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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Rep. Dan Newhouse, a moderate House Republican and congressional leader on ag and immigration policy, said Friday he wants to hear from the speaker candidates how they plan to move a farm bill as well as appropriations and other legislation.
Academics are pushing to ease regulations for solar projects on former farmland to power nearby homes. But the Legislature has already rejected a measure seeking to explore such options further.
Eileen Sobeck will retire at the end of the year, after steering the agency through turbulent waters with the Trump administration and shepherding in several new regulatory programs.
California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board will soon approve new regulations to implement AB 113, Gov. Newsom’s controversial labor deal on card check.
Agricultural productivity continues to fall below the needed targets to meet the global demands of feeding nearly 10 billion people by 2050 as outlined by the latest Global Agricultural Productivity report.
Newsom's signing statement could outline more policy work needed for implementing SB 253 on reporting Scope 3 emissions to account for a derth of data on this.