/ Remains of the devastation from the 2020 Beachie Creek Fire are still evident in the small town of Gates, Feb. 26, 2021. A new bill signed by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown this week will ease the timelines and regulations for those seeking to rebuild homes and structures destroyed in wildfires last year. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill this week that will allow property owners who lost their homes to wildfire last fall to rebuild their homes and structures to the original zoning and planning standards that were in place when they were first built. Passing through both the Oregon House and Senate nearly unanimously, Senate Bill 405 will extend the timeline under which more than 4,000 Oregon households will have to begin rebuilding homes and structures on their property. It also recognizes that as planning and zoning laws have changed both statewide and locally, rebuilding efforts should be allowed to continue under the original regulations that structures were built under. That means less jumping through regulatory hoops for those in communities that were hardest hit, such as the Santiam Canyon.