Aug 15, 2025

Advocacy   |   County Operations Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 340 (Ahrens) – Public Employee Communications

RCRC, 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 Communities

RCRC 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 Projects

The 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 Filing

RCRC 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 Disasters

On 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 Mandates

On 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 USFS

On 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 Facilities

On 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 7^th.

Jul 25, 2025

Advocacy   |   Forest and Public Lands Stewardship Call to Action: Urge U.S. House of Representatives to Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools

RCRC requests that counties reach out to House leadership to urge passage of SRS reauthorization legislation as soon as possible. A template letter is available here.

Jul 25, 2025

Advocacy   |   Public Safety and Emergency Management CDI Approves First California Forward-Looking Wildfire Risk Model

On Thursday, the California Department of Insurance (CDI) announced that they have completed their review of the first forward-looking wildfire risk model for use by insurers