AB 2494 (Rogers) updates decades-old management objectives for California's demonstration state forests, including the addition of "durable onsite carbon storage and sequestration" (DOCSS) as a co-equal objective alongside biodiversity, wildfire resilience, recreation, and other public benefits.

We did it! AB 2494 made it out of its final Legislative Committee (Senate Appropriations) and is now up for a final floor vote at both the Assembly and Senate level, which will occur by August 31st.

On July 1, 2026, the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee voted to pass AB 2494 (Rogers) with a 5 - 2 partisan split.

Next week AB 2494 (Rogers) will be heard and voted on by the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee. The hearing will start at 9 AM on July 1, 2026, and will be held at the State Capitol in Room 113, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814.

Great news! AB 2494 made it out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee and is now up for a floor vote at the Assembly level, which will occur by May 29th.

On May 14, EPIC-sponsored legislation AB 2494 that will end the commercial logging mandate in all state forests, including the Jackson Demonstration State Forest, will be heard in its second committee hearing in the California State Legislature. The Assembly Appropriations Committee will vote on the bill, deciding whether it continues the process through the legislature to eventually get signed into law by Governor Newsom.

Tell the Mendocino Board of Supervisors to send a letter of support in favor of AB 2494 to the State Legislature!