Published: Monday, 10 May 2021 05:54
May, 10, 2021 - The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) reports last Monday, Senators Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla
introduced
The Protecting Unique and Beautiful Landscapes by Investing in California (PUBLIC) Lands Act, which would expand protections for over one million acres of California’s public lands. The bill would also designate nearly 600,000 acres of new wilderness, more than 583 miles of new wild and scenic rivers, and expand an existing national monument by more than 100,000 acres. The legislative package consists of three bills that were originally introduced in the House including:
The
The
The
San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and Rivers Protection Act - introduced by Representative Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park)
Published: Sunday, 09 May 2021 05:57
May, 9, 2021 - The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) reports the USDA Forest Service has announced that this year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will be coming from the Six Rivers National Forest in California’s
North Coast. RCRC is proud to be partnering with the U.S. Forest Service to highlight rural California as the tree makes its way across the State before it makes the long journey east to Washington, DC.
Every year since 1970, the USDA Forest Service has provided the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree. Providing the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree also known as “The People’s Tree” includes a public engagement campaign to create connections to and celebrate our national forests. The initiative brings together USDA Forest Service staff, communities throughout the respective state and across the country, and local and national partners to celebrate the spirit of the season and our great outdoors.
Group asserts years of public health cuts contributed to Solano’s, state’s Covid crisis
Dr. Bela Matyas
FAIRFIELD A coalition of public health associations, labor groups and other county political advocates said a decade of public health funding cuts inhibited the ability of Solano County and the state to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Covid-19 confirmed the worst fears of public health officials who have been warning that a decade of budget cuts would leave our workforce hollowed out and our infrastructure wiped out just when we needed it most,” Colleen Chawla, president of the California Health Executives Association of California and director of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, said in a statement released by California Can’t Wait.
California is looking at closing more prisons. Here are some that might be on the list
Sacramento Bee 5 hrs ago Andrew Sheeler, The Sacramento Bee
Apr. 15 The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has plans to shut down two prisons, but more closures could soon be on the way because of the state s rapidly shrinking inmate population.
According to the Legislative Analyst s Office, the state could close a total of five prisons by 2025, which in turn could save an estimated $1.5 billion in annual spending. The corrections department, which has a budget of $16 billion, oversees 34 prisons and more than 50,000 employees.
New criminal sentencing laws over the last decade gradually reduced the state s prison population from about 144,000 inmates in 2011 to about 120,000 last year. The number of inmates in state custody plummeted in the coronavirus pandemic, dropping to about 95,000 this month.
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