Two Farm Bureau-opposed bills advanced this week. Assembly Bill 1883 would restrict workplace monitoring and management tools while increasing litigation exposure, and Senate Bill 1123 would weaken economic review requirements for major state regulations.
U.S. Senate consideration of a reconciliation package providing roughly $70 billion for immigration enforcement and border security has been delayed beyond its original June 1 target date. Lawmakers are expected to resume negotiations following the Senate recess.
Grazing permittees with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service have one remaining opportunity to participate in a Public Lands Council virtual roundtable on June 11. Registration is required and participation is limited to active federal lands permittees.
Assembly Bill 2646 and Assembly Bill 2227 passed the Assembly and now move to the Senate. The bills would increase labor costs through a new agricultural minimum wage requirement and higher bonding requirements for farm labor contractors. Farm Bureau remains opposed.
Napa County officials are urging residents who purchased grapevines or other host plants from Costco this spring to contact local agricultural authorities following the detection of the invasive glassy-winged sharpshooter, a pest capable of spreading Pierce's disease and threatening California vineyards and other crops.
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