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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 26, 2024
The Department of Pesticide Regulation is pitching lawmakers with a dramatic increase to the mill assessment to steer off insolvency and finance a steady stream of new programs at the department.
The document is light on details but would approve several of Newsom’s proposals related to ag, including a dramatic increase and more EJ cost shifts to the pesticide sales tax.
A new report indicates the governor's orders to add new permitting requirements for groundwater wells did little to slow the impacts to domestic drinking water wells.
The state water board is proposing to expand its size and to take on federal duties vacated after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision limited the Clean Water Act.
The budget advisors are recommending lawmakers use the state's tax on pesticide sales to cover more of the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s environmental justice costs.