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This bill proposes to amend existing law to direct financial assistance from a wildfire mitigation program to the ten counties identified as having the highest combined risk of wildfire and social vulnerability. The program, administered through a joint powers agreement between the Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, aims to encourage cost-effective structure hardening and retrofitting to make homes, businesses, and public buildings more resistant to fire. Social vulnerability refers to factors that make certain populations more susceptible to wildfire risks, adverse health outcomes, or difficulties in responding to fires, often linked to socioeconomic characteristics. The bill specifically names Lake, Siskiyou, Tuolumne, Shasta, El Dorado, San Diego, Riverside, Calaveras, Los Angeles, and Tehama counties as the recipients of this prioritized financial assistance, based on criteria developed by the California Wildfire Mitigation Financial Assistance Program (CWMFAP).

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