Sep 13, 2024
Barbed Wire Barbed Wire on HiatusThe Barbed Wire will be on hiatus September 20th during RCRC’s 2024 Annual Meeting, taking place September 18-20 in Sonoma County at the Double Tree by Hilton – Sonoma Wine Country. The Barbed Wire will return...
Sep 13, 2024
Barbed Wire State Assembly to Convene Special SessionOn Wednesday, September 11, 2024, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas announced the schedule for the Special Session of the Assembly. Prior to the convening of an Assembly floor session, the Petroleum and Gasoline Supply Committee will...
Sep 13, 2024
Barbed Wire RCRC Officers In Washington DCThis week, the RCRC Officers joined Supervisors and Commissioners from around the country to advocate
Sep 13, 2024
Barbed Wire California Airports Awarded Over $219 Million to Bolster InfrastructureOn September 9, 2024, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-California) announced that fifty-six (56) California airports were awarded a combined $219.5 million in grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration to upgrade aviation infrastructure. The funding...
Sep 06, 2024
Barbed Wire SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Meet RCRC’s Hydration Sponsor - North State Planning and Development CollectiveThe North State Planning and Development Collective at California State University, Chico is the lead agency for planning, research, GIS services and development across the University’s 12-County service region and beyond. Watch this brief video to learn...
Sep 06, 2024
Barbed Wire 2023-2024 Legislative Session Ends, Governor Calls for Special SessionThe 2023-2024 legislative session came to a close in the late hours of Saturday August 31, 2024, as the Senate and Assembly raced to act on the final legislation of the session. As both houses...
Sep 06, 2024
Barbed Wire Controversial Warehouse Legislation Awaits Consideration by Governor NewsomLate on the last night of session, the Legislature passed a controversial bill seeking to establish construction standards (and restrictions on locations) for “logistics use projects.” Assembly Bill 98 (Carrillo and Reyes) was unveiled just days before...
Sep 06, 2024
Barbed Wire RCRC to Co-Host Free Webinar on Battery Energy Storage System PermittingOn Friday, September 27, RCRC will co-host a webinar with the California State Association of Counties and the League of California Cities on battery energy storage system (BESS) permitting. The webinar, intended for local elected officials, planners,...
Sep 06, 2024
Barbed Wire Proposed Emergency Regulations Ban Intoxicating Consumable Hemp ProductsOn Friday, September 6th, Governor Newsom issued proposed emergency regulations from the California Department of Public Health that would require hemp food, beverage and dietary products to have no detectable intoxicating cannabinoids or THC per...
Sep 06, 2024
Barbed Wire | federal issues EPA Adds a Site in California to the Superfund National Priorities ListOn September 4th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added Afterthought Mine in Bella Vista, California (Shasta County) to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), and proposed to add additional sites as well. The NPL is a...