RCRC Advocacy Letters 2023-24

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Agriculture

• AB 54
  • March 7, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 19, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee

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Air Quality

• AB 985
  • April 17, 2023 - Letter to Author

Reconsideration of National Ambient AQ Standards for Particulate Matter

• March 28, 2023 - Letter to EPA (from CAFWA)

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Budget

Analysis of State Budget (RCRC)

• January 10, 2023 - RCRC Rural Rundown of the Governor's 2023-24 Proposed Budget
• May 12, 2023 - RCRC Rural Rundown of the Governor's 2023-24 May Revision
• June 28, 2023 - RCRC Rural Rundown of the 2023-24 State Budget Package

Broadband

• June 8, 2023 - Letter to Legislative and Budget Committee Leadership
• June 9, 2023 - Letter to Legislative and Budget Committee Leadership from the California Alliance for Digital Equity (CADE)

California Can't Wait Coalition

• March 1, 2023 - Reject Governor's Proposal to Cut $49.8 Million in Public Health Workforce Development and Training Programs - Set for Hearing in Asm. Sub. 1 on March 6
• May 15, 2023 - May Revision Restoration of $49.8 million for Public Health Workforce Development and Training Programs

California Forest Watershed Alliance

• January 3, 2023 - Wildfire and Forest Resilience State Budget Allocations

CEQA

• June 5, 2023 - CEQA Administrative Record Trailer Bill

Fairs

• February 15, 2023 - Fairs and Exposition Fund: Oversight Costs for AB 1499

Other Budget Issues

• March 15, 2023 - Budget Item 5227 (BSCC) and Budget Item 0820 (DOJ)
• March 22, 2023 - DJJ Realignment - Letter to Assembly Budget Sub 5
• May 17, 2023 - Budget Item 5225 (DCR; DJJ Closure) and Budget Item 5227 (BSCC; Public Defense Pilot Program and PRCS Funding)
   
• March 23, 2023 - ERAF Letter to Assembly Budget Sub 4
• May 17, 2023 - ERAF Letter to Assembly Budget Sub 4 and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
• August 24, 2023 - Wage Orders: Goat Herders, Draft Trailer Bill Language Letter to Senate and Assembly Budget Committees

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CEQA/NEPA

• AB 356
  • March 8, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • March 14, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Natural Resources Committee
  • May 22, 2023 - Letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee
     
• AB 692
  • March 14, 2023 - Letter to Author

• SB 91
  • January 31, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 1, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Natural Resources Committee

• SB 406
  • February 2, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 1, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Natural Resources Committee

Little Hoover Commission

• April 27, 2023 - Written Comments on the Effects of CEQA

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Community and Economic Development

Homelessness/Mental Health

• AB 531
  • July 5, 2023 - Letter to Senate Housing Committee

Housing

• AB 1000
  • April 10, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 571
  • April 20, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 620
  • April 11, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 11, 2023 - Letter to Senate Housing Committee
  • June 12, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Housing & Community Development Committee
     
• SB 634
  • April 20, 2023 - Letter to Author

Land Use/Planning

• AB 480
  • April 19, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• AB 1176
  • April 20, 2023- Letter to Author
  • May 25, 2023 - Letter to Author​​​​​
     
• AB 1504
  • April 11, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Committee on Transportation
  • May 10, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Committee on Appropriations
     
• SB 405
  • April 12, 2023 - Letter to Author

Surplus Property

• SB 34
  • April 13, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 13, 2023 - Letter to Senate Committee on Governance and Finance
  • April 25, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
  • June 6, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Local Government Committee
     
• SB 229
  • April 13, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 13, 2023 - Letter to Senate Committee on Governance and Finance
  • April 25, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
  • June 6, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Local Government Committee
     
• SB 747
  • April 23, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • May 30, 2023 - Senate Floor Alert

Telecommunications

• AB 286
  • March 24, 2023 - Letter to ASM Committee on Communications and Conveyance
  • April 20, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 415
  • February 15, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• AB 965
  • April 24, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Local Government Committee
  • May 16, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
  • June 1, 2023 - Letter to Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee
  • June 8, 2023 - Letter to Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee
     
• SB 318
  • April 11, 2023 - Letter to Senate Health and Safety Committee
     
• CPUC
  • January 6, 2023 - Reply Comments to CPUC on Network Examination
  • April 3, 2023 - Response to AT&T California's Request for Relief 

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County Operations

• AB 595
  • April 4, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Business and Professions Committee
  • April 20, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 1168
  • March 29, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Health Committee
  • May 9, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 1637
  • April 4, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Local Government Committee
  • May 10, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
  • May 25, 2023 - Assembly Floor Alert
     
• AB 1713
  • May 4, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee

Brown Act

• AB 557
  • June 1, 2023 - Letter to Senate Governance and Finance Committee
  • June 20, 2023 - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
     
• AB 817
  • March 17, 2023 - Letter to Author

Cannabis

• AB 687
  • April 17, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Business and Professions Committee
  • April 26, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 1111
  • March 29, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Business and Professions Committee
  • April 21, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 1448
  • March 29, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 3, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Business and Professions Committee
  • April 27, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Judiciary Committee
  • May 30, 2023 - Assembly Floor Alert
  • June 19, 2023 - Letter to Senate Business, Professions, and Economic Development Committee
  • July 6, 2023 - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • August 4, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 1616
  • April 26, 202 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 1719
  • April 10, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Committee on Natural Resources
     
• SB 508
  • May 19, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 13, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Business and Professions Committee
     
• SB 753
  • March 30, 2023 - Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee
  • April 14, 2023 - Letter to Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
  • April 27, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
     
• SB 820
  • April 10, 2023 - Letter to Senate Committee on Business Professions and Economic Development
  • April 18, 2023 - Letter to Senate Public Safety Committee
  • April 27, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee

Care Court

Elections

• AB 764
  • April 12, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Elections Committee
  • April 30, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 1248
  • April 12, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Elections Committee
  • April 30, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
  • June 14, 2023 - Letter to Senate Elections & Constitutional Amendments Committee
     
• SB 878, 879, and 880 (Validating Acts of 2023)
  • March 1, 2023 - Letter to SEN Gov and Finance Committee

Employment

• SB 399
  • June 21, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Labor & Employment Committee
  • June 28, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Judiciary Committee

Labor

• AB 504
  • April 7, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 14, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Judiciary Committee
  • May 8, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
  • May 30, 2023 - Assembly Floor Alert
  • July 3, 2023 - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • August 17, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 1484
  • April 24, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
  • May 30, 2023 - Assembly Floor Alert
  • June 21, 2023 - Letter to Senate Labor Committee
  • August 7, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee

PERS/Pension

• AB 1020
  • May 22, 2023 - Letter to Senate Labor Committee
     
• SB 252
  • March 17, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • March 17, 2023 - Letter to Senate Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement Committee
  • April 12, 2023 - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • May 22, 2023 - Senate Floor Alert

Worker's Compensation

• AB 1156
  • March 23, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 13, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Insurance Committee
     
• SB 623
  • May 24, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Insurance Committee
     
• SB 636
  • June 26, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Insurance Committee

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Energy

• AB 50
  • March 30, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • May 4, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 13, 2023 - Letter to Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee
     
• AB 625
  • March 14, 2023 - Letter to Author

• AB 643
  • May 10, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• AB 704
  • March 14, 2023 - Letter to Author

• AB 914
  • April 20, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• AB 998
  • March 17, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • May 22, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 9, 2023 - Letter to Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee
     
• SB 83
  • April 11, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 410
  • April 11, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 6, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 13, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 527
  • April 11, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 884 Implementation (Statutes of 2022)
  • March 10, 2023 - Comments to CPUC and Energy Safety 
     
• H.R. 6012
  • November 3, 2023 - Letter to Author

CPUC

• Rule 20
  • February 17, 2023 - Reply Comments to ALJ's Ruling Requesting Comments on the Phase 2 Workshop
     
• Order Instituting Rulemaking Changes to Requirements on Video Francises Under DIVCA and Revisions to General Order 168
  • May 10, 2023 - Request for Party Status

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Forest and Public Lands Stewardship

• AB 297
  • February 1, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 19, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 338
  • February 15, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 19, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
  • June 15, 2023 - Letter to Senate Labor Committee
  • September 21, 2023 - Request for Veto
     
• AB 388
  • June 9, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 39
  • March 17, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 675
  • March 7, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 19, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
  • June 12, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Natural Resources Committee

• Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) map for the State Responsibility Areas (SRA)
  • January 12, 2023 - Coalition Letter to CAL FIRE

• 2023-2025 Wildfire Mitigation Plans (Docket #2023-2025-WMPs)
  • February 24, 2023 - Data Request, Stakeholder Designation
  • May 26, 2023 - Opening Comments to OEIS
  • June 6, 2023 - Reply Comments to OEIS
  • August 22, 2023 - Opening Comments on PG&E's revised 2023-2025 WMP

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Health Care and Social Services

• AB 24
  • March 7, 2023 - Letter to ASM Health Committee
  • April 25, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• AB 242
  • March 8, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Health Committee
  • May 31, 2023 - Letter to Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee
     
• AB 262
  • April 10, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Human Services Committee
  • May 24, 2023 - Assembly Floor Alert
     
• AB 386
  • March 10, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Privacy & Consumer Protection Committee

• AB 412
  • April 18, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Health Committee
  • April 27, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 551
  • April 14, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Human Services Committee
     
• AB 869
  • March 14, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Health Committee
  • April 27, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 1057
  • March 21, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Health Committee
  • June 13, 2023 - Letter to Senate Health Committee
  • June 28, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
     
• SB 43
  • June 16, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Mental Health Committee
  • July 3, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Judiciary Committee
  • August 9, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• SB 282
  • March 21, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 326
  • August 14, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Health Committee
  • August 21, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Health Committee
  • August 25, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development
     
• SB 408
  • May 11, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
     
• SB 525
  • April 4, 2023 - Letter to Senate Labor, Public Employment, and Retirement Committee
  • April 25, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
     
• SB 551
  • April 3, 2023 - Letter to Senate Health Committee
  • May 8, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
  • June 7, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Health Committee
     
• SB 759
  • April 18, 2023 - Letter to SEN Health Committee
     
• SB 784
  • May 10, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
     
• Felony IST Growth Cap and Penalty Program
  • April 19, 2023 - Letter to Department of State Hospitals

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Public Safety and Emergency Management

Courts

• AB 78
  • February 17, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • March 14, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
     
• AB 702
  • April 4, 2023 - Letter to Author and to Assembly Public Safety Committee
     
• SB 75
  • March 2, 2023 - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
  • April 27, 2023 - Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
  • June 12, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Judiciary Committee

Prisons

• SB 418
  • May 31, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• June 7, 2023 - Letter to Governor

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Solid Waste Management

• AB 573
  • April 3, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • May 22, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 1, 2023 - Letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee
     
• AB 592
  • May 1, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • May 31, 2023 - Letter to Senate Governance and Finance Committee
     
• AB 891
  • April 3, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• AB 909
  • February 28, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • March 17, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Natural Resources Committee

• AB 1045
  • March 22, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• AB 1115
  • March 30, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 1, 2023 - Letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee
     
• AB 1526
  • April 21, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Natural Resources Committee
  • June 1, 2023 - Letter to Senate Natural Resources and Water Committe
     
• AB 1548
  • March 17, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • April 12, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 1, 2023 - Letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee
  • June 5, 2023 - Letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee
     
• AB 1597
  • April 3, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • May 22, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• AB 1705
  • April 3, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 367
  • March 21, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • June 1, 2023 - Letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee
     
• SB 560
  • April 12, 2023 - Letter to Author
     
• SB 642
  • March 1, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • March 21, 2023 - Letter to Author
  • March 21, 2023 - Letter to Committee
  • April 19, 2023 - Senate Floor Alert
  • June 12, 2023 - Letter to Assembly Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials Committee
     
• SB 665
  • March 21, 2023 - Letter to Senate Environmental Quality Committee

Other Issues

• SB 343 and AB 881 Recycling and Disposal Reporting System (RDRS) Regulatory Permanent Regulations
  • March 15, 2023 - Letter to Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, Regulations Unit
     
• Generator Improvements Rule Proposed Regulations
  • May 8, 2023 - Comments (with ESJPA) to DTSC

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Transportation

• AB 6
  • May 31, 2023 - Assembly Floor Alert
     
• AB 400
  • June 6, 2023 - Letter to Senate Governance and Finance Committee

U.S. Department of Transportation

• Docket No. DOT-OST-2023-0020-0001
  • March 17, 2023 - Request for Information, Equitable Transportation Community Explorer Tool and Index Methodology

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Water and Wildlife

• AB 606
  • March 20, 2023 - Letter to Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee
     
• California Spotted Owl
  • April 19, 2023 - Comments to US Fish & Wildlife Service, Proposed Rule

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