Established November 2, 2003, by both Governor Davis and Governor Schwarzenegger, the Blue Ribbon Commission will review the effort to fight the State's 2003 wildfires and provide recommendations to prevent destruction from future fires to policy makers within 120 days.
The Commission will examine:
Local Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors – Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Supervisor BIO Riverside County Board of Supervisors – John Tavaglione, Chair San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors – Dennis Hansberger, Chair San Diego County Board of Supervisors – Greg Cox, Chair BIO Ventura County Board of Supervisors – Judy Mikels, Chair, Ventura County Fire Department – Bob Roper, Chief San Bernardino City – Judith Valles, Mayor San Diego City – Dick Murphy, Mayor San Diego Fire and Life Safety Services - Jeff Bowman, Chief BIO State California Senate – Deirdre Alpert, Senator California Senate – Jim Brulte, Senator California Senate, Dennis Hollingsworth, Senator California Senate – Nell Soto, Senator California Assembly – Robert Dutton, Assemblyman BIO California Assembly – Christine Kehoe, Assemblywoman California Assembly, Jay LaSuer, Assemblyman California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection – Andrea Tuttle, Director California Emergency Council – Chip Prather, Chief California Office of Homeland Security – Rick Martinez, Acting Director Governor's Office of Emergency Services – Kim Zagaris, Fire Chief Office of American Indian Affairs – Marilyn Delgado, Director BIO Office of State Fire Marshal’s Office – Ron Coleman, Marshal (ret.) FIRESCOPE – P. Michael Freeman, Chief Federal U.S. Senate – Dianne Feinstein, Senator U.S. Congress – Susan Davis, Congresswoman U.S. Congress – Jerry Lewis, Congressman U.S. Department of Defense – Peter Verga, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Forest Service - Jerry Williams, Director U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency – David Fukutomi, Federal Coordinating Officer BIO U.S. Department of Land Management – Larry Hamilton, Director Associations California Fire Chiefs Association - William McCammon, President California Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association – William Bamattre, Chair California Professional Firefighters Association – Bob Wolf, 6th District Vice President California State Firefighters Association – Jeff Sedivic, President Commission Staff Sergeant Major Associates - Announcement Maps Affected Fires Assembly Districts Affected Fires Senate Districts
Meeting Information If you should require photos from any of these meetings or So.Cal fires please contact: Robert A. Eplett/OES photography robert_eplett@oes.ca.gov