Feb 27, 2026

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 1005 (Caballero) – PENNIES Act

​RCRC, in coalition with the California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors, is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 1005 authored by Senator Anna Caballero (D-Merced). This measure seeks to provide clear authority for public agencies to round when receiving cash payments or issuing change when conducting cash transactions with the public.

Feb 12, 2026

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 442 (Hadwick) – Working Forest Management Plans

RCRC supports Assembly Bill 442, authored by Assemblymember Heather Hadwick (R-Alturas). This measure would allow management of private timberlands across multiple watersheds. 

Feb 06, 2026

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 936 (Blakespear and Umberg) - Nitrous Oxide: Sales

RCRC, along with the National Stewardship Action Council and Orange County, is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 936, authored by Senators Catherine Blakespear (D-Oceanside) and Tom Umberg (D-Anaheim). This measure bans the sale of nitrous oxide as commonly used for illicit purposes.  

Jan 30, 2026

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 899 (Grove) – Wildfire Smoke Health Assessment

RCRC is a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 899, authored by Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield). This measure seeks to require the Governor’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force to create a wildfire smoke health assessment, intended to provide important data that would better align public health and wildfire resilience efforts

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) Funds

RCRC 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 08, 2026

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Senate Bill 299 (Cabaldon) – CEQA Exemption for Day Care Centers

​RCRC supports Senate Bill 299, authored by Senator Christopher Cabaldon (D-Yolo). On January 5, Senator Cabaldon amended Senate Bill 299 to exempt residential day care centers from the California Environmental Quality Act. 

Oct 10, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week   |   Federal Advocacy Bill of the Week: BECCS Advancement Commission Act of 2025 (H.R. 5597)

Last week, RCRC expressed support for a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by U.S. Representative Jim Costa (CA-21, D-Fresno) and Representative Blake Moore (UT-1), which would create a commission to provide recommendations to help advance Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) technologies

Sep 12, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week   |   Call to Action Call to Action: Urge Governor Newsom to Veto Assembly Bill 339

Assembly Bill 339, which would undermine local agencies’ efforts to provide programs and services to the public by requiring new, time-consuming, and costly administrative requirements, has advanced to the Governor’s Desk. RCRC requests that counties submit a letter to Governor Newsom urging him to veto this bill. 

Sep 05, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 339 (Ortega) – Local Public Employee Organizations: Notice Requirements

RCRC, in coalition with our local agency partners, strongly opposes Assembly Bill 339, authored by Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-Hayward). This measure would undermine local agencies’ efforts

Aug 29, 2025

Barbed Wire   |   Bill of the Week Bill of the Week: Fix Our Forests Act

RCRC strongly supports the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471/S. 1462), which is co-sponsored by 21 members of California’s Congressional delegation, including U.S. Senator Alex Padilla. This measure would provide pathways