Other bills<\/a> have been introduced this year, including bills that would require the full cash value of homes to be paid to families who lost their homes in wildfires.<\/p>\n\u201cAs we saw firsthand last January, modern fires are now spreading from wildlands into urban communities, turning our neighborhoods upside down and leaving families scrambling to pick up the pieces,\u201d Sen. Ben Allen, D-El Segundo, said during the press conference. \u201cThis past year has been immensely challenging. Tens of thousands of people remain displaced from their homes. They\u2019re fighting with their insurance for days on end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Allen added that the problem isn\u2019t just inherent to his community \u2013 it\u2019s a challenge for many communities up and down the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know we need solutions,\u201d Allen said. \u201cWe need solutions that are tangibly going to reduce this increasing climate risk through efficiently scaling wildfire mitigation techniques that we know work. That\u2019s exactly the purpose behind several of the bills that we have propose here today.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response to a question from The Center Square during the press conference, lawmakers said they know many of the programs proposed by the wildfire legislation will require some budget allocations. But they added that ultimately those programs would be paid for by existing funds in the state\u2019s coffers.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy bill isn\u2019t calling for the creation of new money, it\u2019s simply a percentage of the GGRF [greenhouse gas reduction fund],\u201d Assemblymember Damon Connolly, D-San Rafael, told The Center Square. \u201cIn an era where we are seeing devastating cuts – frankly, unfair and illegal cuts from the federal government – it\u2019s important to recognize that Californians are stepping up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor’s note: This story has been updated to add videos. (The Center Square) \u2013 A slew of new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[70307,7,9,8,94829,7529,35328,535],"class_list":{"0":"post-204938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-ben-allen","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-california-headlines","11":"tag-california-news","12":"tag-madeline-shannon","13":"tag-news-conference","14":"tag-the-center-square","15":"tag-wildfires"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}