Bill > AB52

This bill would authorize the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to create two advisory committees: the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Producer Advisory Committee and the Small-Scale Producer Advisory Committee. These committees will advise the Secretary and the Department of Food and Agriculture on their duties under the Farmer Equity Act of 2017, which aims to ensure that socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers are included in the development and implementation of food and agriculture policies. The advisory committees will provide guidance on programs, policies, education, outreach, technical assistance, and the general needs of small-scale, medium-scale, and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in California. Members of these committees must themselves be small-scale or medium-scale socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers, and they will be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred while conducting official business. All meetings of these committees will be open to the public, following the rules of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

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