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Construction and Industrial Materials: Essential, Beneficial, Sustainable
A steady supply of construction and industrial materials are essential to the California Dream and our quality of life. In the same way we need water and power facilities, a reliable, local supply of construction and industrial materials is essential to modern society. Try to imagine a world without rock, sand, gravel, concrete, asphalt, and industrial minerals. There would be no homes, highways, hospitals and schools. There would be no bridges, dams, solar panels, computers, life-saving medicines or many of the products we use each and every day.
The environmental and economic value and benefit of our industry is everywhere you look.
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Latest News
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Caltrans News
Caltrans recently announced that Dina El-Tawansy will be the new Caltrans Director. As members know, Jackie Wong was recently announced as the new acting chief of the Materials Engineering and Testings Services (METS) office and Mauricio Serrano as the new Chief for the Division of Maintenance. This edition of Caltrans News provides background on the recent hires, an update of the Caltrans organizational chart for offices of importances to materials producers, as well as other recent training and informational sources of interest.
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CalCIMA Legislative Update
By Erik Turner, Director of Legislative Affairs Post–House-of-Origin Recap It has already been a productive legislative year thus far as the Legislature hit its halfway mark of the first year of the 2025-26 session.
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Will Home Hardening Happen?
By Charley Rea, Vice President of Communications & Policy The related issues of fire, home hardening, and property insurance have been a mainstay of casual discussions and policy debate so far in 2025. A recent conference on “California's Insurance Crisis” brought together policy makers, homeowners, insurers, and academics who elucidated much about what's working, what's not, and what needs to change. The issues are seemingly intractable and here is just one example of why.
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