Latest Advocacy Updates - September 26, 2025
Cal/OSHA Standards Board will form an advisory committee to review revisions to the Zoonotic Aerosol Transmissible Disease standard, focusing on quarantine vs. culling provisions and worker exclusion rules. Valley Voices' petition prompted the review.
Congress faces a shutdown deadline. The House passed a short-term continuing resolution, but the Senate failed to advance it. Democrats want Affordable Care Act subsidy funding, while reports suggest the Trump administration may target discretionary staff. Agencies will release shutdown plans.
The U.S. Trade Representative opened a 45-day comment period on the upcoming 2026 review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The review will assess needed improvements or confirm current terms. Comments close Nov. 17. California Farm Bureau members are encouraged to share feedback for consideration.
The California State Water Resources Control Board unanimously returned Kern Subbasin's groundwater sustainability plan to California Department of Water Resources oversight, removing threat of Sustainable Groundwater Management Act "probation." Kern joins Kaweah and Chowchilla as three of seven San Joaquin Valley subbasins referred for probation but sent back to DWR.
For members interested in applying for federal assistance opportunities under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the Conservation Stewardship Program and the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, the deadline for fiscal year 2026 applications is Nov. 21. More details on each program can be found here.
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