Aug 28, 2026
Advocacy | Community and Economic Development Governor Newsom Announces Latest Round of California Jobs First Grant AwardsOn Wednesday, August 26, Governor Newsom announced the latest round of grant awards from the California Jobs First Regional Investment Initiative at a press conference in the RCRC-member county of Solano. The awards are expected to
Aug 28, 2026
Advocacy | Transportation Governor Announces New Transportation FundingOn Friday, August 28, Governor Newsom announced $2.7 billion in funding for more than 150 new transportation projects, intended to improve travel times, expand travel options beyond driving, and strengthen the state’s transportation infrastructure assets against severe weather threats
Aug 28, 2026
Advocacy | Water and Wildlife Governor Announces Funding for Water Quality and Habitat ProjectsOn Friday, August 28, Governor Newsom announced $44 million for 15 projects across California to support tribal stewardship, desert protection, habitat recovery, and water quality. In the announcement
Aug 28, 2026
Advocacy | Health Care and Social Services Members of California Congressional Delegation Press HHS, CMS to Release Medicaid FundingLast week, the full California Democratic Congressional Delegation, along with Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Dr. Mehmet Oz, urging the agencies to work with California to resolve outstanding documentation concerns, and release $867.5 million in federal Medicaid payments that CMS deferred in July pending additional claims documentation.
Aug 28, 2026
Advocacy | Water and Wildlife Bipartisan Measure Introduced to Establish National Flood Risk Reduction ProgramLast week, Congressman David Valadao (CA-22) and Congressman Don Beyer (VA-8) introduced the National Flood Impact Reduction and Resilience Act. This bipartisan measure would create a coordinated federal program, modeled on the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program, to improve
Aug 20, 2026
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 951 (Reyes) - Employment: Technological Displacement NoticeRCRC has joined with public agency partners to oppose Senate Bill 951 by Senator Eloise Gomez Reyes (D-San Bernardino), unless amended to remove public agencies. This bill would require notice for
Aug 20, 2026
Advocacy | Transportation RCRC Co-Sponsored Measure Preserving Cost Recovery for Road Wear Associated with Public Services Advances to Governor’s DeskSenate Bill 922, authored by Senator John Laird (D-Monterey), which would reaffirm long-standing local authority related to the recovery of street maintenance and repair costs associated with providing essential public services
Aug 20, 2026
Advocacy | County Operations RCRC Secures First Successful State Mandate Test Claim ApprovalRCRC reached a major milestone last week as the California Commission on State Mandates unanimously approved a test claim seeking state reimbursement for costs associated with California’s Race-Blind Charging requirements. The claim was prepared on behalf of
Aug 20, 2026
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Approves Zone 0 Defensible Space RegulationsOn Thursday, August 19, the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection approved the final draft of Zone 0 defensible space regulations
Aug 20, 2026
Advocacy | Community and Economic Development Prohousing Designations and Additional State Funding Awarded to Three RCRC Member CountiesOn Thursday, August 20, Governor Newsom announced that 13 California communities, which have earned the state’s Prohousing Designation, will receive $11.3 million in new state funding to create