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Taxation The California Supreme Court last week removed the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act from the November 2024 ballot. Endorsed by the California Farm Bureau, the measure sought to require voter approval for state tax increases. The court ruled the initiative wasn’t a proper means for changing the state Constitution. “We are disappointed that the California Supreme Court has put politics ahead of the Constitution, disregarding long-stand- ing precedent that they should not inter- vene in an election before voters decide qualified initiatives,” the initiative commit- tee said in a statement. Pesticides The state Senate Environmental Quality Committee last week advanced four bills that deal with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, including efforts to increase the mill tax levied on pesticides to address the agency’s budget deficit. The bills include: Assembly Bill 2113 by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia, D-Coachella, which would impose a mill tax increase; AB 1963 by Assembly Member Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, which would ban the use of the herbicide paraquat; AB 2552, also by Friedman, which would
prohibit the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides within 2,500 feet of wildlife habitat areas; and AB 1864 by AssemblyMemberDamonConnolly,D-San Rafael, which would require notification before using certain pesticides near schools. California Farm Bureau continues to be engaged in discussions on AB 2113 with the governor’s office and legislative leadership, and will work with the Senate Agriculture Committee to amend or hold California Farm Bureau-supported legislation to expedite state contract- ing for prescribed burns has passed in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources with bipartisan support. Senate Bill 1101 by state Sen. Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, previously passed in the state Senate. The bill now moves to the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management. the other bills in committee. Forestry and wildfire Another Farm Bureau-backed bill, SB 1159 by state Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, also passed in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. The bill would require the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research to consider an exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act for roadside projects for wildfire risk re- duction within 5 miles of a municipality.
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CIMIS REPORT | www.cimis.water.ca.gov
CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
For the week of June 13 - June 19, 2024 ETO (INCHES/WEEK)
YEAR
3.0
THIS YEAR
2.5
LAST YEAR AVERAGE YEAR
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
MACDOEL II (236)
BIGGS (244)
DAVIS (06)
MANTECA (70)
FRESNO (80)
SALINAS-SOUTH (214)
FIVE POINTS (2)
IMPERIAL (87)
THIS YEAR LAST YEAR AVG. YEAR % FROM AVG.
1.69 1.69 1.68 1
1.95 1.90 1.84 6
2.08 1.83 1.96 5
1.65 1.35 1.78 -7
2.17 2.02 1.98 9
1.73 1.35 1.47 18
2.28 1.91 2.1 9
2.50 2.40 2.23 13
W eekly reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is the rate of water use (evapotranspiration—the sum of soil evaporation and crop transpiration) for healthy pasture grass. Multiplying ETo by the appropriate crop coefficient gives estimates of the ET for other crops. For example, assume ETo on June 15 is 0.267 inches and the crop coefficient for corn on that day is 1.1. Multiplying ETo by the coefficient (0.26 inches x 1.1) results in a corn ET of 0.29 inches. This information is
useful in determining the amount and timing of irrigation water. Contact Richard Snyder at the University of California, Davis, for information on coefficients, 530-752-4628. The 10 graphs provide weekly ETo rates for selected areas for average year, last year and this year. ETo information is provided by the California Irrigation Man- agement Information System (CIMIS) of the California Department of Water Resources.
For information contact the DWR district office or DWR state headquarters:
SACRAMENTO HEADQUARTERS: 916-651-9679 • 916-651-7218
NORTHERN REGION: Red Bluff 530-529-7301
NORTH CENTRAL REGION: West Sacramento 916-376-9630
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION:
SOUTHERN REGION:
Fresno 559-230-3334
Glendale 818-500-1645 x247 or x243
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