INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS NOW CAN FILE FOR FUNDS FROM PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM

Starting April 28, 2020, independent contractors are able to file for unemployment through the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.   https://www.labor.ca.gov/pandemic-unemployment-assistance-pua-program/   The link above will take you to a “Frequently Asked Questions” page for information about the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program — “PUA.”   The “PUA” program is part of the “CARES Act” passed…

US FOREST SERVICE: CONTINUITY OF FOREST PRODUCTS OPERATIONS AND OTHER GUIDANCE

Associated California Loggers has been receiving and “collecting” various letters and memos created by federal, California state, and local agencies, detailing how government offices and their staffs will be working during the COVID-19 crisis. Some of these documents are about “government telling government what to do,” and some of these documents are about “government telling…

COVID-19 LOAN/UNEMPLOYMENT: A LIST OF PHONE NUMBERS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE

PLEASE NOTE: As our Associated California Loggers members and others seek help with the various federal and state programs providing financial relief from the economic side of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Crisis, we want to direct your attention to the federal and state office holders who, we are told, can help their constituents “cut through the…

CALIFORNIA GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES

COVID-19: CALIFORNIA GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR CALIFORNIA-SUPPORTED VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. HOW TO WORK IN THE WOODS MESSAGE FROM JENNIFER MONTGOMERY, CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA FOREST MANAGEMENT TASK FORCE:   Please find attached a guidance document for State of California supported Vegetation Management activities. This document is intended to provide clarity for, and guidance to, our partners…

2020 PRO LOGGER LIST DEADLINE

FRIDAY, APRIL 24 IS THE DEADLINE TO GET ON THE 2020 ACL PRO-LOGGER LIST! The deadline for getting your units to Associated California Loggers to be placed on the 2020 ProLogger List is Close of Business, Friday, April 24 . At least three major timber company employers are requiring evidence of ProLogger certification on bids.…