On Friday, January 8th, California Governor Gavin Newsom released his 2021, $227 billion state budget. The budget situation has improved considerably relative to the June budget act with a $26 billion windfall for this fiscal year. However, the operating deficit could grow to $17 billion by 2024-25 if spending is not curbed. Newsom proposes $1.5 ...
2020 is finally in our rearview mirror. We’ve been waiting for this moment, feeling on some days that it might never arrive. The personal and financial toll that the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought on our lives and the California agricultural industry has been staggering and incalculable. Yet, we have risen to the occasion as an ...