Aug 22, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 632 (Hart) – Local Ordinances: Administrative Fines or PenaltiesAssembly Bill 632, sponsored by RCRC and authored by Assemblymember Gregg Hart (D-Santa Barbara), seeks to strengthen local enforcement mechanisms for state
Aug 22, 2025
Advocacy September 30 Deadline Looms: Farm Bill, SRS, and Appropriations OutlookCongress is set to return from recess on September 2nd, giving lawmakers just four weeks to avert a government shutdown and reauthorize
Aug 15, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 340 (Ahrens) – Public Employee CommunicationsRCRC, in coalition with our public agency partners, strongly opposes Assembly Bill 340, authored by Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens (D-Cupertino). This measure seeks to broadly expand confidential communication protections by barring a public employer from
Aug 08, 2025
Advocacy | Forest and Public Lands Stewardship RCRC Supports Bipartisan Legislation to Secure More Funding for Rural CommunitiesRCRC supports the bipartisan More Opportunities for Rural Economies (MORE) Grants Package, introduced in the U.S. Senate on August 4.
Aug 08, 2025
Advocacy | Community and Economic Development HCD Announces Amendments to Homekey+ NOFA that Extend Application Deadline and Prioritize Veteran-Serving ProjectsThe California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has released several amendments to the Homekey+ Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). These amendments include
Aug 01, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations RCRC Pursues State Reimbursements for Counties through Race-Blind Charging Test Claim FilingRCRC and GSFA have recently initiated a program to assist member counties in filing “test claims” with the Commission on State Mandates as part of an overall strategy to obtain reimbursements for county costs associated with state-imposed mandates.
Aug 01, 2025
Advocacy | County Operations U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Help Homeowners Recover and Rebuild from Natural DisastersOn July 31, U.S. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Mortgage Relief for Disaster Survivors Act. This measure
Aug 01, 2025
Advocacy | Air Quality EPA Proposes to Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding that Paved the Way for EV MandatesOn July 29, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released the EPA’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been used to justify over $1 trillion in regulations
Aug 01, 2025
Advocacy U.S. Senate Ag Committee Advances Nomination of Michael Boren for USFSOn July 29, the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on Monday advanced the nomination of Michael Boren nomination to oversee
Jul 25, 2025
Advocacy | CEQA/NEPA RCRC Requests Support for Effort to Expand CEQA Exemption for Day Care FacilitiesOn July 25, RCRC submitted a coalition letter urging the Legislature to “fix” a newly-created California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemption for day care centers and strongly requests elected officials and local organizations to sign on to a follow-up coalition letter by 5:00pm Thursday, August 7th.