Jan 23, 2026
Barbed Wire | Keeping Up Keeping Up - The Barbed Wire - January 23, 2026Announcements regarding key staffing changes of importance to California’s rural counties. Jennifer Gonzales, of Napa, has been reappointed to the State 9-1-1 Advisory Board, where she has served since 2023. Gonzales held several roles at...
Jan 23, 2026
Barbed Wire | Weekly News Clips Weekly News Clips - The Barbed Wire - January 23, 2026RCRC 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. Shasta medical school idea takes next step with supervisors’...
Jan 16, 2026
Barbed Wire | rural recap RCRC's 2025 Rural Recap Now Available!The Rural Recap is prepared for the RCRC Board of Directors to highlight significant actions taken on issues impacting California’s rural counties. It outlines key advocacy efforts engaged in by RCRC staff on behalf of California’s rural communities and serves as an end-of-year summary
Jan 16, 2026
Barbed Wire RCRC Honors Retired TAUSD Superintendent with 2025 President's AwardOn January 6, RCRC honored Jaime Green, former Superintendent of the Trinity Alps Unified School District, with the 2025 RCRC President’s Award for his dedicated advocacy on behalf of California’s rural counties. The annual award recognizes individuals who exceed their professional duties to support and strengthen the state’s rural communities.
Jan 16, 2026
Barbed Wire | Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 35 (Alvarez) – Administrative Procedure Act Exemption for Prop 4 (Climate Bond) FundsRCRC supports Assembly Bill 35, authored by Assemblymember David Alvarez (D-San Diego). This measure seeks to exempt Proposition 4 (Climate Bond) funding from the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), enabling funds to be deployed more quickly and efficiently and ensuring that protracted administrative processes do not hold up vital projects.
Jan 16, 2026
Barbed Wire Webinar on Understanding SB 54’s Impacts to Local Governments – Recycling and Composting of Single Use PackagingRCRC, along with CSAC, Cal Cities, and Stop Waste, will host a webinar on Wednesday, January 28th at 9:30 a.m., to help local governments better understand SB 54 (Allen, 2022): California’s Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act
Jan 16, 2026
Barbed Wire | SB 54 CalRecycle Withdraws SB 54 Single Use Packaging Regulations from the Office of Administrative Law for Further AmendmentOn January 9, CalRecycle announced that they have withdrawn the SB 54 Single Use Packaging Regulations from the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) to incorporate additional amendments.
Jan 16, 2026
Barbed Wire RCRC Supported Bills on Day Cares, Battery Recycling, Single-Use Vapes, and Nitrous Oxide Pass Policy CommitteesThis week, several RCRC-supported measures passed out of policy committees and now head to their respective Appropriations Committees and Floors for action before the January 31 deadline for two-year bills to pass the house of origin. RCRC-sponsored
Jan 16, 2026
Barbed Wire Manufacturer Claims New California Law on Single-Use Propane Cylinders is Preempted by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety AdministrationOn January 9, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that Worthington Enterprises was seeking a determination as to whether a new California law prohibiting the sale of small single-use propane cylinders is preempted by federal law
Jan 16, 2026
Barbed Wire Federal Appellate Court Upholds State and Local Restrictions on Interstate Cannabis Activities in Case Supported by RCRCOn January 2, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a key decision holding that federal constitutional protections for interstate commerce (the so-called “dormant commerce clause”) do not apply to commercial cannabis activities