Sacramento, California - Governor Brown has signed Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia’s (D-Coachella) Homemade Food Act making California the first state in the nation to allow a permitting process for home cooks to prepare and sell meals to the public.

Sacramento, California - The Center for Digital Government held its annual Best of California Awards ceremony Tuesday as part of the California Digital Government Summit in Sacramento.  CDFA was recognized as one of four departments for Best IT Collaboration Among Organizations for its work on the Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA). The other recipients were: California Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau of Cannabis Control (DCA/BCC), the Department of Public Health (DPH), and the Department of Technology (CDT).

Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement regarding the death of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Highway Maintenance Leadworker William D. Casdorph:

Sacramento, California - CDFA’s first-ever Farm Equity Advisor, Thea Rittenhouse (R), along with Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and legislative staff member Kimberly Kollwitz.

Sacramento, California - California has received $22.6 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2018 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP), most in the country. More than $72 million was awarded nationwide.

Sacramento, California -  Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that he has signed the following bills: