Oct 31, 2025
Advocacy Government Shutdown UpdateThe Federal shutdown continues with no clear pathway to resolution, as Senate Democrats left town Thursday. Speaker Mike Johnson canceled votes in the House for the fifth straight week
Oct 31, 2025
Advocacy Government Shutdown UpdateThe Federal shutdown continues with no clear pathway to resolution, as Senate Democrats left town Thursday. Speaker Mike Johnson canceled votes in the House for the fifth straight week
Oct 31, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Governor Issues Executive Order to Expedite Prescribed FireOn Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-35-25 which declares a state of emergency on wildfire risk and enables swifter action to implement prescribed fire. The Order acts
Oct 31, 2025
Advocacy | Energy GO-Biz Releases Draft Permitting Toolkit and Model Ordinances for Battery Storage, Onshore Wind, and Utility Scale SolarThe Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) is seeking public feedback on a Clean Energy Permitting Initiative Playbook and Toolkit. The effort aims to
Oct 31, 2025
Advocacy | Health Care and Social Services Legislation Introduced in House to Reinstate Glenn Medical Center Critical Access FundingOn October 24, Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) introduced the Rural Hospital Fairness Act, which would reinstate
Oct 24, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Fix Our Forests Act Advances Out of Senate Agriculture CommitteeOn October 21, 2025, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry convened a markup to consider the Fix Our Forests Act (S.1462 | one pager). The measure passed out of committee
Oct 24, 2025
Advocacy DOI Layoff Plans RevealedA court filing submitted Monday, October 20, in a federal court in San Francisco revealed that the Department of the Interior plans to lay off
Oct 24, 2025
Advocacy | Health Care and Social Services Federal Legislation Aims to Restore Rural Hospital Access in Glenn CountyGlenn County’s only hospital, Glenn Medical Center, closed its doors on September 30 after losing a federal designation critical to its financial survival. U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) have introduced legislation that would
Oct 17, 2025
Advocacy Interim Recess Update: RCRC Sponsored Measures and more…On October 13, the Governor took action on the measures that remained on his desk for consideration. Of the 917 bills sent to the Governor’s desk during this legislative year, 794 were signed, and 123 vetoed. Of those measures, RCRC-sponsored
Oct 17, 2025
Advocacy | Energy CPUC Seeks Public Input on PG&E’s 2027 General Rate CaseThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced upcoming public forums for PG&E customers to share feedback on the utility’s proposed 2027 General Rate Case (GRC). PG&E is seeking an 8 percent increase
Oct 17, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship EPA Issues Policy Guidance to Help Prevent Catastrophic Wildfires, Promote Use of Prescribed Fires for Mitigation EffortsOn October 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued policy guidance directing regional offices to