Hello Friends! Welcome to Fires. I have lots of new subscribers this week and I am so grateful you’re here. Fires is reader-supported, so please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Good news: Gavin Newsom signed SB 322. This is a big step for California, and a gift to many nonprofits and (particularly Indigenous) groups who want to put fire on the ground without risking financial responsibility without insurance. For a while, insurance companies have been unwilling to cover folks who want to burn, even if they’re certified to do so, and this has really limited the engagement of many important cultural and prescriptive burning projects throughout the state.
I’m not a CA resident but I looked at SB322. It is complex and covers protections for health care whistleblowers to grants for wealthy landowners adjacent to wildlife preserves. Will indigenous people actually benefit from this bill? Is allowing burning without some amount of liability a good idea? Good reporting Stacey!
Coming Thursday: Pre-Fire Suppression in Oregon
I’m not a CA resident but I looked at SB322. It is complex and covers protections for health care whistleblowers to grants for wealthy landowners adjacent to wildlife preserves. Will indigenous people actually benefit from this bill? Is allowing burning without some amount of liability a good idea? Good reporting Stacey!