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Issues and Legislation

California firefighters deserve the best … the best equipment, the best training, the best health care and retirement, the safest workplace. This simple creed has guided a legacy of success achieved on behalf of California’s first responders.

CPF has been the leader in bringing firefighters not only better pay, benefits and working conditions, but also vital protection of their basic rights as employees.

View our latest CPF-sponsored bills. Read legislative news relating to firefighters' interests. Find out more about the issues that CPF fights for.

Our Accomplishments

Among CPF's signature legislative accomplishments:

• The nation's first firefighter cancer presumption law
• The fairest formula for establishing appropriate firefighter retirement benefits
• The California Firefighters Bill of Rights
• The most comprehensive protections for off-duty activity by first responders
• A sweeping standard for resolving labor disputes through binding arbitration
• A memorial to fallen firefighters that occupies hallowed ground at the California Capitol itself.