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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, August 23, 2024
Many small farmers are struggling with low commodity prices in California, eroding their ability to absorb rising regulatory costs and weather market uncertainties.
The Legislature has been advancing a bill to enact new inspection requirements for public gates, while the state’s workplace safety regulator is considering rules to protect workers as well.
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.
As the state races toward aggressive climate goals and pulls back on incentive grants supporting the energy transition, lawmakers are looking for other ways to ease some of the costs put on industries and Californians.
Farms and other entities throughout the food supply chain are urging Newsom to address the economic impacts of implementing the administration’s many clean energy and ZEV goals.
Business advocates are urging Cal/OSHA’s standards board to invest resources into educating small businesses on complex workplace violence regulations heading their way.