California Wildfire Mitigation Program
Cal OES + CAL FIRE (joint powers authority, authorized by AB 38)
What you get
Full-cost home hardening + defensible space (pilot)
No per-home cap published. CWMP covers home-hardening retrofits and defensible space work at no cost to qualifying low- and moderate-income homeowners in pilot project areas.
Current status
Pilot phase. Applications only accepted inside active project areas. Most RF1 service-area homeowners (LA, Ventura) are NOT eligible — surface as 'not in your county' so users stop searching.
Who qualifies
- Geography
- CA · Lake, San Diego, Shasta, Siskiyou + 2 more · in a High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone
- Income
- No income limit
- Property
- single family, manufactured · owner-occupied
What work qualifies
- Class A fire-rated roof
- Ember-resistant vents
- Zone 0 vegetation clearing (first 5 ft)
- Enclosed eaves
- Ember-resistant fencing
- Fire-resistant siding
- Fire-resistant windows
· Licensed contractor required
Other rules: Applicant must be the legal owner of the home.
How to apply
- 01Confirm your home meets the eligibility above.
- 02Complete the qualifying work (or document existing work if it already meets the spec).
- 03Submit to Cal OES + CAL FIRE (joint powers authority with photos, contractor invoices, and any required forms.
How RF1 helps
Not available in LA or Ventura yet. If the pilot ever expands here we'll add it to your file.
Most homeowners qualify on paper but never claim — hiring the crew, capturing the work to spec, and crafting the submission stops them. We run end-to-end home hardening with vetted installers, document every install for each program's filing, and stack every claim into one project.