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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, September 26, 2024
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.
After the board chair swore at protestors and broke state transparency laws, the agency edited the actions out of a recording of the hearing. Employers are growing frustrated over an increasingly chaotic regulatory body.
In a rare moment of candor for a regulatory body, staff at the Air Resources Board rebutted comments on proposed changes to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
The state water board has begun taking testimony in its long process to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed off-stream reservoir.
The Biden administration is following the EU's lead, cutting out dairy digester-derived hydrogen, while California says the federal rules are too stringent and it already has appropriate safeguards in place.
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.