Ask your Assembly Member to vote “NO” on AB 1223! AB 1223 is now on the Assembly floor and will be brought up for a vote by Friday, June 4! AB 1223 would impose an 11% tax on all long gun and ammunition purchases, along with a 10% tax on handgun sales. This…
Contact: Keely Hopkins, Assistant Manager, Pacific States Highlights Why it matters: California’s law-abiding hunters and shooters have long played a vital role in funding conservation and wildlife management efforts throughout the state. Under the American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF), a unique “user pays-public benefits” structure, California’s sportsmen and women generate tens of millions of…
Contact: Keely Hopkins, Pacific States Assistant Manager Highlights Why it matters: California’s law-abiding hunters and shooters have long played a vital role in funding conservation and wildlife management efforts throughout the state. Under the American System of Conservation Funding (ASCF), a unique “user pays – public benefits” structure, California’s sportsmen and women generate tens of…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator On October 7, California Governor Gavin Newsom released a “30×30” Executive Order directing the California Natural Resources Agency to conserve 30% of California’s lands and coastal waters by the year 2030. The release of the Executive Order follows on the heels of a similar policy that failed in the…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator As the California legislative session ended at midnight on August 31, so did the efforts to pass a major anti-hunting bill. SB 1175, better known as the “Iconic African Species Protection Act”, would have banned the possession and importation of thirteen African species to California, including taxidermy, after January…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator The sportsmen’s community is celebrating last week’s decision by the California Senate Appropriations Committee to hold Assembly Bill (AB) 3030 for the remainder of session. AB 3030 posed a serious threat to access for hunting, fishing and outdoor recreation. AB 3030 aimed to protect 30 percent of California’s lands…
On June 17, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s Western States Coordinator Aoibheann Cline was featured on Fish with JD TV YouTube Channel. Cline discussed an alarming new bill in California and the California striped bass slot limit proposal. AB 3030, a newly proposed bill in Califorina, could lead to more hunting and fishing closures in the state,…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator The California legislature is considering a bill to protect at least 30% of the state’s lands and waters by 2030, which includes all terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. The management directive in this legislation is misguided and will have a detrimental impact on hunters and anglers through diminished public…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator There has never been a better time to get into hunting in California. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is temporarily allowing new hunters to complete their education requirements entirely online. COVID-19 has restricted in-person gatherings, and an in-person class is part of the normal requirements for…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator On April 23, a federal court in California put a halt to California’s ammunition background check requirements declaring, “Accordingly, the Court enjoins the State of California from enforcing the ammunition sales background check provisions” found in the California Penal Code. The Court’s grant of this injunction is a strong…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator On April 13, California’s conservation community stepped up to the plate on behalf of hunters and anglers in the Golden State by advocating for inclusion of the sportsmen’s community’s priorities in the Fish and Game Commission’s (Commission) update of their strategic plan. The Commission has been operating under the…
Contact: Aoibheann Cline, Western States Coordinator On February 21, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) adopted an updated Delta Fisheries Management Policy and updated Striped Bass Policy to the displeasure of the recreational fishing community. The adoption of these policies was heard before the Commission and postponed from the August and December meetings by the Commission over…