Aug 08, 2025
Barbed Wire | Weekly News Clips Keeping Up - The Barbed Wire - August 8, 2025Announcements regarding key staffing changes of importance to California’s rural counties. Kenneth McDaniel, of San Luis Obispo County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the San Luis Obispo Superior Court. McDaniel has...
Aug 08, 2025
Barbed Wire | Weekly News Clips Weekly News Clips - The Barbed Wire - August 8, 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.
Aug 01, 2025
Barbed Wire | state mandates RCRC Pursues State Reimbursements for Counties through Race-Blind Charging Test Claim FilingRCRC 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
Barbed Wire | disaster recovery | federal issues U.S. Senators Introduce Bill to Help Homeowners Recover and Rebuild from Natural DisastersOn 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
Barbed Wire | federal issues EPA Proposes to Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding that Paved the Way for EV MandatesOn 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
Barbed Wire | federal appointments U.S. Senate Ag Committee Advances Nomination of Michael Boren for USFSOn July 29, the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee on Monday advanced the nomination of Michael Boren nomination to oversee
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.