California is experiencing a wildfire crisis. California’s Forest Carbon Plan and Shared Stewardship Agreement call for federal and state agencies to treat 1 million acres annually by 2025. The California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) is a cornerstone in California’s strategy to increase the pace and scale of vegetation treatment to address the wildfire crisis. It has become an essential tool to expedite CEQA compliance for wildfire resilience projects and facilitate efficient permitting, with linkages to the federal and state endangered species acts, the California Coastal Act, and other regulations. Since CalVTP implementation began in 2020, the CalVTP has provided CEQA compliance for over 350,000 cumulative acres in California. The presentation will provide an overview of the CalVTP and strategies for regulatory compliance. Current trends, real-world examples, and lessons learned about how to maximize the usefulness of the CalVTP will be shared. Despite recent advancements, at a spring 2023 meeting California’s Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot appealed to the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to “work even bigger, faster, and more collaboratively” given the urgency of the crisis. The CalVTP is a useful tool to meet this challenge.