"There's a lot of gaps that we need to continue to close," said Chief Daniel Berlant, state fire marshal.
Berlant adds that the outlined regulatory changes that are within his office's power are already being immediately implemented in the aftermath of Esparto.
This is why the owner of Devastating Pyrotechnics, Kenneth Chee, was able to get a state fireworks license even though he had been denied a federal license through the ATF because of a gun-related felony conviction.
Another catch under state law is that Chee was not required to then go and get the permits needed to operate at the local level after getting his state fireworks license. So, he did not, county officials confirm.
Because of the lack of local oversight, the Esparto operation, which sat on land owned by multiple Yolo County Sheriff's Office employees, was never properly inspected or regulated.
"We are really making sure that at the local level, they're aware of state licenses. Making sure that at our level, we're aware of whether they have local permits. That's an easy one that we early identified as a problem," Berlant said.
The main motivation is the seven grieving families.
The seven victims of the Esparto explosion, all employeesMendoza's son, Junior Melendez, was killed in the blast. She has pushed to uncover and expose the shortfalls that she says led to her son's life being cut short.
Another big change stemming from the recommendations, the state fire marshal's office now plans to coordinate on-site checks for all fireworks license holders across California.
"That's not a requirement in the law of us to do, that's not necessarily a requirement of the base of the license. But, we're making sure that we're going to be bringing locals on board and ensuring that the existing license holders are following the rules," said Berlant.
Several months before the fatal blast, the fire marshal's office raided a warehouse in Commerce, California and seized over half a million pounds of illegal fireworks from operators who also did not have a local permit.
Local officials, including the fire marshal of Sacramento Metro Fire and the Lincoln police chief, contributed to the report's findings.
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