Letters

As part of expressing our concerns and demands for change, CPR drafts letters and joins sign-on letters from ally organizations addressed to agencies, government departments, policymakers, and local representatives.

Letters are archived below under each year from the most recent to the oldest.

2026

05/11/2026 | Public Comment on Air Monitoring Network (AMN) Expansion: Public Comment Letter from CPR to DPR

05/01/2026 | Request for Exact Location for SprayDays: Sign-on Public Comment Letter to DPR

05/01/2026 | Public Comment on SprayDays First Annual Report: Public Comment Letter from CPR to DPR

04/29/2026 | Oppose Farm Bill Unless All Pesticide Preemption and Liability Shield Provisions Are Removed: Sign-on Letter to Democratic Members of the California Congressional Delegation

04/22/2026 | Feedback on DPR Air Monitoring Network community outreach: CPR Letter to DPR’s Response on 03/22/2026

04/21/2026 | In support of AB 1603: Sign on Letter to Appropriations Committee Chair Buffy Wicks

04/06/2026 | In support of AB 1603: Sign-on Letter of Support Letter to ESTM Chair Assemblymember Damon Connolly

04/01/2026 | DPR EJAC Meeting and Charter: Letter to DPR EJAC from CPR

03/31/2026 | Public Comment on CalEnviroScreen 5.0 Draft: Public Comment letter from CPR to OEHHA

03/30/2026 | Co-sponsor support for AB 1603: Letter from CPR, EWG, PAN and CEH to author of bill Assemblymember Nick Shultz 

03/03/2026 | Oppose Farm Bill unless all pesticide preemption and liability shield provisions are removed: Sign on letter to California Democratic Congressional delegation

03/02/2026 | Draft Pesticide VOC Emission Inventory Report for 1990-2024: Comment letter from CPR and PAN to DPR

02/27/2026 | Feedback on Air Monitoring Network community outreach: Letter from CPR to DPR

03/23/2026 | DPRs Response

02/19/2026 | Requested improvements to SprayDays: Comment letter from CPR to DPR

02/17/2026 | Draft Fipronil pet products: Potential Risks to Aquatic Life Memorandum: Comment letter to DPR

02/12/2026 | Proposed concepts for CARB’s cumulative impacts research: Letter from CPR and PAN to CARB

2025

12/12/2025 | DPR enforcement proposed regulatory concepts: Comment letter from CPR and CRLAF

11/11/2025 | DPR draft Annual 1,3-D report: Comment letter from CPR and CRLAF

07/16/2025 | Recommendation for DPR action regarding groundwater protection list: Public comment letter

07/14/2025 | CARB Community Air Protection Program Annual Progress Report: Comment letter to CARB from CPR and PAN 

07/14/2025 | DPR’s regulation for tracking reportable pesticide use near schools: Public comment letter

06/20/2025 | DPR’s second draft 1,3-dichloropropene regulation for occupational bystanders: Detailed comment letter

06/20/2025 | DPR’s second draft 1,3-dichloropropene regulation for occupational bystanders: Sign-on letter to DPR

06/17/2025 | DPR’s pesticide-coated seed rule making: Letter to DPR Director Morrison

06/10/2025 | DPR’s risk assessment and mitigation must be agendized at the next PREC meeting: Letter to PREC

06/30/2025 | DPR’s response

05/15/2025 | DPR’s Environmental Justice Advisory: Committee public comment letter

05/15/2025 | Follow up to DPR meeting: Letter to DPR Director Morrison

05/08/2025 | DPR’s proposed SPM pesticide prioritization process: Public comment letter 

01/24/2025 | DPR’s proposed 1,3-dichloropropene regulation for occupational bystanders: Detailed public comment from CRLAF and CRLAF

01/24/2025 | DPR’s proposed 1,3-dichloropropene regulation for occupational bystanders: Sign-on letter

2024

12/09/2024 | DPR must suspend and cancel paraquat: Comment letter to DPR from CPR, CBD, EWG, and PAN

11/26/2024 | PREC’s role in providing advice, consultation and insight to DPR re 1,3-D: Open letter to PREC

11/12/2024 | Comment on draft 2023 Air Monitoring Network report and response to 2022 comments: Comment letter to DPR from CRLAF, CPR, and PAN

10/01/2024 | Risk assessment, reevaluation and mitigation: Response to DPR

08/14/2024 | Regulation of 1,3-D for occupational bystanders: Letter to DPR from CRLAF, CPR, and PAN

08/01/2024 | Pesticide notification must include exact location: Sign-on letter to DPR

05/16/2024 | Risk Assessment and Mitigations must be agendized at the next PREC meeting: Letter to DPR from CPR and CRLAF

05/09/2024 | DPR must immediately suspend DCPA and revise their guidance document: Letter to DPR

05/06/2024 | DPR’s original memo to growers re: DCPA

05/14/2024 | DPR’s revised memo to growers re: DCPA

04/22/2024 | DPR’s Risk Management Directive on 1,3-D: Comment letter to DPR from CPR and CRLAF 

05/5/2024 | Follow up letter regarding DPR’s lack of commitment to environmental justice: Letter to DPR from community stakeholder group

03/25/2024 | Priorities for increased mill fee revenues: Sign-on letter to Legislative Committees

02/27/2024 | Natural and Working Lands Strategy for croplands and grasslands: Comment letter to CNRA

02/23/2024 | Follow up on DCPA (Dacthal): Letter to DPR

02/12/2024 | DPR’s recent actions do not demonstrate a commitment to environmental justice: Letter to DPR from EJ stakeholder group

03/18/2024 | DPR’s response

01/30/2024 | Urgent need to end use of DCPA (Dacthal): Letter to DPR from CRLAF, CPR, SASS, and PAN

02/22/2024 | DPR’s response

01/12/2024 | Public comment on DPR’s draft pesticide notification regulation: CPR letter

01/12/2024 | Public comment on DPR’s draft pesticide notification regulation: Sign-on letter

2023

11/09/2023 | Public comment on DPR’s Draft Strategic Plan: Sign-on comment letter to DPR

08/24/2023 | Air Monitoring Report 2020-2022: Comment letter to DPR from CPR and CRLAF

08/10/2023 | Pesticide notification must include exact location: Response to DPR

08/31/2023 | DPR’s response

08/09/2023 | Public comment on the 2nd modifications to the draft 1,3-D regulation for residential bystanders: Letter to DPR from CRLAF and CPR

07/17/2023 | Schools regulation potential violations: Letter to DPR from CRLAF, CPR and VIP

05/31/2023 | Public comment on the modifications to the draft 1,3-D regulation for residential bystanders: Sign-on comment letter to DPR

05/31/2023 | Detailed public comment on the modifications to the draft 1,3-D regulation: Comment letter to DPR from CPR and CRLAF

05/25/2023 | Crowe recommendation and implementation plan for reform of the pesticide mill fee: Sign-on comment letter to DPR

04/26/2023 | Proposed pesticide notification program must include exact location: Letter to DPR

07/24/2023 | DPR’s response/Respuesta del DPR

03/27/2023 | Risk assessment and mitigation for PREC agenda July 21, 2023: Letter to PREC Chair

03/15/2023 | Confirming next steps on regulation of 1,3-D: Letter to DPR

03/13/2023 | Sustainable Pest Management Roadmap: Detailed comment letter to DPR

03/13/2023 | Sustainable Pest Management Roadmap: Sign-on comment letter to DPR

02/10/2023 | Carcinogenicity study for chloropicrin should be shared fully and expeditiously with OEHHA: Letter to DPR 

01/18/2023 | Detailed public comment on the draft regulation for 1,3-dichloropropene: Comment letter to DPR from CPR and CRLAF

01/18/2023 | Public comment on the draft regulation for 1,3-dichloropropene: Sign-on letter to DPR

01/16/2023 | Public comment on the San Joaquin Valley 70ppb Ozone State Implementation Plan: Sign-on letter to CARB 

01/13/2023 | Public comment on Mill Fee Assessment Study CPR and JAIDE: Letter to Crowe and DPR

2022

11/14/20222 | Public comment on California’s proposed pesticide notification program: Sign-on letter to DPR

11/09/2022 | Public comment on the 2022 Ozone Plan for the San Joaquin Valley: Sign-on letter to San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

11/04/2022 | DPR’s proposed decision to renew paraquat registrations: Letter to DPR from CPR and CBD

11/04/2022 | DPR must reevaluate paraquat dichloride, linked to Parkinson’s Disease: Letter to DPR from Michael J. Fox Foundation

11/04/2022 | Re: Notice of Proposed Decision to Renew Pesticide Product [paraquat] Registrations for 2023: Letter to DPR from Scientists/Practitioners

10/12/2022 | Providing field location information is central to creating a health-protective pesticide notification system: Letter to DPR 

09/09/2022 | Pesticides must be included in the State Ozone SIP: Sign-on letter to CARB

08/29/2022 | Comments on preliminary 1,3-D soil fumigation regulation proposal: Letter to DPR from CPR and CRLAF

07/29/2022 | 1,3-D rulemaking must be guided by OEHHA’s new NSRL: Letter to DPR

07/20/2022 | Response to DPR’s Factsheet “Review and Actions Taken to Regulate Pesticide Named in Recent UCLA Studies”: Letter to DPR

07/15/2022 | Notification workshops must be in person and fully accessible to the public: Comment letter to DPR

07/15/2022 | Draft statewide pesticide notification  proposal: Comment letter to DPR

06/24/2022 | The 2022 Scoping Plan must include more ambitious targets for organic agriculture and pesticide reduction targets: Sign-on letter to CARB

06/21/2022 | The 2022 Scoping Plan must include more ambitious targets for organic agriculture and pesticide reduction targets: Comment letter to CARB

05/10/2022 | DPR Pesticide Use Enforcement and Trailer Bill and Additional Enforcement Efforts: Sign-on letter to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Climate, Resources, Energy and Transportation

05/03/2022 | Scoping Plan: Initial Air Quality & Health Impacts Economic Analyses Results Workshop: Comment letter to CARB

03/21/2022 | Issues with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation: Sign-on letter to Assembly ESTM and Budget Sub 3

03/04/2022 | Pesticides must be included in the State Implementation Plan: Sign-on letter to CARB

02/28/2022 | Pesticide notification pilots: Letter of concern to DPR

02/15/2022 | Draft Pathways to 30×30 California: Comment letter to CNRA

02/04/2022 | Enforceability of the 2018 Regulation “Pesticide Use Near Schoolsites”: Letter to DPR

02/25/2022 | DPR’s response

01/05/2022 | Scoping Plan: Draft Natural and Working Lands Technical Workshop: Sign-on letter to CARB

2021

12/13/2021 | OEHHA Prop. 65 Safe Harbor level for 1,3-dichloropropene: Public comment scientific letter to OEHHA

12/13/2021 | OEHHA Prop. 65 Safe Harbor level for 1,3-dichloropropene: Public comment sign-on letter to OEHHA

12/06/2021 | Statewide Pesticide Notification System: Public comment sign-on letter to DPR

11/30/2021 | Risk Management Directive for 1,3-dichloropropene: Letter to DPR from CPR and CRLAF

11/17/2021 | Draft Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy: Comment letter to CNRA from CPR and PAN

11/17/2021 | Draft Climate Adaptation Strategy: Comment letter to CNRA from CPR and PAN

11/16/2021 | Draft Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy and Draft California Climate Adaptation Strategy: Comment letter to CNRA

11/12/2021 | Strategies for moving agriculture in California toward agroecological practices: Comment letter to Sustainable Pest Management Workgroup

09/30/2021 | Opposition to Oxitec proposal to release GE mosquitos in California: Comment letter to US EPA

09/09/2021 | County agricultural commissioners’ challenge to the statutory authority of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation: Sign-on letter to the California Attorney General

08/03/2021 | Pesticides must be included in the 2022 Scoping Plan update: Comment letter to CARB

07/16/2021 | Pesticides’ Contribution to Greenhouse Gas Emissions Must be Measured: Comment letter to CARB

07/16/2021 | Follow up Regarding Enforceability of Schools Regulation: Letter to DPR from CPR and CRLAF 

07/09/2021 | Pesticides Must Be Included in the 2022 Scoping Plan Update: Detailed letter to CARB from CPR and PAN

07/09/2021 | Pesticides Must Be Included in the 2022 Scoping Plan: Sign-on letter to CARB

07/02/2021 | PREC Should Promote Transparency about DPR’s Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Open letter to PREC

07/15, 2021 | Request to Reprioritize Active Ingredients for Risk Assessment Initiation: DPR memo

07/25/2021 | Discriminatory Behavior of Tulare and Kern County Agricultural Commissioners: Letter to DPR and CalEPA

06/22/2021 | Dismissal Proceedings for Kern County Agricultural Commissioner Glenn Fankhauser: Letter to DPR Director from Shafter Allies

06/16/2021 | Request to Commence Dismissal Proceedings for the Kern County Agricultural Commissioner: Letter to DPR Director from CPR, CRPE, and CCEJN

06/07/2021 | Support for Sustainable Pest Management & Farmworker Protection Budget Items: Sign-on letter to Governor Newsom

05/27/2021 | Support for Sustainable Pest Management, Regenerative Organic Farming and Farmworker Protections, and Request for Additional Resources: Letter to Governor Newsom

05/25/2021 | Support for Sustainable Agriculture Funding and Request for Pesticide Protections: Letter to Senate and Assembly Budget Chairs

04/30/2021 | Support for SB 364 Free School Meals for All: Letter to Senator Nancy Skinner

03/09/2021 | Enforceability of Schools Regulation: Letter to DPR

03/04/2021 | Concerns about Kern and Tulare Ag Commissioner Behavior: Letter to DPR

03/02/2021 | Calling for Notification in Shafter: Letter to CalEPA

02/22/2021 | Response to DPR’s Environmental Justice Workshop: Letter to DPR

01/28/2021 | In Support of the Pilot Notification Program in Shafter: Letter to DPR and CalEPA in Support of Notification Pilot for Shafter 

01/26/2021 | In Support of the Governor’s Proposal on the Mill Fee: Letter to Budget Sub Committee Chairs in Support of Pesticide Mill Fee

01/05/2021 | Pesticides Must Be Included in Scoping Plan and Climate Lands Strategy: Letter to the Governor

2020

11/24/2020 | DPR’s Environmental Justice Workshops: Letter to DPR

09/01/2020 | 2nd Request – DPR must involve OEHHA in Telone rulemaking: Letter to CalEPA from CPR, CEH, CRLAF, and PAN

08/28/2020 | Air Monitoring Network: Letter to DPR from CRLAF, NRDC, PAN, CEH, and CPR

07/27/2020 | Statewide Notification and Monterey Notification Pilot: Letter to DPR

06/30/2020 | Statewide Notification: Letter to DPR

05/15/2020 | DPR must involve OEHHA in Telone Rulemaking: Letter to CalEPA from  CPR, CEH, CRLAF, and PAN

05/15/2020 | Environmental Justice Requires Access to Data: Letter to DPR from CRLAF, CPR, CEH, and PAN

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