News and Notes
News from Sacramento re: Wildfire Safety, by OFSC Vice President Elizabeth Stage
April 28, 2023
The California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force Quarterly Meeting (3/30/23) The expected state budget cannot continue to ramp up resources for wildfire prevention and forest resilience, so the Governor’s Wildfire Task Force and the Legislature are focusing on making […]
Residents Petition to Underground Power Lines in Oakland Hills’ Montclair District
March 23, 2023
With climate change and increasingly hot and dry fire seasons, the wildfire risk in the Oakland Hills Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone has markedly increased in recent years. Egress routes are extremely limited for the area’s population size and […]
CPUC Inviting Comments on Undergrounding by March 10
March 3, 2023
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is inviting informal comments from the public by March 10, 2023 for the implementation of the Electric Undergrounding Expedition Program pursuant to California SB 884: Please email comments to [email protected] by March 10, 2023. You may recall, […]
Why Your Support Matters, by Ken Benson, President of Oakland Firesafe Council
December 7, 2022
Dear Neighbors, The Oakland Firesafe Council (OFSC) was formed in 2014 to advocate on behalf of and to motivate the residents who live in the high fire risk zones of Oakland/East Bay to take steps to prepare for and reduce […]