SB 375: Wildfire prevention activities: Endangered Species Act: California Environmental Quality Act: California Coastal Act of 1973.

The bill aims to improve wildfire prevention by authorizing local agencies to submit wildfire preparedness plans to the department of fish and wildlife. These plans must minimize impacts to wildlife and habitat for endangered, threatened, and candidate species. The department will review the plans and notify the local agency if an incidental take permit is required or if the activities qualify for exemptions or streamlined pathways. The bill also exempts projects that reduce fuels in areas with moderate, high, and very high fire hazard severity zones from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act and the Coastal Act. This exemption would require a lead agency to determine if a project qualifies for the exemption. The bill does not require reimbursement for certain costs associated with implementing the wildfire preparedness plans.