Items Tagged with 'AB 617'

One of the highest priorities for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is to develop a framework for a statewide pesticide notification system.

The Department of Pesticide Regulation has gotten pushback for asking for more funding to regulate pesticide emissions through the AB 617 program at the Air Resources Board.

DPR remains committed to implementing a new pesticide notification system backed by environmental activists.

Environmental justice groups are applauding CalEPA ordering the Kern County ag commissioner to adopt a pesticide notification system.

CARB may include Arvin and Lamont within the AB 617 Community Air Protection Program.

While Newsom wants more funding for climate programs, his executive orders and approach to pesticides have raised concerns for farmers.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled a plan to overhaul the state’s approach to pesticide regulation, without farm groups at the table.

CalEPA’s Department of Pesticide Regulation is pressuring a county agricultural commissioner to implement a notification program that environmental activists have long sought.

With an anticipated state budget deficit of $54 billion, the governor’s “May Revise” for his budget proposal was not going to bear much good news.

While running for governor, Newsom’s wine and hospitality businesses helped him earn $1.2 million. Now he is enacting policies with the potential to benefit his wineries, or hurt them.