Brad Hooker
Policy Reporter at Agri-Pulse
Sacramento journalist covering CA ag, labor & enviro policy & much more. Bureau chief @agripulsewest. Latest articles: https://t.co/VASOBP96Wf…
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1 week ago |
agri-pulse.com | Brad Hooker
Several proposals to curb regulatory authorities and rein in costs fell by the wayside last week. Appropriations committees quietly blocked the bills from advancing to floor debates this year. Agriculture-backed bills were not spared. Notably, the California Farm Bureau and the Western Growers Association had joined a push for more accountability in drought orders through Assembly Bill 430.
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1 week ago |
agri-pulse.com | Brad Hooker
California lawmakers have revived legislation to deliver more federal funding to repair and maintain rural roads and bridges in agricultural counties with heavy truck traffic. The Farm to Market Road Improvement Act would establish a grant program for counties with an annual gross production value of $1 billion or more and with $500,000 of production value per square mile, making Kings and Tulare counties eligible.
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1 week ago |
agri-pulse.com | Brad Hooker
The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery has drafted new regulations to implement the state’s landmark SB 54 law to create a circular economy. In March Gov. Gavin Newsom sent CalRecycle back to the drawing board to revise its proposed rules to limit single-use plastics in packaging. Produce, dairy and manufacturing groups had raised alarms over potential conflicts with food safety standards and other unintended consequences from the proposal.
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1 week ago |
agri-pulse.com | Brad Hooker
The Legislature and state agencies have been racing to assess the impacts and the options available as bears, coyotes, mountain lions and wolves increasingly invade neighborhoods, kill livestock and in some cases threaten human lives. Ranchers and pet owners secured a small victory this month with the state walking back an effort to protect coyotes.
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2 weeks ago |
agri-pulse.com | Brad Hooker
Democratic outcry poured in on Thursday after the Republican-controlled Senate voted to block California regulations on gas-powered cars, zero-emission trucks and nitrogen oxide emissions. In a press conference defending the need for the rules, Gov. Gavin Newsom described the vote as “doubling down on stupid.” Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph called it “unconstitutional, illegal and foolish” and an assault on states’ rights.
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