State Sen. Grove Introduces SB 899 Sponsored by CAFWA
Published Friday, January 30, 2026
State Sen. Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) introduced Senate Bill 899, which mandates that by July 1, 2028, the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force will create and update a strategy for implementing the goals of California's Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan to assess the health impacts and costs of severe wildfire smoke in collaboration with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the California Department of Public Health. This assessment should include developing a model to estimate health benefits from achieving the action plan's goals and provide recommendations to enhance these benefits. Farm Bureau belongs to the California Forest Watershed Alliance with The Nature Conservancy, Rural County Representatives of California, Association of California Water Agencies and CalForests.
Staff contact: Peter Ansel, pansel@cfbf.com.
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