Find out More:
Information from official government agencies and closely affiliated organizations:
Assembly Bill 3074 - Fire prevention: wildfire risk: defensible space: ember-resistant zones - https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB3074/id/2210565
CALFIRE Board of Forestry and Fire Protection - Defensible Space - Zones 0, 1, and 2 https://bof.fire.ca.gov/projects-and-programs/defensible-space-zones-0-1-and-2
CALFIRE pdf FAQs: https://s45897.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/LRA-Legislation-FactsheetFlipbook.pdf
CALFIRE link to page where you can search an address for fire zone: https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/fire-hazard-severity-zones
Ventura Regional Fire Safe Council is a non-profit organization that conducts public outreach on behalf of Ventura County government: https://venturafiresafe.org/
In case you like to follow the money, here is the direct link to the financials for Ventura Fire Safe Council https://venturafiresafe.org/mission-impact/
Information from non governmental sources:
LAT 9/16/25 Proposed ‘zone zero’ rule could be California’s wildfire savior — or its environmental undoing - https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2025-09-15/proposed-zone-zero-rules-would-remove-all-plants-within-five-feet-homes-fire-areas
Moritz Fire Lab - https://moritzfirelab.org/research/
Guest article in LA Times from Max Moritz and Luca Carmignani - California’s proposed ban on plants near homes could be dangerously bad advice https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-06-02/california-fire-risk-zone-0-landscaping-plants or https://www.zone0conejovalley.com/communications
Greg Rubin - landscape contractor specializing in California native plants https://www.kensingtonfiresafe.org/2025/02/03/thoughts-on-the-los-angeles-2025-fires-by-greg-rubin/
YouTube Video - Defensible Space, Zone Zero, and the New Fire Hazard Severity Zones by Dr. Travis Longcore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTAnEsDO7xo
Xyloplan is a consultancy for HOAs, Cities, etc that helps identify the most effective mitigations to decrease the threat of wildfire to your community and provide data to insurers to help them assess appropriate wildfire risk when writing policies for your development. https://www.xyloplan.com/
Diana Nicole’s Zone 0 advice from horticulture expert: https://www.dianaznicole.com/zone-0
Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Group - https://www.nist.gov/el/fire-research-division-73300/wildland-urban-interface-fire-73305
Hazard Mitigation Methodology - https://www.nist.gov/el/fire-research-division-73300/resources/hazard-mitigation-methodology-hmm
Alliance for Practical Fire Solutions - a Berkley org advocating for practical and pragmatic fire safety solutions www.afpfs.org
Brentwood Homeowners comments to the BOF: https://www.brentwoodhomeowners.org/docs/UTF-820250426_ZoneZeroPleadCommets.pdf