Government Relations

Farm groups are pleased with President Biden’s plans to nominate Alexis Taylor to undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, a top U.S. Department of Agriculture trade post. In [...]

On May 13, 2022 Governor Gavin Newsom presented his revisions of the California State Budget Blueprint. One of the most notable changes, is the proposal of  a $300.7 billion budget with $75 [...]

Governor Newsom will hold a press conference to provide an overview on California’s proposed budget tomorrow, Friday May 13th at 10:00AM—also historically known as the May Revise. The Legislative [...]

On Monday, May 9th near the State Capitol, Jacob Villagomez on behalf of CCM, stood alongside a bipartisan group legislators, agricultural associations, and growers to urge the Administration to [...]

A statewide coalition, including the Water Blueprint for the San Joaquin Valley (Water Blueprint) submitted an appropriations request of $6.5B to the Governor and California lawmakers. The [...]

Low prices, pandemic, supply chain issues, rising costs to produce citrus, and now one of the worst water years we’ve ever experienced.  This business isn’t for the faint of heart!  The extremely [...]

On 3/29, California and federal officials announced completion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State and Federal government and several water suppliers.  The MOU was signed by [...]

From the Sun Gazette, “The state government expected there would be supply chain issues due to the global pandemic, but the volatility of the situation made it unpredictable and prevented a [...]

The Bureau of Reclamation announced initial 2022 water supply allocations for Central Valley Project contractors. Allocations are based on a conservative estimate of water available for delivery [...]

Pictured:  John S. Gless (Gless Ranch), Rep. GT Thompson, Alyssa Houtby (CCM), and Jamie Johansen (CA Farm Bureau) Congressman GT Thompson (R – PA), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture [...]