Sacramento, California - This afternoon, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia’s (D-Coachella) $25 million dollar workforce development budget request was approved by the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration. The funds would kick-start the competitive grant program, as established in AB 1111, Breaking Barriers to Employment (E. Garcia, 2017).

Modesto, California - Nevin Lemos could be the youngest person to own a dairy in California. The 21–year-old owns Lemos Jerseys in Stanislaus County.

Sacramento, California - Today, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and Transportation voted to approve their proposed 2018-2019 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Funding (GGRF) Expenditure Plan that was highly reflective of the priorities set forth by Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) and the fourteen other members who joined forces to urge the reinstatement of critical Natural Resources programming funds.

Sacramento, California - As CDFA continues its work with federal and local partners and poultry owners to respond to a recent detection of virulent Newcastle disease in Los Angeles County, it offers these reminders to bird owners in California and elsewhere.

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 22, 2018 as “International Day for Biological Diversity.”

Sacramento, California - State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced that one California school district and four individual schools received 2018 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools and District Sustainability Awards.