A proposal to cache N95s * CA’s new climate bills * New House Ag chair sets priorities * Senate chair has questions for Vilsack

Legislators introduced a number of other measures on Tuesday, several related to agriculture.

Assembly Ag Chair Robert Rivas of Hollister has co-authored a bill that would charge Cal/OSHA with establishing a stockpile of N95 respirators to deploy to farmworkers working under wildfire smoke.

Cal/OSHA inspections over the last three months have led to more than $1 million in proposed penalties.

UC Davis Professor Marc Schenker recognizes California is ahead of the rest of the country with heat illness prevention, but said more can be done.

Cal/OSHA gets more muscle * Foster Farms quells outbreak * DPR adds time for neonics comments * Crunch week for COVID aid deal

A Cal/OSHA board has approved a petition by labor groups for an emergency regulation to develop new COVID-19 requirements for employers.

California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed to fine two meat companies about $60,000 for failing to adequately protect workers from COVID-19.