Sep 13, 2024
Advocacy | Transportation California Airports Awarded Over $219 Million to Bolster InfrastructureOn September 9, 2024, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-California) announced that fifty-six (56) California airports were awarded a combined $219.5 million in grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration to upgrade aviation infrastructure. The funding...
Sep 06, 2024
Advocacy 2023-2024 Legislative Session Ends, Governor Calls for Special SessionThe 2023-2024 legislative session came to a close in the late hours of Saturday August 31, 2024, as the Senate and Assembly raced to act on the final legislation of the session. As both houses...
Sep 06, 2024
Advocacy | Agriculture Controversial Warehouse Legislation Awaits Consideration by Governor NewsomLate on the last night of session, the Legislature passed a controversial bill seeking to establish construction standards (and restrictions on locations) for “logistics use projects.” Assembly Bill 98 (Carrillo and Reyes) was unveiled just days before...
Sep 06, 2024
Advocacy | Solid Waste Management RCRC to Co-Host Free Webinar on Battery Energy Storage System PermittingOn Friday, September 27, RCRC will co-host a webinar with the California State Association of Counties and the League of California Cities on battery energy storage system (BESS) permitting. The webinar, intended for local elected officials, planners,...
Sep 06, 2024
Advocacy | County Operations Proposed Emergency Regulations Ban Intoxicating Consumable Hemp ProductsOn Friday, September 6th, Governor Newsom issued proposed emergency regulations from the California Department of Public Health that would require hemp food, beverage and dietary products to have no detectable intoxicating cannabinoids or THC per...
Sep 06, 2024
Advocacy | Solid Waste Management EPA Adds a Site in California to the Superfund National Priorities ListOn September 4th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added Afterthought Mine in Bella Vista, California (Shasta County) to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), and proposed to add additional sites as well. The NPL is a...
Sep 06, 2024
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Padilla, Butler, Schiff Call on President Biden to Establish the Sáttítla National Monument in Northern CaliforniaOn August 30th, U.S. Senators of California Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler, along with Representative Adam Schiff (D- Burbank) called on President Biden to use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate the Sáttítla National Monument in...
Aug 30, 2024
Energy Nearly $150 Million Announced for California Zero-Emission Vehicle Charging and Fueling InfrastructureOn August 26, 2024, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award $149.7 million for five California projects to build zero-emission vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure, including over $100 million...
Aug 23, 2024
Advocacy | Solid Waste Management RCRC’s AB 2902 (Wood) and Other SB 1383 Organic Waste Legislation Moves Closer to Finish LineAs the Legislature wraps up the 2023-24 legislative session, several important organic waste related bills continue to edge closer to the finish line. CalRecycle’s SB 1383 regulations impose many requirements on local agencies and don’t...
Aug 23, 2024
Advocacy | Solid Waste Management RCRC Testifies at Legislative Hearing on Hazardous Waste Management ReformOn August 13th, Larry Sweetser testified on behalf of RCRC at a joint Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee/Senate Environmental Quality Committee oversight hearing hazardous waste reforms. The Board of Environmental Safety Chair (Jeanne...