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<br />DRAFT 2025 Legislative Positions <br /> <br />8 | P a g e <br />Updated 4.21.2025 <br />Endangered <br />species: incidental <br />take: wildfire <br />preparedness <br />activities <br />Fish and Wildlife and SFM including, but not limited to, the <br />State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (Board) <br />California Vegetation Treatment Program, DFW to develop <br />maps identifying critical habitats within lands designated as <br />moderate, high, or very high fire hazard severity. The bill <br />would require DFW to update the maps at least once every <br />five years and require the maps to be made available to a city, <br />county, city and county, special district, or other local agency <br />for wildfire planning and preparedness purposes in order to <br />protect life and property. <br /> <br />15 AB 888 (Calderon) <br /> <br />California Safe <br />Homes grant <br />program <br />This bill would establish the California Safe Homes grant <br />program to be developed by the department to reduce local <br />and statewide wildfire losses, among other things. The bill <br />would require the department to prioritize specified needs <br />when awarding grant funds, and would require eligib le <br />program applicants, which would include individuals, cities, <br />counties, and special districts, to meet specified criteria. The <br />bill would establish the Sustainable Insurance Account within <br />the Insurance Fund, which would be continuously <br />appropriated to fund the program. The bill would require 40% <br />of the amount of the gross premiums tax collected from <br />property and casualty insurance above the amount collected <br />from those insurers in 2023 to be deposited into the account. <br /> <br />Support None/Support <br /> LOCAL CONTROL – MISCELLANEOUS <br /> <br />16 SB 456 (Ashby) <br /> <br />Contractors: <br />exemptions: <br />muralists <br />Current law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to engage <br />in the business, or act in the capacity, of a contractor without a <br />license, unless exempted. This bill would exempt from that law <br />an artist who draws, paints, applies, executes, restores, or <br />conserves a mural, as defined, pursuant to an agreement with <br />a person who could legally authorize the work. <br /> <br />Support None/Co-Sponsor <br />Page 36 of 682