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The bill makes permanent the seven-year cost recovery period for motorsports entertainment complexes, giving these economic drivers the tax certainty needed to make long-term investments in safe racing environments.
“Motorsports are a huge economic driver, both across the country and in our district, and the tracks used require constant investments to ensure they are safe for drivers and spectators alike. To make these investments, everyone in the industry needs long-term certainty about what they can rely on in our tax code, but in 2017, the provisions that provided that certainty expired,” said Chairman Thompson. “That’s why I introduced my bill, the Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act, which make the seven-year cost recovery period permanent for the industry, incentivizing more investment and ensuring motorsports facilities have the same advantages as other entertainment complexes. This is a simple fix that will allow the motorsports community to continue contributing to our economic success.”
“Our district is home to Watkins Glen International – the world’s premier racing facility – so we’re proud to reintroduce the Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act,” said Rep. Reed. “This common-sense legislation will provide economic certainty the motorsports industry needs, both in our district and across the country, to continue investing in our communities.”
“This important legislation will help family-owned race tracks across our nation improve the driver and fan experience, create jobs and, most importantly, enhance event safety features,” said Rep. Posey.
The motorsports industry adds more than $37 billion each year to our economy and supports more than 250,000 jobs generated by 1,200 facilities around the nation.
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UKIAH, Calif. – Realty World Selzer Realty proudly welcomes returning agent Darin Dooley and new agent Rosie Gonzalez.
As the son of realtors John and Joan Dooley, Darin Dooley says he has been exposed to the business for most of his life.
Born and raised in Mendocino County, Dooley is familiar with the region’s diversity and hopes to help clients find exactly the right property.
When he is not helping clients, Dooley enjoys spending time with his family and friends in the beautiful county of Mendocino.
Rosie Gonzalez is new to real estate and says she is “thrilled to jump onboard with Realty World Selzer Realty.”
Also born and raised in Mendocino County, Gonzalez is bilingual in English and Spanish and looks forward to serving clients in whichever language serves them best.
Gonzalez says she embraces technology and loves to learn, so she is constantly up-to-date with the latest industry trends and sales techniques. When she is not assisting buyers and sellers, she enjoys traveling, cooking or enjoying an afternoon stroll with her family.
Both Realtors are members of the National Association of Realtors, California Association of Realtors and the North Bay Association of Realtors, organizations that required the highest levels of integrity and service.
Realty World Selzer Realty has been the top selling real estate company in Mendocino County for more than 20 years and has sold more than a billion dollars’ worth of real estate in the last 10 years.
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The bill, along with the administration’s announcement last week to streamline the permitting process to help keep growers operating in the legal market, will help ensure legal Cannabis farmers don’t fall into the illegal cannabis market at no fault of their own.
“The state is moving quickly to catch up to the massive backlog of cannabis farmers’ temporary licenses that have expired. Today’s action by the Senate and last week’s move by the administration will help keep farmers from dropping back into the black market at no fault of their own,” Sen. Mike McGuire said. “We’re grateful to work with the Administration – ensuring good actors who want to comply with state law don’t fall out of our regulated market. Without valid licenses, there isn’t a legal, regulated market here in the Golden State and a crisis will take hold.”
Senator McGuire and Assemblymember Jim Wood introduced SB 67 this year, which will allow the California Department of Food and Agriculture to extend temporary licenses held by cannabis farmers while their annual application is being processed.
While the administration will be streamlining the permitting process, the state Legislature is moving forward with SB 67 – which was approved on the Senate floor today with a bipartisan 32-4 vote – to fill the gaps in timing for temporary permit holders while their annual licenses are being processed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture through the end of this year.
“I’m grateful that Gov. Newsom has put an expedited process in place to address the expiration of temporary cannabis licenses, but we remain concerned that the processing time may still not be able to address the large number of temporary licenses out there,” said Wood. “Because of that, it is important for us to continue to move SB 67 forward.”
Currently, there are more than 6,900 temporary state cannabis growing licenses in the state system that would have expired between now and July 2019. In March alone, more than 1,000 temporary growing licenses issued by the California Department of Food and Agriculture expired and another 4,000 will expire in April.
“The Humboldt County Growers Alliance applauds the Governor’s Office and Sen. McGuire for working diligently to ensure that hundreds of our members can remain in the regulated market place,” said Humboldt County Growers Alliance Executive Director Terra Carver.
The state – under current law – has no ability to extend a temporary license, despite the fact thousands are set to expire. To make matters worse, thousands of applicants who wanted to comply with the law and applied for a temporary license did so in the last quarter of 2018, leaving a massive backlog for the state regulating agencies.
As the temporary licenses come due, if the state can’t approve or deny an annual license prior to the temporary license expiring, the license holder will no longer be operating legally and will be kicked into the black market.
“While we are hopeful that the provisional program is successful, CCIA believes that SB 67 will give further assistance to the licensing authorities in processing the backlog of thousands of annual applications,” said Lindsay Robinson, executive director of California Cannabis Industry Association. “This is a critical bill for stabilizing the regulated cannabis industry, and we commend Sen. McGuire for his leadership in addressing this issue.”
SB 67 will now be sent to the State Assembly.
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The board is composed of 12 voting members, each representing an establishment with a valid California License to Sell Nursery Stock. No two members shall represent the same organization.
Members will represent a wide spectrum of the nursery industry and the board will be geographically representative of the nursery industry in California.
The term of office for board members is four years. Members typically meet twice per year but can meet more frequently if needed.
The members receive no compensation but are entitled to payment of necessary traveling expenses in accordance with the rules of the California Department of Human Resources.
In addition, the board includes eight nonvoting ex officio members from the County Agricultural Commissioner and Sealers Association, the University of California, and groups affiliated with the nursery industry.
The mission of the Nursery Advisory Board is to grow and maintain a strong relationship between the CDFA and the nursery industry in order to secure the industry’s future.
The board facilitates communication between state and federal regulators and the nursery industry and it advises the CDFA’s Nursery Services program on policies, fees, and other issues concerning nurseries and nursery stock.
Individuals interested in being considered for this board appointment should send a brief résumé to Erin Lovig, Board Manager, by May 30 at California Department of Food and Agriculture, Pest Exclusion Branch, 1220 N St., Room 344 Sacramento, CA 95814, Attention: Erin Lovig.
For additional information, you may contact the Nursery Services Program at 916-654-0435.