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Assembly committee passes AB 52 to codify farm equity advisory committees
Summary
The Assembly Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to pass AB 52 to Appropriations. The bill would codify two advisory committees created under the Farmer Equity Act of 2017 — the California BIPOC Producer Advisory Committee and the California Small Scale Producer Advisory Committee — to give small-scale and socially disadvantaged producers a statutorily protected role in CDFA policymaking.
The Assembly Agriculture Committee on Tuesday voted to pass Assembly Bill 52 to the Appropriations Committee, a measure that would place two Department of Food and Agriculture advisory committees into statute.
AB 52 would codify the California BIPOC Producer Advisory Committee and the California Small Scale Producer Advisory Committee, which were established administratively under the Farmer Equity Act of 2017. Proponents told the committee the committees need statutory recognition to prevent future administrations from dismantling…
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