SGMA adds ‘certainty’ for farmers * Water bond to return later * USDA finds a variety of Chinese seeds arriving in the U.S.

DWR Director Karla Nemeth made a case that the implementation of SGMA beginning this year will provide “agriculture with more certainty, even around surface water supplies.”

The Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service are proposing to define “habitat” in the Endangered Species Act for the first time, in response to a 2018 Supreme Court decision.

H-2A rights bill adds more mandates * Paid family leave could be expanded in CA

FDA and EPA have developed a new protocol to guide companies in registering antimicrobial products for treating water used in farm irrigation systems.

Senate Bill 1383, a measure to expand paid family leave to 12 weeks, passed a critical committee this week.

A bill aimed at informing H-2A guest workers of their housing and labor rights passed another committee this week.

United Farm Workers, a co-sponsor of the bill, labeled CDFA Secretary Karen Ross as “dangerous” for negotiating an exemption on the granular form under the ban.

Newsom keeps wage hike * Enviros go after Trump NEPA rule * U.S.-China dispute nears ‘tipping point,’ official says