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On Tuesday, January 10th, Governor Newson released his Administration’s 2023-24 Proposed Budget. This proposal is the first step in the State’s budget negotiations with lawmakers, who must pass a budget by June 15th for...

On Wednesday, January 18, 2023, the RCRC Annual Installation of Officers and Rural Leadership Awards Reception will be held at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento at 5:00 p.m. Learn more…

Recently, Golden State Finance Authority released an extension to their Request for Proposal for Broadband Strategic Planning. To help participants complete this RFP, GSFA has released the following FAQ. See full...

Golden State Finance Authority has decided to extend the deadline for the Broadband Strategic Planning Request for Proposal (RFP) until Tuesday, January 10. See the full RFP here.

RCRC's Government Affairs staff advocated on behalf of member counties on hundreds of bills in 2021. The RCRC 2021 Legislative Digest provides an overview of significant bills representing these efforts.Available here.

Adopted in 1906, federal law requires the U.S. Forest Service to provide counties and schools with 25 percent of the revenues generated on federal forest lands from a variety of...

In October 1976, Congress enacted the Federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act to provide federal payments to local governments to help offset losses in property tax revenues due to...

In December 2018, Congress enacted the 2018 Farm Bill, which included provisions that federally legalize hemp in any state that has a regulatory plan meeting a number of conditions (or accedes to a...

The USDA Forest Service estimates that 129 million trees have died from drought-related insect infestation since 2010.   Bark beetles are native to California and attack trees under stress.  They are...

RCRC continues to advocate for a common sense approach toward reducing the effects and severity of wildfires that have plagued California over the past decade.  Concurrently, wildfires continue to threaten...