Press Releases

March 30, 2022: Governor’s Task Force Launches Strategic Plan to Ramp Up Wildfire Mitigation with Prescribed Fire Efforts

• 9/23/2021: Governor Newsom Signs Climate Action Bills, Outlines Historic $15 Billion Package to Tackle the Climate Crisis and Protect Vulnerable Communities
• 5/20/2021: Governor’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force Announces Forest Health Grants and Smoke Spotter App
  
  
• 4/13/2021: Governor Newsom Signs Landmark $536 Million Wildfire Package Accelerating Projects to Protect High-Risk Communities

• 4/8/2021: Governor Newsom Announces New Task Force and Highlights Agreement with Legislative Leaders on $536 Million Wildfire Package

• 4/8/2021: Governor Newsom Appoints Patrick Wright as Director of the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force

• 3/30/2021: Ahead of Peak Fire Season, Governor Newsom Announces Surge in Firefighting Support

• 3/22/2019: Governor Newsom Proclaims State of Emergency on Wildfires
• 3/5/2019: Governor Newsom Appoints Jennifer Montgomery to serve as Director of Governor's Forest Management Task Force
  
  
• 3/5/2019: CAL FIRE Submits Report on Protecting Vulnerable Communities from Catastrophic Wildfire
  
  
• 1/8/2019: Governor Newsom Announces Executive Actions to Strengthen California's Emergency Preparedness and Response

• 9/21/2018: Governor Brown Signs Legislation to Strengthen Wildfire Prevention & Recovery
  
  
• 5/10/2018: Governor Brown's Executive Order -- Wildfire & Climate