Aug 01, 2025
Annual Meeting 2025 | Barbed Wire SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Meet RCRC’s 2025 Chairperson’s Circle Sponsor – SitelogIQLearn about RCRC’s 2025 Chairperson’s Circle Sponsor – SitelogIQ! SitelogIQ is proud to be your Premier Rural County Design-Build Partner – Together, we build Sustainable Community Infrastructure!
Aug 01, 2025
Barbed Wire | Keeping Up Keeping Up - The Barbed Wire - August 1, 2025Announcements regarding key staffing changes of importance to California’s rural counties.
Aug 01, 2025
Barbed Wire | Weekly News Clips Weekly News Clips - The Barbed Wire - August 1, 2025RCRC press releases and related news clips about RCRC and our member counties. Please note that a subscription may be required to read some external publications.
Jul 25, 2025
Barbed Wire | Call to Action | CEQA 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.
Jul 25, 2025
Barbed Wire | Call to Action | SRS Call to Action: Urge U.S. House of Representatives to Reauthorize Secure Rural SchoolsRCRC 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
Barbed Wire | property insurance CDI Approves First California Forward-Looking Wildfire Risk ModelOn 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
Jul 25, 2025
Barbed Wire RCRC Ad Hoc Advisory Committees Ramp Up in 2025RCRC Ad Hoc Advisory Committees play an important role in the periodic review and consideration of issues impacting our rural counties. This year, RCRC currently
Jul 25, 2025
Barbed Wire | federal issues California Congressional Republicans Urge U.S. DOT to Redirect High-Speed Rail Funds to Highway ProjectsOn July 22, Congress Member Vince Fong (D-Bakersfield) was joined by 8 other members of California’s Congressional Republican delegation in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, urging
Jul 25, 2025
Barbed Wire | federal issues U.S. Senator Schiff Urges USDA to Deliver Disaster Relief for Farmers in CaliforniaIn a letter of July 22, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) urged U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to ensure the agency delivers disaster assistance
Jul 25, 2025
Barbed Wire | Weekly News Clips Weekly News Clips - The Barbed Wire - July 25, 2025RCRC press releases and related news clips about RCRC and our member counties. Please note that a subscription may be required to read some external publications.