The California Board of Forestry is finalizing new rules underAB3074—a 2020 law aimed at improving fire safety through the creation of an “ember-resistant” Zone 0. While fire safety is a shared priority for all of us, the proposed regulations are far more extreme than originally intended and could have serious, lasting consequences.

Why This Matters

Under the current draft guidelines, homeowners could be required to remove or drastically alter nearly all vegetation within 30 feet of their homes—including the privacy hedges, street buffers, and landscape features that make our neighborhood livable, beautiful, and environmentally friendly. (Failure to comply would be a crime.)

All of this, while the science tells us that vegetation can serve as an ember-catching buffer—not just a fire risk.

Your Voice Is Needed

We need everyone who lives in a very high fire hazard severity zone (not sure? Click here to see) to send a letter to our State representatives and to the Board of Forestry. Use these one click emails and ask your friends to do the same. The time to act is now!

Learn More Here

Dr. Jon Keeley, renowned fire ecology expert with the U.S. Geological Survey as well as UCLA, Presentation

Dr. Travis Longcore, UCLA Professor and Science Director of Urban Wildlands Group, Letter

MySafe:LA Letter to the Board of Forestry

BHA Comment Letter

Quick Fact Sheet



Brentwood Strong at 2025 Annual Meeting

Over 300 Brentwood members and residents attended the BHA annual meeting on March 17 at Brentwood School. The discussion focused on the main concerns of our members: traffic, crime and fire safety. After hearing what BHA has done and plans to do to address these issues, members posed questions to Mayor Karen Bass, Councilwoman Traci Park, District Attorney Nathan Hochman, LAFD Deputy Chief Phil Fligiel, LAFD Assistant Chief Joe Everett, LAPD Deputy Chief Gerald Woodyard, Commander Jon Tom, Commander Steve Embrich, and DWP Joe Ramallo from. Watch the video here if you missed it.

FireSafe Brentwood, established by Brentwood Homeowners Association (BHA) in 2024 in partnership with Crestwood Hills Association, is a recognized California Fire Safe Council. The mission of FireSafe Brentwood is to prepare the Brentwood community for the next wildfire by

  1. educating its residents on how to minimize risk to their homes by providing access to experts and resources,
  2. building a strong community partnership with each other as well as the first responders so everyone is ready for the next wildfire,
  3. securing resources to support fire prevention and fire protection efforts, and
  4. working to increase residential property insurability by hardening homes and creating defensible space.
Check back here to find out more about the Council’s future plans and activities.

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The 2025 Newsletter will be mailed shortly but you can read it here now.

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