Legislation

Prospects in Federal Tax Legislation

June 16, 2014

CCFA has more than enough work to do keeping up with California state legislation, but that does not mean that the federal arena can be neglected. There has been a lot of rumbling recently about reforming taxes.  Several of the forestry associations (Forest Landowners Association, American Forest Foundation) who do track federal legislation have been […]

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California Legislation Update – June 17

June 16, 2014

Committee hearings are under way again.  Many of our bills are being heard in the next two weeks.  We have been busy sending out correspondence in advance of these hearings. There was a hearing on June 10 at the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee.  The following bills were heard and we sent these letters: […]

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Legislation Update June 28, 2013 – focus on AB 904

June 30, 2013

California legislation Last week was a particularly busy one for bills related to forestry and land management.  There was a big hearing in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, where several of our tracked bills were heard.  Cate Moore and Ron DeBenedetti of the CCFA Board went to Sacramento to testify in behalf of […]

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Legislation Update June 15, 2013

June 20, 2013

This week was primarily dedicated to continuing the job of assigning bills to committees and setting hearings. The week of June 24 is going to be a big one for forestry.  There is a major hearing coming up in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee that will address several bills of interest to the […]

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Federal Legislation Updates

June 12, 2013

We haven’t been reporting on federal legislation lately.  The California state venue has been more than active enough to keep us busy.  Still, it is a topic that needs some attention, so here is what our sister organizations have been monitoring in Congress. The respective House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill have each […]

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Legislation Update for June 1, 2013

June 3, 2013

We have reached the second great milestone in the California legislative calendar.  May 31 is the date any bill must pass from its house of origin to the other house to continue its consideration for this year. We are most excited about the prospects of AB 904.  This bill offers the best package for allowing […]

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California Legislation Update May 25, 2013

May 25, 2013

In Santa Cruz County, a final-hour agenda item was once more added to the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting to move to exclude Santa Cruz County from the provisions of AB 904, Working Forest Management Plans.  This time, it went down in flames as four of the five supervisors recognized the value of […]

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Legislation update May 17

May 20, 2013

Most of the serious action is taking place outside of the legislature itself. AB 904, which creates the Working Forest Management Plan based on the Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan, is under attack in Santa Cruz County. Supervisor John Leopold has been petitioned by the environmentalist community to try to exclude Santa Cruz County from the […]

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Legislation Update May 4, 2013

May 4, 2013

This week was very busy, with a large quantity of committee hearings held and votes taken. The biggest story of the week was the passage of AB-904 out the Natural Resources Committee.  It has been sent on to Appropriations.  This bill creates the Working Forest Management Plan (WFMP), which is based on the very successful […]

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Legislative Update – April 29, 2013

April 30, 2013

There’s nothing like being out of the area for a few days to liven matters up. Over the past week, AB-904, the Working Forest Management Plan (WFMP) bill, has suddenly jumped into high profile.  This bill takes the proven model of the NonIndustrial Timber Management Plan and expands it for properties up to 15,000 acres.  […]

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