Primary documents and government pages. No summaries, no interpretation, straight to the source.
San Diego Fire-Rescue's official homeowner guide to defensible space requirements, including Zone Zero.
sandiego.govThe city's published guidelines document, including tree and shade-retention criteria for existing landscaping.
sandiego.govCounty Fire Authority's hub for defensible space, chipper programs, and unincorporated-area guidance.
sandiegocounty.govThe city's 2025 Fire Hazard Zone map and interactive parcel lookup tool.
sandiego.govThe statewide regulatory process behind AB 3074, SB 504, and the April 17, 2026 draft text.
bof.fire.ca.govThree real funding and support sources for San Diego homeowners. See the full assistance guide for how to stack them.
State home-hardening funding for high-risk San Diego backcountry and hillside communities. Funding phases vary by cycle.
Free curbside chipping, community chipping events, and defensible-space contractor support in select service areas.
Annual insurance discounts for verified hardening, once documented and filed with your insurer.
Local coverage, newest first, including the tradeoffs officials themselves have raised.
Reports that roughly two-thirds of the city, over 220,000 properties, fall inside a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and will need to comply with Zone Zero by San Diego's own February 2027 target.
Times of San DiegoCovers the new-construction requirement taking effect February 2026 and the existing-structure deadline of February 2027, citing research that wind-driven embers cause 60-70% of home fires in wildfire scenarios.
NBC 7 San DiegoNeighborhood-level coverage of the rollout in University City and surrounding communities inside the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone.
University City NewsReports that Deputy Fire Chief Tony Tosca acknowledged the city lacks the enforcement bandwidth to inspect every property and will lean on education and voluntary assessments rather than citations, at least initially.
KPBS Public MediaCoordinates chipping programs, home assessments, and defensible-space assistance across dozens of local councils countywide.
firesafesdcounty.org ↗Distributes Project SAFE grants to local fire safe councils and supports regional wildfire resilience projects.
sdfirefoundation.org ↗Partners on chipping events and wildfire resilience projects across the county's backcountry communities.
rcdsandiego.org ↗A free assessment tells you exactly what your property needs, mapped to San Diego's own deadlines. No PDFs to read.