 Across the state of California, recovery work forges on in communities affected by this summer's siege of wildfires. In August alone, the fires impacted 18 counties statewide. Then in September, another 10 counties, with a total of 4.1 million acres burned. Even with record-breaking numbers, cleanup crews are continuing to make needed progress. The debris crews have started in all counties. This includes the field assessment crews and also the actual debris removal crews. As a reminder, the state's Consolidated Debris Removal Program consists of two phases. As we wrap up Phase 1, the removal of hazardous household material, and move into Phase 2, the property owner becomes a critical part of the process. Before Phase 2 work can start, property owners must fill out and sign a right-of-entry, or ROE, form, granting cleanup crews access to their property. This quick but important document will help toward getting things back to normal faster. Collecting right-of-entries expeditiously is critical to ensuring debris removal can commence on schedule. Once the county receives signed ROE forms, the state takes over from there. The local jurisdictions will transfer right-of-entries on a rolling basis to the state debris planning team via the state-provided system once local jurisdictions have verified that each right-of-entry is signed by the legal property owners and that the parcel contains an eligible structure, potentially eligible hazard trees, or both. That's right. Even if property owners don't have damage to structures, they still may be eligible for the state's debris removal program if their property contains impacted trees. The state will pick up eligible hazardous debris at no cost to the property owner. All we collect from the insurance company is the portion of your policy that was attended for debris removal. We do not collect your entire insurance proceeds. As an additional resource, you can log on to wildfirerecovery.ca.gov where you'll find direct links to county ROE forms, contact information for each affected county, as well as everything you need to know about the state's Consolidated Debris Removal Program.