April 14, 2025 – Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 100, which allocates over $170 million in accelerated funding to conservancies for forest and vegetation management across California. The bill also allocates $10 million to the Karuk Tribe to construct a first-of-its-kind Regional Fire Resiliency Center in northeastern Humboldt County. Funding to State conservancies includes:

• $30,904,000 to the Sierra Nevada Conservancy

• $23,524,000 to the California Tahoe Conservancy

• $31,349,000 to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

• $30,904,000 to the State Coastal Conservancy

• $30,904,000 to the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy

• $23,524,000 to the San Diego River Conservancy

In addition, Governor Newsom signed an executive order to ensure that the wildfire safety projects funded under AB 100 benefit from streamlining under a previous emergency proclamation issued in March.