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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Department of Pesticide Regulation Director Julie Henderson was again in the hot seat at the Capitol, defending her proposal for a 36% bump in the mill fee.
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.
Legislation is in the works to update the state’s definition of integrated pest management, emphasizing that chemical control does fall within the practices.
The Newsom administration is developing a system to alert residents ahead of pesticide applications throughout the state and hopes to launch the program later this year.
A Cal/OSHA board has denied two petitions and several requests for an advisory committee to update a 70s-era labor code that bars the use of autonomous tractors.
Lawmaker have filed the most in more than a decade, raising the potential for the Legislature to deliver new challenges for farmers already dealing with water shortages, high taxes and exorbitant labor costs.
CalEPA Secretary Jared Blumenfeld has said “several times” that he would like to see 75% of the farms in California transition to organic practices by 2050.
