Below are the bills CA FWD is supporting during the 2025-26 legislative session:<\/p>\n
AB 1666 (Rogers) \u2013 Biomass Innovation Parks Act<\/a>: Enacts the Biomass Innovation Parks Act, which would establish the Biomass Innovation Park Grants and Financing Program. The bill would require the agency, in coordination with the Department of Food and Agriculture and CAL-FIRE, to identify one or more biomass innovation parks.<\/p>\n AB 1699 (Rogers) \u2013 The Good Fire Act<\/a>: Eases implementation barriers and expands California\u2019s use of beneficial fire\u2014a proven tool for reducing catastrophic wildfire risk, protecting communities, and restoring healthy landscapes.<\/p>\n AB 1891 (Connolly) \u2013 Beneficial Fire Capacity Act<\/a>: Creates a Beneficial Fire Capacity Program by dedicating 10% of the existing Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund\u2019s annual continuous appropriation for CalFire\u2019s wildfire resiliency programs to support Tribal and community-led beneficial fire.<\/p>\n AB 2516 (Petrie-Norris) \u2013 California Grid Manufacturing Initiative<\/a>: Establishes the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative (CGMI) and addresses challenges facing California\u2019s electric grid: escalating equipment costs, severe supply chain bottlenecks, and the need to modernize aging infrastructure while advancing our clean energy goals.<\/p>\n AB 2745 (Fong) \u2013 International Trade and Investment<\/a>: Modernizes and strengthens California\u2019s approach to international trade and investment, including, but not limited to, enhancing the Governor\u2019s Office of Business and Economic Development\u2019s (GO-Biz) International Trade and Investment Program to better support California businesses in accessing and expanding into global markets.<\/p>\n SB 894 (Allen) \u2013 Wildfire Mitigation Affordability Act<\/a>: Establishes the California Wildfire Resilience Loan Program, creating a state-backed loan loss reserve that can leverage public dollars by as much as 10-to-1 to unlock private capital, lower interest rates, and finance home hardening and defensible space improvements for residential and small business properties across California.<\/p>\n SB 973 (Becker) \u2013 Wildfire County Coordinator Program<\/a>: Strengthens community wildfire resilience statewide by pairing standardized, state-led risk assessment guidance with locally delivered implementation capacity. It codifies and expands a proven program\u2014the Wildfire County Coordinator Program\u2014so state wildfire strategy consistently translates into on-the-ground risk reduction.<\/p>\n SB 1054 (Cabaldon) \u2013 Better Data, Better Coverage, Better California Act<\/a> \u2013 SUPPORT IF AMENDED: Directs the Employment Development Department to collect hours worked, job type, and occupation information through existing employer wage filings.\u00a0By collecting hours worked and occupation, SB 1054 will help the state measure job placement, wage progression, and workforce outcomes more effectively, while better aligning training investments with quality jobs.<\/p>\n