California plans to ban plants and bushes within 5 feet of homes at risk for wildfires

California in 2020 passed a law, Senate Bill 3074, that required new defensible standards limiting combustible materials closest to homes in fire-prone areas of the state. Introduced by Assembly Member Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, the bill stated that one in four residential structures in California is in areas vulnerable to wildfires, though some studies have found that figure to be as high as 45%.