Upcoming Zone 0 Meeting is April 23, 2026
If you live in the State Responsibility Area (SRA) or the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone in the Local Responsibility Area (LRA), you are responsible for ensuring that your property complies with defensible space requirements that call for owners to take proactive steps to protect structures from wildfire. In Ventura County “High” is subject to the “Very High” regulations.
In Ventura County, your property must be inspected prior to sale if you live in a LRA that is a High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and must be brought up to regulation as a condition of sale.
Here’s something we haven’t seen presented before. This is the what comes next and why rules.
They were adopted by the legislature after the Governor’s executive order and then amended a month later.
Notice the rental homes language in the second slide.
We think what this means is that once the BOF adopts the regs in early 2026, then the clock starts ticking for a guidelines document which must be finished within one year.
At that point, all new construction and existing rental homes must be in compliance with Zone 0 regs.
FIREWISE USA Monthly Workshop Zoom Registration
Ventura Regional Fire Safety Council's monthly Firewise USA® Workshop is hosted on the third Friday of every month via Zoom. The workshop is open to the public (online only) and begins at 1:00pm. It lasts 1-2 hours. Register in advance. Visit VenturaFireSafe.org for more information.
