Sacramento, California, October, 2, 2019 — Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 614 (Eggman), expanding the Farm to Food Bank Tax Credit beyond fresh produce, to make eligible other healthy California food essentials such as milk, meat eggs, rice, beans, and more. AB 614 delivers a triple win: fight hunger, prevent food […]
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CA Legislature Fails to Act On Ambitious Plastics and Circular Economy Bills
SACRAMENTO, Sept 16, 2019 — In the final week of session, the California Legislature failed to pass legislation aimed at reducing and recycling single use products and packaging. Senate Bill 54 (Allen, Skinner, Stern, Wiener) and Assembly Bill 1080 (Gonzalez, Calderon, Friedman, Ting), companion measures known jointly as the California Circular Economy and Pollution Reduction […]
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Governor Brown Signs Good Samaritan Food Donation Act
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 10, 2017 – Governor Brown has signed AB 1219 into law, a bill that will drastically cut the amount of edible food that is wasted and make more food available to those in need. In 1977, Brown signed the first-in-the-nation food donor liability protection law during his first term as Governor, and in […]
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State Recycling Plan In Limbo After Senate Rejects Governor, Assembly Fix
SACRAMENTO June 9, 2017 – Despite closed recycling centers and falling recycling rates, Senate members of the Budget Conference Committee last night rejected a proposal supported by the State Assembly and Governor Jerry Brown to fix the problem. The action came late last night as the Conference Committee on the Budget finalized a 2017-18 budget […]