An Assembly bill aiming to protect beach fire rings in Southern California and prevent a local air agency from enforcing its regulations passed out of a legislative committee Monday.
Assemly Bill 1102 garnered unanimous bipartisan support of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and will go to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations Jan. 22.
Assemblyman Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) and Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) co-authored AB 1102, which, if passed by the state Assembly and Senate, will try to stop the South Coast Air Quality Management District from imposing changes to fire rings known as "Rule 444."