California Farm Bureau Federation Archives

Bill To Expand Last Resort Insurance Coverage To Farms Passes Senate Unanimously

July 9, 2021 12:36 pm

A bill that would allow farms in California to be covered by last resort insurance to protect them from natural disasters such as wildfires passed the Senate unanimously on Thursday, sending the bill directly to Governor Newsom’s desk. Senate Bill...

California Split Roll Ballot Measure Destroys Prop 13 Protections for California Farmers, Threatens Rural Communities

February 20, 2020 3:44 pmMarch 9, 2020 7:40 am

Agriculture was always considered sacred in the eyes of California’s property taxing agencies, and especially under Proposition 13. But that could change with the split roll property tax ballot initiative in November 2020. Prop. 13 was a 1978 ballot initiative...

A Bumper Crop of Farmers Protest Water Plan at Capitol

August 20, 2018 4:08 pmAugust 22, 2018 7:54 am

Anyone who’s seen Chinatown knows there’s really only one issue that matters in California politics. Water. That sentiment was on display by farmers and others who showed up in force to express their opposition before tomorrow’s hearing on a proposal...