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Bill to Create Combined Hunting, Fishing License Moves Up in Assembly

July 2, 2021 10:51 am

A bill to create a combined hunting and fishing license that would be valid for an entire year was approved by the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee on Thursday. Senate Bill 470, authored by Senator Brian Jones, would create...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

California AG Xavier Becerra’s ‘Sneaky’ Power Grab

September 2, 2020 1:53 pm

“In an unusual last-minute power grab, Attorney General Xavier Becerra is trying to ram something called Assembly Bill 6 through the California State Legislature,” the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board reported Monday. “It’s a perfect example of bad, secretive and cynical...

Trophy Hunting, African Animal Product Importation Ban Bill To Be Heard In Assembly Committee

August 4, 2020 6:30 amAugust 3, 2020 8:53 pm

This week, the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife is due to have a hearing over a bill that would effectively end wildlife trafficking into California. A trophy hunt, wild animal importation ban Senate Bill 1175, authored by Senator...

More Bills Pulled Due To Limited Summer Session

July 31, 2020 5:57 pm

On Friday, several more bills in the Assembly and Senate were dropped for the January 2021 session due to an increasingly compressed schedule to finish out the current session by the end of August. A shortened session, less time for...

State’s Fishing Season in Some Rural Counties to Close After California Fish and Game Commission Unanimous Vote

April 16, 2020 10:39 amApril 16, 2020 11:14 am

Last week California Globe reported “Charles Bonham, director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife was proposing to postpone the sportfishing season through May in rural areas.” “I myself want to go outdoors and recreate, but I’ve decided personally my duty is...

Enviros and GOP Oppose Gov. Newsom Having Fish Agency Divvy Out Farmers’ Water

April 14, 2020 3:17 pmApril 16, 2020 9:12 am

The true test of Newsom’s “use-some-water/take-some-fish” water deal (called Incidental Take Permit) is will water be diverted to Los Angeles in a dry year, thus subverting Pres. Trump’s allocation of Federal water to farmers? Environmentalists and farmers both oppose...

CA Globe Exposes Proposed Sportfishing Shutdown, Now Being Walked Back by State and News Media

April 10, 2020 9:49 amApril 10, 2020 9:51 am

This week, California Globe reported that Charles Bonham, director of the Department of Fish and Wildlife was proposing to postpone the sportfishing season through May in rural areas, and credited the Sacramento Bee with first reporting the story. The government’s...