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Ian LeMay will be beginning a new role as president of the California Table Grape Commission on Jan. 8. He previously served as president of the California Fresh Fruit Association where he had been for the last nine years.

A bill that would ban new or expanded commercial animal feeding operations has made the California Chamber of Commerce’s list of job-killing proposals in this year’s state legislative session.

The governing board that sets the standards for Cal/OSHA will decide Thursday which COVID-19 workplace restrictions can be lifted when Gov. Gavin Newsom reopens California on June 15.

Ag groups worry a new COVID-19 regulation sets unrealistic mandates for protecting farmworkers in employer-provided housing and transportation.

While farm groups share this goal, the policy being proposed has drawn opposition from a broad coalition of agricultural and business groups.

Policy committees have passed three bills this week related to workers' compensation for essential workers during the pandemic.