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!

On March 23, at 2:30 p.m., EPIC’s sponsored legislation AB 2494 that will end the commercial logging in the Jackson Demonstration State Forest, will be heard in its first committee meeting in the California State Legislature.