2025-2026
Informational Hearing - Responding to the Avian Flu: Biosecurity and Disease Monitoring Systems in California
March 5, 2025, 1:30 p.m., 1021 O Street, Suite 1200, Sacramento, CA 95814
- Background: California Department of Food and Agriculture - Emergency Preparedness & Response Section
- Background: California Department of Food and Agriculture - Biosecurity Infographics
- Background: UC Merced - Producing Risk
- Video Recording of the Hearing
2023-2024
Informational Hearing - Navigating Threats to California Agriculture - Continuing the Discussion
March 19, 2024, 9:30 a.m., State Capitol, Room 112, Sacramento, CA 95814
Agenda
- Background: California Department of Conservation - Williamson Act Program Overview
- Background: California Department of Water Resources - SGMA
- Background: California Energy Commission - Renewable Energy for Agriculture
- Video Recording of the Hearing
Informational Hearing - Navigating Threats to California Agriculture
August 29, 2023, 1:30 p.m., 1021 O Street, Suite 2100, Sacramento, CA 95814
- Agenda
- Background: California Department of Conservation - Williamson Act Overview
- Background: California Department of Food & Agriculture - Food Safety & Security Overview
- Article: Wall Street Journal: Investors Bought Nearly $1 Billion in Land Near a California Air Force Base. Officials Want to Know Who Exactly They Are
- Article: New York Times: The Silicon Valley Elite Who Want to Build a City From Scratch
- Article: Christopher Cabaldon - CalMatters Guest Commentary: California needs to step up after shadowy land deals near Travis Air Force Base
- Report: Homeland Security: National Infrastructure Protection Plan - Agriculture and Food Sector
- Video Recording of the Hearing
Informational Hearing - U.S. Farm Bill: Update for the 2023 Reauthorization and Its Impact on Californians
March 7, 2023
- Agenda
- Background: Congressional Research Service - Farm Bill Primer
- Background: U.S. Farm Bill - Title Summaries
- Witness Handout: Secretary Karen Ross, CDFA - Priorities Letter
- Witness Handout: Dr. Dan Sumner, Former USDA Agriculture Economist - U.S. Farm Bill Background
- Witness Handout: Ian LeMay, President, California Fresh Fruit Association - Priorities Letter
- Witness Handout: Ian LeMay, President, California Fresh Fruit Association - Final Policy Reccomendations
- Witness Handout: Michael Delbar, California Rangeland Trust - Priorities Platform
- Witness Handout: Mary-Ann Warmerdam, Sr. Vice President, Rural County Representatives of California - Priorities Letter
- Video Recording of the Hearing
Informational & Oversight Hearings 2009-2019
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