(a) On January 1, 2022, the task force, including, but not limited to, the Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Planning and Research, and the department, in coordination with the relevant lead federal, state, local, and tribal agencies, shall develop a comprehensive implementation strategy to track and ensure the achievement of the goals and key actions identified in the stateâs âWildfire and Forest Resilience Action Planâ issued by the task force in January 2021. (b) The implementation strategy required by subdivision (a) shall include, but not be limited to, the identification of lead agencies and a description of the activities completed and still necessary to achieve the goals and key actions identified in the stateâs âWildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan.â Implementation that is appropriate to the stateâs different regions shall be included in the strategy. (c) The implementation strategy required by subdivision (a) shall, in addition to the contents identified in subdivision (b), address all of the following actions: (1) Increasing the pace and scale of wildfire and forest resilience activities. This includes all of the following: (A) A joint strategy to annually treat 500,000 acres of federal land and 500,000 acres of nonfederal land by 2025. The type of the treatments shall be monitored, tracked, and reported pursuant to subdivision (e). (B) A comprehensive strategy, developed in partnership with state agencies that own state land, to expand forest management and improve the health and resilience of forested state lands. (C) A comprehensive program to coordinate and align state and federal assistance programs for small private landowners, including grant programs, stewardship education workshops, and postfire rapid response teams. (D) A strategic action plan to expand the use of prescribed fire. (E) Expansion of the Department of Conservationâs Regional Fire and Forest Capacity Program through the development of a statewide network of regional forest and community fire resilience plans. (F) A comprehensive statewide reforestation strategy. (G) A permit synchronization plan to align permitting under the Zâberg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 4511)) and forest practice rules and regulations adopted by the board with relevant permitting and regulatory requirements of the State Water Resources Control Board, the applicable regional water quality control boards, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The permit synchronization plan shall ensure, to the extent feasible, that the board, the department, the State Water Resources Control Board, the applicable regional water quality control boards, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife align their permitting requirements in order to reduce regulatory barriers for fire prevention and forest resilience activities. (H) A science-based review and recommendations to guide and inform state investments and regional strategies on actions needed to improve the health and fire resilience of chaparral, shrublands, and surrounding communities. (2) Strengthening the protection of communities and reducing their fire risk, including all of the following: (A) A statewide framework, including performance measures, to support local and regional community fire risk reduction and adaptation programs and projects. (B) Development and maintenance of a network of more than 500 fuel break projects across the state. (C) Expansion and modernization of existing defensible space and home hardening programs, particularly targeting high fire threat communities, including, but not limited to, inclusion of the ember-resistant zone and assistance programs for defensible space and home hardening, with priority given to the most vulnerable communities in the state. (D) Strengthening of investor-owned utility wildfire mitigation plans. (E) A framework for collaborative fuels reduction projects to
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