Feb 06, 2026

Advocacy   |   Solid Waste Management Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 936 (Blakespear and Umberg) - Nitrous Oxide: Sales

RCRC, along with the National Stewardship Action Council and Orange County, is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 936, authored by Senators Catherine Blakespear (D-Oceanside) and Tom Umberg (D-Anaheim). This measure bans the sale of nitrous oxide as commonly used for illicit purposes.  

Feb 06, 2026

Advocacy Partial Government Shutdown Ends

This week, the partial government shutdown ended after President Trump signed a $1.2 trillion spending package that separated the Homeland Security appropriations bill from the five other bills included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act.

Feb 06, 2026

Advocacy   |   Water and Wildlife Padilla Introduces Two Bills to Bolster California’s Water Supply and Drought Resilience

On February 4, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced a pair of bills to help address growing water supply challenges in California and the American West as severe droughts, warming temperatures, limitations on groundwater pumping, and outdated infrastructure compound California’s water scarcity issues.

Feb 06, 2026

Advocacy   |   Public Safety and Emergency Management Interior Announces $20M Available to Strengthen Local Wildfire Response

On February 2, the Department of the Interior announced that up to $20 million is available to strengthen local governments’ wildfire response capacity in another round of funding for the Slip-on Tanker Pilot Program.

Feb 06, 2026

Advocacy   |   Water and Wildlife CDFW Invasive Species Program News - Grant Announcement

California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) QZ Grant Program announces that the application period for the 2025 cycle will open on March 9, 2026, and will close on April 17, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

Jan 30, 2026

Advocacy Appropriations Update

The U.S. Senate reached a late-day agreement on Thursday, to avert a broad shutdown of the federal government, by splitting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding measure away from the remaining five full-year appropriations bills. If the Senate successfully advances the measure, attention would turn to the House of Representatives

Jan 30, 2026

Advocacy   |   Public Safety and Emergency Management Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 899 (Grove) – Wildfire Smoke Health Assessment

RCRC is a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 899, authored by Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield). This measure seeks to require the Governor’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to create a wildfire smoke health assessment, intended to provide important data that would better align public health and wildfire resilience efforts

Jan 30, 2026

Advocacy   |   Solid Waste Management Several RCRC Supported Legislative Proposals Advance at Deadline

Thursday, January 29, was a key deadline by which bills introduced in 2025 must advance out of their house of origin in order to continue through the legislative process. Several RCRC sponsored and supported legislative proposals have moved forward

Jan 30, 2026

Advocacy   |   Air Quality CARB Seeks Feedback on Dairy and Livestock Methane Emissions

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is soliciting feedback on dairy and livestock sector methane emissions to inform their work toward reaching short-lived climate pollutant reduction targets

Jan 30, 2026

Advocacy   |   Water and Wildlife Federal Approval Moves Sites Reservoir Forward

On Friday January 23, the federal government approved the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Sites Reservoir Project in Colusa and Glenn Counties, unlocking a funding source