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Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Newsom’s budget proposal reflects his priorities for pushing California back into a climate leadership role while responding to rising crises on multiple fronts.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Christine Birdsong to serve as undersecretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the department’s number two position.
Despite a record budget and drought, the state is adding no new money for water storage. Instead, about $1 billion for nature-based solutions will fund projects like groundwater recharge.
During a visit to California Tuesday, EPA Administrator Michael Regan reiterated the Biden administration’s commitment to a multiagency effort to increase the resiliency of farms, ranches and communities to wildfire and climate change.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Michael Flores to be the deputy secretary at the California Department of Food and Agriculture and Farmers Business Network has hired Ken Barbic.
The Newsom administration and Democratic lawmakers have shied away from fully funding dairy digester grants as pushback from environmental groups escalates.
In his State of the State address Tuesday night, Gov. Newsom admitted the state’s progress in recovering from the pandemic “hasn’t always felt fast enough.”
