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SCFB 2024 Year in Review 

Elected Connections: 35+

  • Met with Assemblymember Lori Wilson, Assemblymember Nguyen staff, Assemblymember Hoover, Senator Niello and staff, and Senator Ashby staff on Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) & Mill tax

  • Endorsed Rosario Rodriguez for Sacramento County Supervisor, District 4•Individual meetings with Congresswoman Masui staff & Senator Niello

  • Attended Assemblymember Rubio's Reception

  • Attended Congressman Harder's Delta Tunnel Press Conference

  • Attended Congressman Duarte event

  • Legislative Tour of Caviar Farm

  • Supervisor Pat Hume, Supervisor-elect Rosario Rodriguez, & EG Councilmember Ahuactzin attended our Winemakers Dinner

  • Sheriff Cooper, Supervisors Hume & Frost, Congressman Bera, & Assemblymember Hoover attended our Annual Dinner

  • Senator Ashby staff & Senator Niello staff visited SCFB at Sac County Fair

  • Niello staff & Ashby staff attended our Ice Cream Social

  • Communicated with Supervisor Hume at numerous events and meetings

  • SCFB BOD meetings were attended by Sheriff Cooper, Senator Ashby staff, Supervisor Hume, & Assemblymember Flora staff

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Interviews: 6

  • CBS-13 interviews on Ag Pass Program, the importance of groundwater for farmers, & weather impacts on crops

  • Comstock Magazine on impact of consumer choices on farming News Nation on Avian Influenza and egg prices

  • Local water impacts from Sites Reservoir Project

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Industry Policy Meetings: 12

  • Delta Adapts Draft Adaptation Plan Workshop

  • Ag Pass Training Development

  • Sac Co Office of Economic Development Strategic Plan Focus Group: Rural and Agricultural Organizations

  • Met with the Sac Co Planning Director on the Climate Action Plan

  • FELS 2024 Labor Law update

  • Delta Pre-Hearing Plan

  • SRCD/Agromin Event

  • SWEEP Update

  • HSP Block Grant

  • Ag Burn Update

Public Comments: 14

  • Letter for Sac Co Climate Action Plan Update

  • Comment Letter for Bay-Delta Plan

  • Letter for the Airport South Industrial Park

  • Letter for the EG Crossing Specific Plan

  • Comments on draft Harvest Water Contract

  • Letter for the Upper Westside Specific Plan

  • Comments to the State Water Resource Control Board on the Bay-Delta Plan Update

  • Letter for the Delta National Heritage Area Management Plan under FB Delta Caucus

  • Letter for Sac County Climate Action Plan SEIR: 2

  • Letter on DPR's proposed Notification of Intent System

  • SCFB Board of Directors endorsed a No on Measure K

  • Commented at the Delta Adapts Draft Adaptation Plan Workshop

  • SCGA groundwater right protection for Harvest Water users

  • Comments to the Delta Stewardship Council on the Appeal of DWR's Certification of Consistency of proposed Geotechnical Activities

Members: 1,009

Agricultural Members

  • Ag Producer: 265

  • Ag Professional: 71

Business Members: 62

Associate Members

  • Rural Residents: 371

  • Friend of a Farmer: 212

Collegiate: 28

Communications

Emails: 77

  • Associate Hotwires: 12

  • Ag Hotwires: 27

  • YF&R Updates: 3

  • Special Alerts

    • Ag Pass Training: 6

    • HPAI: 8

    • Webinars/Meetings: 8

    • Regulatory: 3

    • Events:8

    • Delta Tunnel: 2

Social Media

  • Facebook post: 134

  • Instagram post: 97

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Community Engagement

  • Pear Grower BBQ

  • Delta Champions Award Dinner

  • Sloughhouse RCD Water Workshop

  • Harvest Water Contract Informational Workshop

  • The Cosumnes Groundwater Authority BBQ

  • Harvest Water Community Meeting

  • Sacramento County Fair

SCFB Events and Activities

  • Completed a Strategic Plan

  • FB Delta Caucus Coordination

  • Straight From the Farm Raffle

  • Annual Dinner

  • Farmworker Safety Seminar

  • Hosted Ag Pass Training

  • HAM Training

  • Shred Day

  • Ice Cream Social

  • Drive Thru Tri Tip Dinner

  • Ag Foundation board meetings

  • Ag Foundation Winemaker's Dinner

  • Madera FB Network Dinner

  • Farm tours for Illinois Soybean Association & Iowa FB

  • Tulare County FB Youth Leaders Delta Tour

SCFB Events and Activities

  • Completed a Strategic Plan

  • FB Delta Caucus Coordination

  • Straight From the Farm Raffle

  • Annual Dinner

  • Farmworker Safety Seminar

  • Hosted Ag Pass Training

  • HAM Training

  • Shred Day

  • Ice Cream Social

  • Drive Thru Tri Tip Dinner

  • Ag Foundation board meetings

  • Ag Foundation Winemaker's Dinner

  • Madera FB Network Dinner

  • Farm tours for Illinois Soybean Association & Iowa FB

  • Tulare County FB Youth Leaders Delta Tour

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YF&R

  • Sac County YF&R Annual BBQ

  • Operation Shoebox: 20 packages

  • Volunteered at Foster Youth Services Student Achievement Celebration

  • Volunteered as judges for Elk Grove FFA’s Ag Issue teams

  • Attended State YF&R Conference: 4 members

  • Discussion Meet: 2 contestants, 1 State Champion

  • State Committee: 1 Representative

  • Purchased livestock at Sac County Fair

  • YF&R Scholarship: 2 awarded

Public Recognition: 6

  • Director vanLobenSels received the Delta Champions Agriculture Preserver Award

  • Vice President Hardesty “Hometown Hero’ award

  • Innovator Award Finalist at CAFB’s Annual Meeting

  • Sac YF&R member Ms.Schenken winner of 2024California YF&R Discussion Meet

Focused Issues

  • Sustainable Pest Management (SPM) & Mill tax

  • Delta Tunnel: Water Diversion permit, geotechnic drilling

  • Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) 2023delayed payment Cosumnes River Flooding

  • Invasive Fruit Fly Activity

  • H5N1 Avian Influenza in Dairy Cattle & Poultry

  • Bay Delta Plan Update

  • Land use change proposals

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CAFB Engagement

Events

  • CAFB Annual Meeting

  • Farm PAC 2024 Election Results Breakfast

  • Dirt & Chops Bourbon Farm PAC Dinner

  • Capital Ag Day

Policy Meetings/Updates

  • Meeting of the House of Delegates: 2

  • CAFB Federal Policy Update meeting: 2

  • Water Committees meetings: 3

  • Northern Caucus & Central Counties Caucus meetings: 4

  • Commodity Advisory Committees: 2

Issue Updates

  • Above ground Petroleum Storage Act (APSA) Farm Membership

  • Growing Farm Bureau Program meetings: 2

  • Membership Discussion training meetings: 3

Special Benefits

  • New FieldClock partnership, AIHA Heat Stress App info, & AgriFinancial Educational workshop

Community Partners/Agency Meetings: 41+

  • Agricultural Advisory Committee

  • Delta Protection Commission

  • Delta Protection Advisory Committee

  • Delta Stewardship Commission

  • Cosumnes Watershed Coordination

  • South Sacramento Conservation Agency-Implementation Review Committee

  • Sacramento County Fair

  • Sacramento River Cats

  • Sac Co Climate Action Plan SEIR Scoping

  • Army Corps DSEIR American River Common Features Flood Risk Management scoping meeting

  • Friends of Swanson Hawk to discuss Natomas Land Use issues

  • Sac Central Groundwater Authority

  • SacSewer

  • Sac Regional Open Space

  • Cosumnes Groundwater Authority

  • Southeast Sac Ag Buffer Coordination

  • Elk Grove Historical Society

  • Sheldon Ag Program Advisory

  • Sloughhouse RCD's Open House

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