Is Zone 0 Required in Agoura Hills?
Is your Agoura Hills property in the Very High zone?
Enter your address to check it against the CAL FIRE statewide Fire Hazard Severity Zone map. For Los Angeles County properties, the county’s 2025 overlay takes precedence over the statewide map. Hazard-zone status is useful for planning; it does not by itself make Zone 0 required.
Agoura Hills is the ignition corridor, not the sideline
The Woolsey Fire did not arrive in Agoura Hills. It came through Agoura Hills. After igniting near the Santa Susana Field Laboratory on November 8, 2018, the fire crossed the 101 near Liberty Canyon in the early hours of November 9 and ran through the city's open space on its way to the coast.
What decides whether a home survives that kind of wind-driven fire is rarely the flame front. Wind-blown embers can land well ahead of the fire in mulch beds, wood fences, and dry plants pressed against siding. The first five feet.
Agoura Hills backs directly onto the Santa Monica Mountains: Ladyface Mountain, Liberty Canyon, Old Agoura, the Cornell corridor. If your street touches that open space, the first five feet is the highest-leverage place to act, whichever rule ends up applying.
What is in force, and what is not →Three labels, used the same way on every page
As of September 19, 2026 there is no statewide Zone 0 regulation in force in California. The Board of Forestry approved a draft on August 19, 2026, but that draft is not in force. Existing defensible-space law still applies, and the City of Agoura Hills' own page describes Zone 0 as not yet legally required.
Existing defensible-space law
PRC §4291 and Gov. Code §51182 already call for roofs and gutters to be kept clear of leaves and needles, and for branches within 10 feet of a chimney outlet to be removed. We have not identified a local Zone 0 ordinance for Agoura Hills.
Statewide Zone 0
The Board of Forestry approved a draft on August 19, 2026, but the emergency filing was pulled back. OAL file 2026-0828-03E is listed as withdrawn on September 8, 2026. There is no statewide effective date and no phase-in clock.
The City's own statement
Zone 0 is "not yet legally required" and is "recommended as a best practice when possible." Source: City of Agoura Hills: Preparing for Emergencies.
Harden the first five feet
Clear combustibles, choose non-combustible ground cover, and consider ember-resistant vents. That work is effective prevention whether or not a Zone 0 rule ever applies to your parcel.
LA County Fire is Agoura Hills' fire authority
Agoura Hills contracts fire protection and emergency response to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and the county's Defensible Space program covers Agoura Hills along with 60 incorporated cities and unincorporated LA County. That page lists chimney clearance as required and a 100-foot defensible-space radius as a recommendation. It does not use Zone 0 as a requirement.
The city has its own wildfire planning layer too: a Community Wildfire Protection Plan and a Community Wildfire Risk Assessment Project, and the volunteer Agoura Hills Fire Safe Council works on neighborhood-level preparedness. As of September 19, 2026 we have not identified a local Zone 0 ordinance. Confirm with LA County Fire and the city before acting on any deadline.
Quick answers for Agoura Hills homeowners
Is Zone 0 required in Agoura Hills?
Not as a law we have identified. The City of Agoura Hills' own page says Zone 0 is "not yet legally required" and is "recommended as a best practice when possible." As of September 19, 2026 we have not identified a local Zone 0 ordinance for Agoura Hills. That is not the same as saying no rule exists: confirm with LA County Fire and the city before acting on any deadline.
Is Zone 0 a statewide law in California?
As of September 19, 2026 there is no statewide Zone 0 regulation in force in California. The Board of Forestry approved a draft on August 19, 2026, but the emergency filing was pulled back for review. The state's own record lists OAL file 2026-0828-03E as withdrawn on September 8, 2026. AB 3074 directed the state to create an ember-resistant zone; it is not a current statewide rule to keep the first five feet clear. Existing defensible-space law (PRC §4291 and Gov. Code §51182) still applies, including keeping roofs and gutters clear of leaves and needles.
Who is the fire authority in Agoura Hills?
The Los Angeles County Fire Department. Agoura Hills contracts fire protection to the county, and the county's Defensible Space program covers the city. That program lists chimney clearance as required and a 100-foot defensible-space radius as a recommendation. It does not treat Zone 0 as a requirement.
Is Zone Zero the same as the brush clearance notice I already get?
No. Existing defensible-space rules cover a wider band around your home. Zone 0 is the first 5 feet only, and it covers more than plants: fences, mulch, planters, and stored items. Where Zone 0 is not required, clearing that five feet is still effective prevention.
Does Zone 0 apply to my Agoura Hills home?
We have not identified a Zone 0 rule in force for Agoura Hills, so we do not present anything Zone 0-specific as required today. Your hazard zone is still worth knowing: Agoura Hills saw its Very High territory expand in the March 2025 CAL FIRE remap, and the city hosts the current zone viewer on its website. Check your parcel, then treat the first five feet as Recommended now.
When would Zone 0 take effect?
No date exists. The statewide draft is Proposed — not in force and has no effective date. We have not identified a local Zone 0 deadline for Agoura Hills. Prevention in the first five feet is Recommended now, and you do not need to wait for a deadline to start.
Have a question about your first five feet?
Send a request and the team will follow up by email. Prevention in the first five feet is effective, practical, and something you can start now.