Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Water and Wildlife Water: Supply and DemandNearly 75 percent of California’s available water originates in the northern one-third of the state (north of Sacramento), while more than 70 percent of the demand occurs in the southern two-thirds of the state and...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Transportation About Rural TransportationCalifornia’s State and local transportation infrastructure is a complex system of interstate and intrastate highways, freeways, and city and county-maintained streets and roads. California’s rural transportation system serves to connect rural and remote communities to...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Solid Waste Management About Solid Waste ManagementSolid waste management is an important function for municipal governments. For many counties, the management of landfills is a key component. These management functions fall under the regulatory purview of the California Department of Resources...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management CorrectionsCounty Boards of Supervisors, in conjunction with County Sheriffs, District Attorneys, Public Defenders, and Chief Probation Officers, are responsible for law enforcement, the operation of a variety of county public safety facilities (county jails and...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management 2011 Criminal Justice RealignmentIn 2011, the Legislature enacted a comprehensive criminal justice realignment scheme whereby counties became responsible for addressing criminal offenders that had traditionally been the responsibility of the State. Under the provisions of Assembly Bill 109,...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Public Safety and Emergency Management Protecting Local CommunitiesCalifornia’s rural counties play a critical role in protecting their local communities. The California State Constitution requires each county to hold elections to elect both a County Sheriff and District Attorney. Both the County Sheriff...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Health Care and Social Services TelehealthAccess to healthcare in the most rural and remote parts of California have always been a concern. RCRC supports increasing the availability of telehealth in rural areas as an alternative way for rural citizens to...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship About State Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)California’s Payment-In-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILT) program was established in 1949 to offset adverse impacts to county property tax revenues that result when the state acquires private property for wildlife management areas. Fish & Game Code Section 1504...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Forestry ReformRCRC advocates strongly for increasing the pace and scale of forest management on California’s federal public lands. Most of these areas suffer from extreme overstocking of timber, creating an unhealthy forest that is susceptible to...
Dec 10, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Fish and WildlifeRCRC member counties have land use and public trust responsibilities over resource-related issues, including fish and wildlife. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are...