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CA AB391

Bill

Status

Engrossed

6/1/2021

Primary Sponsor

Carlos Villapudua

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Origin

State Assembly

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Allocates $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Food and Agriculture upon legislative appropriation for pollinator habitat conservation funding.

  • Requires the department to partner with UC Cooperative Extension, California resource conservation districts, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to deliver technical assistance and outreach.

  • Provides grants to incentivize growers to participate in state and federal conservation programs that establish pollinator habitat and forage on working lands.

  • Authorizes the department to use allocated funds to cover all reasonable administrative and implementation costs related to the program.

  • Declares that working lands with pollinator habitat help sequester carbon, contribute to climate risk reduction, and require funding to accelerate adoption of conservation practices.

Legislative Description

Pollinator habitat conservation: funding.

Last Action

Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Villapudua.

9/9/2021

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/17/2021
Agriculture6/9/2021
Rules6/2/2021
Appropriations4/15/2021
Agriculture2/12/2021

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