The After the Fire USA Wildfire Leadership Summit
September 20-22, 2022 in Sonoma, CA
KEYNOTE: Bill Dodd, State Senator, District 3, California
About Bill Dodd, CA State Senator, District 3
Bill Dodd, California State Senator from District 3, joins the After The Fire Leadership Summit to deliver a keynote address about California’s efforts to reduce wildfire risk, and some of the best practices, and challenges that the state faces in this challenging time.
Senator Dodd says, “When you’re called to action as a public servant, you have to step up to learn.” His time as a State Senator has forced him to learn more about the communities that have been affected, and to learn the ways to prevent the suffering that his friends and neighbors have experienced.
Napa and Sonoma Counties placed Senator Dodd squarely in the target of discussions on what policies should be changed, and how we should address these key issues. One of which was SB 901 to reducing the threat of electric-utilities sparked wildfires, and better practices for forestry management. The state has spent over 200 million annually, or 1 billion dollars over 5 years to perform work in that sector.
That number was far beneath that expectation and the state is angling to increase that number substantially. Suppression and prevention are vastly more expensive.
Senator Dodd takes questions from the audience after his speech, and responds to questions about resilience and other action plans that the state is making for the future.
Contact Bill Dodd: https://sd03.senate.ca.gov/contact
Vacaville Office 555 Mason St., Ste 275 Vacaville, CA 95688
Phone: (707) 454-3808 Fax: (707) 454-3811
Selected Bio:
Elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 to represent California’s 3rd Senate District, Sen. Bill Dodd is a fifth-generation Californian and lifelong resident of the district, where he grew up on a small family farm in Napa County. The district includes all of Napa and Solano counties and portions of Contra Costa, Sacramento, Sonoma and Yolo counties. Sen. Dodd serves as the chair of the Governmental Organization Committee and is a member of the Transportation Committee, the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee and the Insurance Committee. He is co-chair of the Senate Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry and the Legislative Delta Caucus.
His work in the Senate has spanned many topics – from improving public education and the environment to data privacy and protecting seniors. He is one of the Legislature's most prolific legislators, authoring 80 bills that were signed into law in the last 8 years. As a senator representing wildfire-torn Napa and Sonoma counties, he co-chaired the 2018 conference committee on wildfire safety and prevention and authored numerous bills that were signed into law to protect Californians from future infernos and accompanying utility rate hikes.
Prior to his election to the Senate, Sen. Dodd represented the 4th Assembly District. In the Assembly, he worked to help small businesses, protect the environment, and support seniors and working families. He advanced a balanced, sustainable budget that invests in our education system from preschool through higher education. He helped establish the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit, promote career technical education, and create the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument – preserving over 330,000 acres of the California Coast Ranges in Napa, Yolo, Solano, Lake, Colusa, Glenn and Mendocino counties.
Before the Assembly, Sen. Dodd served on the Napa County Board of Supervisors for 14 years. His accomplishments include the completion of Napa’s flood control project, which protects thousands of properties from flooding, restored 900 acres of environmental wetlands and produced $1 billion of investment in local businesses.
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