USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue traversed the Valley this week meeting with Ag folks in three Congressional districts. CCM representatives attended two of the three with Vice Chair Matt Fisher at a Kern County breakfast with Congressman McCarthy and CCM President Joel Nelsen at an afternoon session with Congressman Valadao. “Trade relationships and mitigation programs were [...]
Join CCM for a free breakfast on Friday, August 24th at the Visalia Marriott to hear from Governor Candidate John Cox. This is not a fundraiser event, but rather an opportunity to hear his campaign strategy in what could possibly be a tight race. Doors will open at 7:30 am with the program beginning at [...]
Mark your calendars for an Issues and Eggs with Steve Poizner, candidate for California Insurance Commissioner, on Friday, September 28th at the Ramada Hotel in Fresno (324 E Shaw Ave, Fresno, CA 93710). Poizner was previously Commissioner under Governor Schwarzenegger and is running for office now as an Independent against Senator Ricardo Lara, an outspoken [...]
The Insurance Commissioner is one of just 8 statewide offices and the only office that does not report to the Legislature or the Governor. The power of the Insurance Commissioner is generally underappreciated by a majority of voters, but is arguably the most important economic policy-making position in statewide office, 2nd only to the Governor. [...]
Nope, just water, trade, Farm Bill, and guest worker legislation attracted CCM’s attention this week in Washington, D.C. as CCM President Joel Nelsen and CCM Executive Vice President Casey Creamer made the rounds on Capitol Hill. There were side visits to FDA and USDA about reducing food safety costs and burdens on a low-risk commodity [...]
The Supreme court ruled in a 5-4 decision last Thursday in support of Janus against the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSME). The decision is one of the most significant blows to public sector unions and could lead to significant changes in California. At issue in the case was whether a public-sector [...]
7 years ago, CCM struck up a relationship with a first-time Assembly Member from San Diego. That Assembly Member later became the Speaker of the Assembly, then ran and won her election to the State Senate and is now the number one most powerful member in the Legislature, the Senate Pro-Tempore. Senator Toni Atkins is [...]
On June 12, 2018, the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants (SRP) unanimously approved the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s (DPR) staff report that will list chlorpyrifos as a toxic air contaminant. According to their report, chlorpyrifos may pose a public health risk as a toxic air contaminant based on its assessment of the [...]
Over the past several months, CCM has been closely engaged with the effort to provide growers liability protection against the State Water Resources Control Board for nitrate contamination of groundwater. As we have chronicled in the Market Memo, SB 623 (Monning, D – Carmel) is the vehicle to achieve the desired result. Simply, the bill [...]
The Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday passed the Agriculture Improvement Act by a vote of 20 - 1. Majority Leader McConnell has committed to consider the bill prior to the 4th of July congressional work period. For the citrus industry and the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance, many of our policy and resource request were accepted [...]
