AENR Bulletin Articles

AB 626, by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia, would allow for the direct sale of food by residents in private homes and limit county public health authority to authorize and monitor these activities. The bill would create a new category of retail food facilities called microenterprise home kitchens (MHKs), allowing home cooks to sell directly to the public through an internet website or mobile application.

July 5, 2018

The Legislature has agreed on a plan to allocate approximately $1.46 billion in Cap & Trade revenues from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for FY 18-19. The expenditure plan reflects months of negotiations between the Legislature, Administration and advocates. It includes a significant investment in CAL Fire geared at fire prevention and the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) from catastrophic wildfire.

The Budget Conference Committee, consisting of members from both the Senate and Assembly, convened for the first time on Wednesday May 30^th. The committee will negotiate differences between budget changes proposed by the Senate and Assembly Budget Committees and help send a number of budget related measures to the floor of both houses for votes ahead of the June 15th constitutional budget deadline.

May 18, 2018

The three licensing agencies responsible for California’s cannabis regulation announced that they will readopt the current emergency cannabis regulations for another 180 days. The emergency regulations originally became effective on December 7last year. The three licensing agencies include the Bureau of Cannabis Control, the California Department of Public Health and the California Department of Food Agriculture.

May 3, 2018

April 26, 2018

April 19, 2018

CalRecycle is hosting a final round of informal stakeholder workshops to review draft regulatory language and discuss the implementation process for SB 1383 regulations. The bill, signed in 2016, establishes methane emissions reduction targets in a statewide effort to reduce short-lived climate pollutants in various sectors of California’s economy. The final formal rulemaking is likely to take place in late summer this year.