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Shed Fire Spreads, JCFPD & CALFire Respond

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Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Releases Report Addressing Fire Insurance Availability Issues

Nearly Half Of California Counties Have Housing Rated At High Or Very High Fire Risk

Firefighters from Julian-Cuyamaca Fire and CALFire responded to and halted the spread of a roughly one-acre vegetation fire in Julian on Tuesday(1/2), according to Cal Fire. The fire started off the 2300 block of Sunset View Drive in Julian as a structure fire but quickly spread to the surrounding vegetation It started just before 11 a.m. after nearly 90 minutes, firefighters were able to stop the spread of the flames. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A neighbor said that the fire started in a shed and then jumped a road and started burning uphill toward houses.

SDG&E Granted Extension By PUC For Power Shut Off Report Supervisor Jacob Has Questions

by Michael Hart

Timothy Sullivan, Executive Director of the California Public Utilities Commission(PUC) on December 20 issued a letter granting SDG&E’s request for an additional 30 days to file their report on the power shut off. In the letter - “For good cause shown, SDG&E’s request is granted. Pursuant to Rule 16.6 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, SDG&E must promptly notify all parties to Application 08-12-021 that SDG&E has been granted an extension of time until January 30, 2018, to comply with the reporting requirement in Ordering Paragraph 2 of 0.12-04-024. SOG&E must state in the opening paragraph of the notice that the Executive Director has authorized the extension. In A Letter to PUC President Michael Picker, Supervisor Jacob raised the following issues: “To immediately request a formal investigation and independent review by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) into the decision by San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) to shut off power to thousands of residents across San Diego County during the recent Santa Ana weather event. A formal investigation is needed to carefully review SDG&E’s recent shut down decision to determine if it was really necessary as a “last resort” to reduce the risk of wildfire and within the scope of the immunity from liability provided by SDG&E Tariff Rule 14. The Commission has carefully reviewed SDG&E’s authority to shut off power lines to reduce the risk of wildfire during Santa Ana wind conditions. In Decision 09-09-030 in 2009, the Commission rejected SDG&E’s proposed Power Shut-Off Plan; finding, among other things, that “shutting off power increases the public safety risk of wildfires “ The Commission further observed that Santa Ana wind conditions occur annually in Southern California and that “...SDG&E is required by General Order 95 to design, construct and maintain it’s poweNline facilities to operate safely under these regularly occurring conditions.” She went on to state - “To ensure shut downs are really necessary, the Commission requires SDO&E to submit a detailed report of all shutdown events within 0 business days after the shutoff ends. There is no provision for the late filing of this report as requested by SDG&E, yet the extension has been granted. Moreover, the Commission retains authority “...to investigate each reported incident and prepare an order instituting investigation.” Without receipt of the report and a thorough investigation by the Commission, there is no way to know if SDG&E’s decision was reasonably necessary to respond to unusual conditions or just a result of SOG&E’s failure to design and maintain its system in accordance with design standards that account for regularly occurring high winds in the region.”

Private Well Program Presentation And Assistance To Private Well Owners The Rural Community Assistance Corporation “RCAC” is providing a free private well owner presentation in Julian, CA on Saturday, January 27, 2017 from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm in the community room of the Julian branch library. The well owner presentation will train well owners on septic and well system proper operation and maintenance. Common well and septic troubleshooting problems and solutions will be discussed. How groundwater flows and recharges the aquifers will also be covered during the event. Mark your calendar and plan ahead for this program. There are flyers at the Julian branch to apply to have one of their staff visit your property and perform a well assessment. These assessments are available to private well owners or properties serving less than 15 dwellings. For more information about the program or if you are interested in a well assessment or becoming a partner, please contact Thi Pham at tpham@rcac.org, or visit http://www.rcac.org/ environmental/individual-well-program/. This program is funded by the Environmental Protection Act and is available to rural communities. The Julian Branch Library is located at 1850 Highway 78, Julian. The telephone number is 760-765-0370.

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Thursday (1/4) released a report on the growing problem of homeowners’ fire insurance availability and affordability in many areas throughout the state. The report recommends needed changes in law-the legislature should enact to effectively address the growing problem, which is likely to get worse as a result of last year's devastating fires. Over the past two decades, wildfires have caused significant insured damage in what is called the wildland-urban interface where an estimated 3.6 million California homes are located and more than one million are identified as being at high or very high fire risk. "Californians are facing more severe, more unpredictable and more frequent wildfires," said Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. "Add to the equation, increasing development in areas more vulnerable to fire and you can see why wildfires are now an everyday threat to life and property for Californians." The devastating risk and cost of wildfires was brought home in late 2017 when wildfires, driven by high winds, destroyed and damaged more than 21,000 homes in the North Bay and tragically killed 44 people. The nightmare continued into December, as a stubborn high-pressure ridge, record temperatures and Santa Ana winds fueled deadly fires from San Diego and Los Angeles to Ventura and Santa Barbara, again destroying thousands of homes and structures and killing two people, including Cal Fire equipment engineer Cory Iverson. The Thomas Fire, which is near full containment, is going down in history as the state's largest wildfire, charring more than 280,000 acres in December. The California Department of Insurance is seeing an increasing number of complaints, feedback and other evidence from policyholders, consumer groups, public officials, and other stakeholders that homeowners' insurance coverage in the wildlandurban interface is increasingly difficult to obtain and, if available, is unaffordable for many. The inability to obtain affordable homeowners' insurance coverage creates great risk to the financial security of individual homeowners and the economy. "Insurers are increasingly using computer models to assess the risk of fires for individual homes and deciding that homes in some areas face too high a risk," said Jones. "In the wake of last year's wildfires, we may see more areas of the state where insurers decline to write. The Legislature has given insurers broad latitude to decide whether and where to write fire insurance, therefore we are recommending new laws to improve fire insurance availability." Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones directed the department to undertake its own in-depth analysis of the scope of the availability and affordability issue and develop proposed solutions to mitigate or solve these problems. This analysis includes an extensive review of consumer complaints and feedback from stakeholders, and also included an in-depth analysis of the two major wildfire-risk models. In the past five years numerous back country residents have complained of insurers not renewing or canceling policies and new residents have been directed the California Fair Plan because they have been unable to obtain insurance through standard insurance companies.

CAL FIRE Announces Availability For Forest Health, Urban Forestry And Fire Prevention Grants Sacramento – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is pleased to announce information regarding the 2017-2018 California Climate Investments (CCI) grant funds. CAL FIRE is administering CCI grant funds to partners through grant awards that will help the State reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon. Up to $200 million is available through CAL FIRE’s Forest Health grants (including conservation easements through the California Forest Legacy Program) and Fire Prevention grants. Up to $20 million in grant funds is available through CAL FIRE’s Urban and Community Forestry program. Additionally, CAL FIRE will continue to partner with the California Conservation Corps (CCC) by making $5 million available to the CCC’s for Forest Health and Fire Prevention activities. Information on qualifying projects is available in individual Procedural Grant Guidelines and will also be provided at upcoming workshops planned for mid-January at areas around the State and via webinar. Specific information about these workshops will be shared on CAL FIRE’s social media accounts and on our grants page. More information and Procedural Grant Guidelines are posted at: http:// www.fire.ca.gov/grants/grants Official Call for Concept Proposals: Forest Health Grant: Concept Proposals will be due on February 21, 2018 by 3:00 PM. This includes California Forest Legacy projects. Urban and Community Forestry Grant: Concept Proposals will be due on February 26, 2018 by 3:00 PM. There will be three types of projects for which Concept Proposals will be accepted. Fire Prevention Grant: CAL FIRE is working with the California Air Resources Board to finalize grant administrative requirements. Additional information will be released later in the winter or early spring on these grant opportunities. The grants are part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-andtrade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities. For more information, visit http://www. caclimateinvestments.ca.gov/.

January 10, 2018

Volume 33 — Issue 23 ISSN 1937-8416

Julian Youth Baseball Getting Ready For First Pitch Hi Parents, Thank you for your continued commitment to OUR community and support of Julian Youth Baseball. Our goal for Julian Youth Baseball is to continue to improve our goals of teaching our local children sportsmanship, leadership and the ability to play baseball. Majors Update: we currently have 18 players signed up, we will need at least 20-22+ players in order to field two teams. We currently have three volunteers that will be coaching, managing and umpiring games. We will need two other committed volunteers to do the same, if not we would not be able to proceed with the 2018 Julian Youth Baseball season. We are going to set up the teams a little different this year to make it more competitive and fun for our player and volunteers. Currently we have 3 committed volunteers and need two more in order to go ahead with the 2018 Julian Youth Baseball season. Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering, the deadline is 1/30/18. If we don’t have enough volunteers we would have to cancel the season indefinitely. We need two more volunteers to step up for the kids for the Major division. Please contact us ASAP. Practice will start on March 2nd for all players and Opening Day is scheduled for March 17th. Each week the volunteers will rotate positions. The managers will draft their team during the week prior to Saturday’s game. T-Ball Division: we currently have 11 players ages 4-7 so far. In order to proceed with T-Ball we will need volunteers to coach T-Ball, if not then we would have to cancel indefinitely. Thank you in advance for your continued commitment to OUR community and support of Julian Youth Baseball. Julian Youth Baseball PO. BOX 2073 Julian CA, 92036

Two Fatal’s In Back County Two fatal traffic incident involving a pedestrian and vehicle occurred Wednesday (1/3). The first - a 28 year old male who resided on the Mesa Grande Indian Reservation in Santa Ysabel. On the night of 01/03/2017, the decedent was found down and unresponsive in the single northbound lane of SR 79 in Santa Ysabel. A 911 call was placed and first responders arrived on scene. Upon their arrival, the decedent’s death was confirmed without intervention. California Highway Patrol officers searching for the driver of a damaged SUV found abandoned more than 15 miles from the fatal crash site, police said Thursday. Later on Wednesday a 59-year-old male. was walking on the west side of SR 79 when he was struck by a truck traveling southbound. The truck stopped shortly after striking the decedent and a witness to the event contacted 9-1-1. Law enforcement and fire personnel arrived on scene and confirmed death without performing any medical intervention due to obvious blunt force trauma. The driver involved was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony DUI.

Winter Sports Schedules Girls Basketball

Tuesday, Nov 28 L 47-5 @ Holtville Thursday, Nov 30 L 36-22 Home vs Guajome Park Academy Tuesday, Dec 12 L 56-14 @ Calapatria Wednesday, Dec 20 L 38-11 @ Classical Academy Thursday, January 11 4:00 @ Guajome Park Academy Tuesday, January 16 4:00 Home vs San Pasqual Academy Thursday, January 18 4:00 @ San Pasqual Academy Monday, January 22 TBA @ School for Entrepreneurship and Technology Friday, January 26 4:00 Home vs Hamilton Tuesday, January 30 4:00 @ Borrego Springs Friday, February 2 4:00 @ West Shores Tuesday, February 6 4:00 Home vs Vincent Memorial

Boys Basketball

Wednesday, Dec 20 L 55-49 @ Classical Academy Spartan Classic Tournament Wednesday, Dec 27 L 71-39 @ Olympian High School Thursday, Dec 28 L 74-46 @ Bonita Vista Friday, December 29 @ Health Sciences Saturday, Dec 30 W 61-52 @ Southwest San Diego Wednesday, Jan 3 L 66-43 @ Chula Vista High School Thursday, January 11 5:30 Home vs Guajome Park Academy Friday, January 19 7:00 Home vs Warner Tuesday, January 30 5:30 @ Borrego Springs

Girls Soccer

Tuesday, November 28 L 2-0 @ Maranatha Christian Academy Friday, December 1 W 3-1 Home vs Guajome Park Academy Tuesday, December 5 L 9-1 @ High Tech High (NC) Monday December 11 T 0-0 Home vs Foothills Christian Tuesday, December 12 L 5-2 @Guajome Park Academy Thursday, Dec. 14 L 6-1 Home vs Maranatha Christian Tuesday, January 9 3:00 @ High Tech High (NC) Thursday, January 11 4:00 @ Foothills Christian

Boys Soccer

Tuesday, November 28 L 6-1 Home vs Mountain Empire Thursday, November 30 L 8-2 @ Army-Navy Tuesday, December 5 T 3-3 Home vs Ocean View Christian Monday, December 11 L 4-5 @ Ocean View Christian Tuesday, January 9 3:15 @ Foothills Christian Thursday, January 11 3:15 Home vs Army-Navy Tuesday, January 16 3:15 Home vs West Shores

Chamber of Commerce Board Meets - January18, 6pm Julian Town Hall - Downstairs www.visitjulian.com

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