Brad Hooker

Asm. Arambula is pushing to open housing year-round for migrant farmworkers. But some workers said that money could be better spent on workforce development programs.

California farm organizations are divided over a new bill that is proposing to loosen the penalties for ending Williamson Act conservation easements to streamline the deployment of large-scale solar development on retired farmland.

Friedman has shelved an unprecedented attempt to enable residents to sue pesticide retailers on behalf of animals.

A progressive lawmaker is pushing to ban the herbicide paraquat to protect farmworkers and communities. But ag groups are refuting the claims and trying to rapidly educate lawmakers on the complex and robust regulatory process already in place.

The Agricultural Labor Relations Board is taking public comment on a draft regulation to implement Newsom’s card check deal with United Farm Workers.

Irrigation district fears it could undermine promises from both administrations to implement science-based decisions, better transparency and adaptive management.

A bill in the Legislature proposes to ease agricultural overtime rules after a UC Berkeley study found farmworkers have been earning and working less since the state enacted AB 1066 in 2016.

Lobbyists have been pleading to “stop buying into a whack-a-mole approach,” arguing that state agencies are better equipped to delve into the science.

After striking a grand compromise over plastic packaging in 2022, lawmakers are back at the negotiating table with another proposed ban.