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The California State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection today announced it is holding two meetings to solicit public comment on draft permanent regulations for State Responsibility Area (SRA) Fees -- Wednesday, May 16 in San Diego and Wednesday, May 23 in Redding.

The U.S. Postal Service this week announced a new strategy to keep the nation’s smallest post offices open for business, while providing a framework to achieve significant cost savings as part of the plan to return the organization to financial stability.

California counties succeeded in securing key amendments to Senate Bill 1241 by Senator Kehoe, allowing us to remove our opposition to the bill. RCRC and CSAC worked tirelessly with the Senator to address unreasonable requirements and increased costs associated with portions of SB 1241, as previously written.

AB 1897 (Campos) Land Use: General Plan: Access to Healthy Food. This bill wouldauthorize the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to amend general plan guidelines to increase access to healthy, affordable food.

Several bills that RCRC legislative staff was monitoring passed out of their respective committees this week.

Earlier this week, Assembly Bill 2261 (Valadao, R-Kings County) passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee on a 5 to 0 vote.

Assembly Bill 1592 (Olsen, R-Modesto), passed out of the Assembly Veterans’ Affairs Committee this week after previously clearing the Assembly Local Government Committee. 

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives continued a heated standoff with the U.S. Senate over legislative consideration to reauthorize the nation’s surface transportation programs. Late Thursday, however, both the House and Senate approved a 90-day extension through June 30and the bill is expected to be signed by the President.