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FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson Contra
Costa-
DATE:
ostaDATE: May 14, 1985 County
SUBJECT: PROPOSED CUTS IN SOIL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: I have learned from the Contra Costa
County Farm Bureau that the President' s 1986 budget proposes deep cuts
in agriculture and more specifically in soil conservation programs.
The Soil Conservation Service. budget is cut from $610 million to $200
million and employees are cut from 14, 100 to 5,000.
The Soil Conservation District has provided valuable service to
the farmers and ranchers in our county and am extremely concerned
About the effectiveness of this program with these tremendous cuts.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Request that the County Administrator send a
letter to the House and Senate Budget Committee Chairmen as well as
Congressmen Miller, Dellums, Cranston, and Wilson against these cuts
and in support of funding the Soil Conservation Service at its current
level.
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: CCC Farm Bureau ATTESTED
Agricultural Commissioner Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board of
County Administrator Supervisors and County Administrator
M382/7.83 BY �.�c.L , DEPUTY