Apr 04, 2025

Barbed Wire State to Increase Gray Wolf Management Efforts

Earlier this week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced increased efforts to manage the state’s gray wolf population, which has become robust and increasingly problematic

Apr 04, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 496 (Hurtado) – Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation: Appeals Advisory Committee: Exemptions

RCRC is sponsoring Senate Bill 496, authored by Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield), This measure creates additional pathways for local agency fleets to receive necessary exemptions under the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulations. To assist our advocacy efforts, RCRC requests that counties send letters of support

Mar 28, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 607 (Wiener) – California Environmental Quality Act

RCRC is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 607 (Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco) with Prosperity California, Housing Action Coalition, and the Bay Area Council. The bill includes several targeted reforms to refocus the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) on real environmental issues while preserving

Mar 28, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   federal issues Congressman LaMalfa Introduces Resolution to Repeal Longfin Smelt Listing in the ESA

On March 21, a group of California Congressmen introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal the listing of the longfin smelt as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act

Mar 28, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   Call to Action Letters Needed in Support of RCRC Sponsored AB 632 (Hart) - Local Ordinances: Administrative Fines or Penalties

RCRC sponsored Assembly Bill 632 (Hart), is heading to the Assembly Committee on Local Government on Wednesday, April 9. RCRC requests that counties send letters of support to the Assembly Committee on Local Government no later than Thursday, April 3^rd at 5:00 p.m.

Mar 21, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   federal issues U.S. Senators Ask USDA to Reverse Canceled Local Food Purchases for Schools, Farmers 

This week, Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) led a group of 31 Senators in a letter that voiced “serious concerns” about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cancelation of food purchase programs across the United States. They noted

Mar 21, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   federal issues   |   housing Joint Task Force to Target Underutilized Federal Land for Housing

This week, Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner announced the establishment of a Joint Task Force which will focus on using underutilized federal land suitable for housing

Mar 21, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   telecommunications Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 470 (McKinnor)—Telephone Corporations: Carriers of Last Resort

RCRC opposes Assembly Bill 470, authored by Assembly Member Tina McKinnor. This measure would allow any Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) telephone service provider to abandon its obligations

Mar 21, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   federal issues   |   WOTUS EPA Announces Plans to Revise WOTUS Rule

On March 12, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced that EPA will work with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to review the definition of “Waters of the United States.”  The agencies

Mar 14, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   CalRecycle CalRecycle to Restart SB 54 Single Use Packaging Regulatory Process

On Friday, March 7, Governor Newsom withdrew CalRecycle’s long-anticipated SB 54 regulations, which were expected to be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law for final approval before the deadline