by Erik Brahms
Communications Director
Assemblyman Brian Dahle
Assemblyman Brian Dahle, has been appointed Vice-Chair of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee and the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Substances Committee for the 2015-16 legislative session by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins.
“The North State is a place where our livelihoods and quality of life still depend directly on our forests and other natural resources,” Dahle said. “As Vice-Chair of Natural Resources, I will fight to ensure that protection of the environment doesn’t come at the expense of rural economies, and work to better manage forests to protect communities and watersheds from the ever-growing threat of catastrophic wildfires.”
The Environmental Safety and Toxic Substances Committee’s jurisdiction includes hazardous materials, drinking-water regulation, and pesticides. Assemblyman Dahle will promote safety regulation that protects the public’s health while keeping compliance as clear and simple as possible for manufacturers, farmers and other business owners, to protect the competitiveness of California’s economy. As a family farmer in Lassen County’s Big Valley, Dahle has firsthand experience that helps him understand the importance both of safety and of cost-effective regulation.
“Brian’s career has been dedicated to protecting rural Californians,” said Assembly Republican Leader Kristen Olsen, R-Modesto, “and he understands the importance of balancing economic growth with the protection of our environment and natural resources. Brian successfully passed legislation to help our forestry industry and small business owners when no one else could. Our state benefits from his continued leadership on these committees.”
In the 2015-16 session, Dahle will also continue to serve on the Water, Parks and Wildlife and Utilities and Commerce committees, and become a member of the newly formed Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection.
