Your fire district, your city's tree rules, one page

Marin County

Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority coordinates inspections across the districts; most towns protect oaks and heritage trees; local Zone 0 standards that date to 2018, before the state had the term.

Mill Valley · San Anselmo · Fairfax · Larkspur · Corte Madera · Tiburon · Sausalito · Novato · Kentfield · unincorporated Marin

East Bay hills

Oakland's Vegetation Management Unit and Berkeley Fire inspect annually in the hills; Moraga-Orinda Fire covers Orinda and Moraga; protected-tree ordinances are among the Bay Area's strictest.

Oakland · Berkeley · Orinda · Lafayette · Moraga · El Cerrito · Kensington · Piedmont

Peninsula (San Mateo County)

Woodside Fire runs one of the most active inspection and AB 38 programs in the state; Hillsborough and the hill towns protect nearly every mature tree.

Woodside · Portola Valley · Hillsborough · Emerald Hills · Belmont · San Carlos · Redwood City hills · Menlo Park

South Bay foothills (Santa Clara County)

Santa Clara County Fire inspects the Saratoga and Los Gatos hills; the county FireSafe Council runs chipping and grants; Saratoga and Los Gatos protect most native and large trees.

Saratoga · Los Gatos · Monte Sereno · Los Altos Hills · Cupertino hills · Palo Alto foothills

Santa Cruz County

Mostly State Responsibility Area under CAL FIRE CZU; the county Fire Safe Council and RCD run chipping and grants; the lightest tree-permit rules in the Bay Area.

Scotts Valley · Boulder Creek · Ben Lomond · Felton · Bonny Doon · Aptos hills

Somewhere else?

Sonoma, Napa, and San Francisco are quoted with travel. Text the address and we'll tell you whether it's a fit.