Tulare County adopts 2025–27 state and federal legislative platforms; adds local‑control language and highlights water, SNAP, valley‑fever priorities

The Tulare County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved updated 2025–2027 state and federal legislative platforms on a motion and second at a public meeting, adopting a one‑page executive summary and several substantive revisions intended to sharpen county advocacy.

"This is the first time you're gonna see some major changes to the design. We included an executive summary this year," said Israel, who presented the platforms on behalf of county staff, describing a consolidated layout intended to make the county’s top priorities easy to find by legislators and their staff. Israel identified water, workforce development related to groundwater sustainability implementation, and infrastructure as among the county’s stated priorities.

County staff said the new structure matches a single‑page executive summary to a larger, detailed platform so that callers and legislative staff can quickly find the county’s specific asks by policy area. The platform changes include removals and consolidations of items that staff said are already addressed or were duplicate asks, additions to oppose unfunded mandates that undermine…