SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) made the following statement in response to the governor’s announcement that request for federal assistance to assist Butte and Plumas County in fighting the Dixie Fire has been granted:

SACRAMENTO – As part of the 2021 State budget negotiations, Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) successfully secured $6.7 million to offer greater reimbursement to providers of Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations. This funding will help increase access to these exams, which are a critical avenue for justice for victims of sexual assault, especially in rural areas.

Drug trafficking. Murder. Millions of acres of illegal marijuana fields. Most Californians assume the best place to look for these stories is their preferred streaming service, but they are taking place in our own backyard. Thousands of acres of land in Siskiyou County have been overtaken by makeshift greenhouses and ramshackle infrastructure to support this organized crime. In the wake of the Lava Fire, which has burned nearly 30,000 acres in Siskiyou and forced the evacuation of many areas where illegal growers have taken root, law enforcement and residents’ worst fears have been realized.

SACRAMENTO – Today, Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) made the following statement regarding her support for Senate Bill 156 (Budget), which outlines the framework for funding a statewide broadband network: “This bill is the result of hard work and bipartisan collaboration, and as a member of the State Assembly’s Broadband Working Group, I had a chance to represent the voice of the rural North State on this critical issue. In the First Assembly District, there are more than 150,000 people that are unserved and have virtually no broadband access. This is roughly one-third of my district’s population.

As part of the 2021 state budget, Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) and Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) negotiated a $10 million emergency appropriation for Tulelake Irrigation District to protect food production, domestic wells, and critical waterfowl habitat threatened by the drought and shut-off of water from the Klamath Reclamation Project. There have been no surface water deliveries to the Tulelake Irrigation District, Tulelake National Wildlife Refuge or the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge in 2021 as the Bureau of Reclamation complies with two biological opinions that have left farms and refuges void of water.

SACRAMENTO – On July 8, 2021, Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) made the following statement regarding her opposition to Assembly Bill 130 (Budget):

SACRAMENTO – Today Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) made the following statement in response to the Governor’s recent visit to the First Assembly District, while the Lava Fire, Tennant Fire, and the Salt Fire rage in Shasta and Siskiyou County:

High Fives Foundation is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2021 California Nonprofit of the Year by Assemblymember Megan Dahle (R-Truckee). High Fives is one of more than one hundred nonprofits that will be honored by their state senators and assemblymembers for their tremendous contributions to the communities they serve. 

A Capital Public Radio News Story Showed Newsom Repeatedly Misled the Public and Cut Funding for Wildfire Prevention

SACRAMENTO – on June 21, 2021, Assemblywoman Megan Dahle (R-Bieber) issued the following statement in support of AB 104, which passed the Assembly floor on a vote of 76-0. The bill would allow parents to request that a student be retained at their 2020-21 grade level for the 2021-22 academic year.