That strikes me as a misleading read on AB 425. It expands the existing exempted activities which don't require a forestry management plan, like temporary road

That strikes me as a misleading read on AB 425. It expands the existing exempted activities which don't require a forestry management plan, like temporary road building: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB425 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtm... The ability of "private citizens to cut down trees on their own land" doesn't turn on AB 425. The code already has specific provisions for firebreaks, and AB 425 doesn't change them one way or another: https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/public-resources-code/prc-sect-4584.html https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/public-resources-code/prc-sect-...