost 2% of the State)

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  • 1. Jumped the Wildland Urban Interface

Game Changer for Cities: 2017 Tubbs Fire

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Pre 2017 Tubbs Fire: Normal

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Post 2017 Tubbs Fire: New Normal

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  • 1. Fire Suppression
  • 2. Vegetation Management
  • 3. Structure Resiliency (House Hardening)
  • 4. Additional Funding

How Local Agencies Can Effectively Implement Changes?

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  • 1. Better, Faster Equipment
  • Night-time aviation, drones, etc.
  • 2. Better Evacuation Communications/Prep/Drills
  • 3. Public Education
  • Defensible space and structure hardening informational inspections
  • 1. Fire Suppression

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Emergency Evacuation Planning with Other First Responders

  • Planning
  • Coordination
  • Communications
  • Annual drills
  • Dedicated evacuation

routes

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  • 1. Defensible Space
  • 2. Fire break maintenance

a. Shaded Fuel Breaks

  • 3. Roadside clearances and other public area fuel reduction
  • 4. Fuel chipping programs (FireSafe Council, community forums)
  • 2. Vegetation Management

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  • 1. State Building Standards
  • 2. Local Building Standards
  • 3. Retrofits
  • 4. Inspections
  • 3. Structure Resiliency (House Hardening)

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  • 3. Structure Resiliency (House Hardening) Cont.

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  • Roof
  • Vents
  • Eaves and Soffits
  • Windows
  • Decks
  • Rain Gutters
  • Patio Cover
  • Chimney
  • Garage
  • Fences
  • Driveways and Access Roads
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  • 4. Additional Funding to Fight It

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The “Five-Legged Stool” Approach

  • Impact Fees
  • CFDs
  • Fees
  • Grants
  • Special Taxes and/or Benefit Assessments
  • You already collect Ad Valorem property taxes

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  • Require balloting
  • Long term, reliable funding sources

Special Taxes or Benefit Assessments

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  • 1. Improvement plan
  • 2. Engineer’s Report
  • 3. Board review & resolutions
  • 4. Mail notice and ballots
  • 5. Public hearing
  • 6. Tabulate ballots

Benefit Assessments – Prop 218

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Benefit Assessment Issues

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  • General vs special benefit
  • Proportionality
  • Law is unclear
  • HJTA
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Special Taxes

  • Improvement plan
  • Methodology
  • Resolution of consolidation
  • Polling place vs mailed ballot
  • Tabulate votes

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Criteria Special Tax Assessment Who votes? Registered Voters Property Owners Who created requirements? Jarvis Taxpayers Jarvis Taxpayers Election venue Polling Booth Mailed Ballot Election period 1 Day 45 Days Deadline to place on County tax bill Does everyone who will pay get a vote? August 10 No August 10 Yes Are votes proportional to overall burden? No Yes Threshold of vote required for success Super Majority (66.6%+) Weighted Majority (50%+) Most common local funding option for fire Yes Yes Special benefit required No Yes Use of funds Wide Range Somewhat Limited

Comparison of Taxes vs Assessments

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Next Steps

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  • Public opinion survey
  • Community outreach
  • Ballot measure
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Public Opinion Surveys

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Why surveys are useful

  • Identify winnable rate
  • Identify key messages
  • Choose optimal funding mechanism

Phone vs mail vs online

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Community Outreach

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  • Start early
  • Be…
  • authentic
  • transparent
  • approachable
  • clear
  • credible
  • Face-to-face
  • Detailed financials and services
  • Time intensive
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Summary

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  • This problem won’t solve itself
  • There’s something we can do about it
  • If we have the money
  • Funding options are available
  • Look before you leap
  • Put in the work
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Questions & Answers

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