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AB 288 (Holden): Public Schools: College and Career Access Pathways. Assembly Bill 288 would establish the Career Access Pathways Act and expand access to concurrent enrollment programs for students by allowing college courses to be offered on high school campuses. Status: Gained passage in the Senate Education Committee. RCRC Position: Support
AB 590 (Dahle): Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Assembly Bill 590 would establish the Biomass State Cost Share Account within the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). Status: Gained passage in the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee. RCRC Position: Support
AB 707 (Wood): Agricultural Lands: Williamson Act Contracts: Cancellation. Assembly Bill 707 would remove the ability of a land owner and the California Department of Conservation to negotiate Williamson Act cancellation fees, if the land in an Act contract is within a county that has a local cancellation assessment for Act contract lands. Status: Gained passage in the Senate Appropriations Committee. RCRC Position: Support
SB 208 (Lara): Integrated Regional Water Management Plan: Advanced Payment. Senate Bill 208 would establish a process that would require the Department of Water Resources administration of the Integrated Regional Water Management grant funding to provide 50 percent of the funding in advance if the project proponent is a non-profit organization or a disadvantaged community, or the project would benefit a disadvantaged community and the grant for the project is less than one million dollars. Status: Gained passage in the Assembly Water Parks and Wildlife Committee. RCRC Position: Support