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Assembly committee adopts resolution urging federal attention to Forest Service staffing cuts
Summary
The Assembly Natural Resources Committee adopted AJR 10, a resolution by Assemblymember Rogers criticizing recent U.S. Forest Service staffing reductions and urging federal action to maintain staffing levels. The committee recorded unanimous support and advanced the resolution out of committee.
Assemblymember Rogers presented AJR 10 to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee as a resolution focused on U.S. Forest Service staffing levels. Rogers said staffing affects daily life across California because national forests provide water sources, habitat for species and recreation opportunities. “This forest and other national forests in my district sustain tribal communities and thousands of rural residents,” Rogers said.
Rogers described the Mendocino National Forest as “almost 1,000,000 acres” and said parts of his district contain a high share of national forest land. He said recent staffing reductions had harmed wildfire prevention work and risked livelihoods and public safety, and he urged committee members to vote in favor of the resolution.
The resolution drew no recorded opposition in committee testimony. After brief discussion, the committee voted to adopt AJR 10; the clerk’s roll calls recorded ayes from members present, and later the clerk reported 14 yes votes. Rogers framed the resolution as a message to the federal government to reconsider staffing changes and to sustain personnel performing forest management and wildfire prevention work.
The committee record shows the resolution passed in committee and will be transmitted as a formal message urging federal attention to staffing levels. The resolution text and any requested federal actions were not described in detail in the committee discussion recorded in the transcript.
