BILL NUMBER:  AB 2465
  VETOED	DATE: 09/29/2014




To the Members of the California State Assembly:
I am returning Assembly Bill 2465 without my signature.¦
Today, California faces unprecedented wildfires due to high fuel
accumulations, climate change, and in the last three years, drought.¦
There are many prevention activities that are needed to reduce the
likelihood and the impacts of wildfires.¦ Prescribed fires are a
longstanding form of land management that can help reduce the
intensity of wildfires and renew ecosystems.
As part of the State's Strategic Fire Plan, CAL FIRE recognizes
prescribed fire as an important tool for land managers to use to
improve their lands and to address the poor health of many of our
forests.¦
Rather than creating an independent template as required by this
bill, I am directing CAL FIRE to build further on their existing work
and develop an Appendix to the State Fire Plan on prescribed fires
for consideration by the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.¦ CAL
FIRE will work in collaboration with the Air Resources Board, local
air districts, academics, nongovernmental organizations, local
governments, and tribes on recommended actions for enhancing the
practice of prescribed burns.
Sincerely,
¦
Edmund G. Brown Jr.