Jul 23, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min · 12 segments
Today i am discussing California Assembly Bill 2303 and its implications for the California agave industry. There is alot of good, alot of bad, and even more ugly, but i think its a great start to a…
So let's get started right with the good.
And the good part about this bill is that it shows the Californian politicians, hey, we're here.
we are these farmers these distillers these processors that are giving this agave crop a chance in california we need your support as politicians to make sure our industry is going to be a successful one for us and it shows you know that um We're willing to work with the politicians to make sure that the industry is successful, right? And as I mentioned, it shows the presence to the politicians, right? Because I guarantee the majority of them never even fucking heard of farmers growing agave in California prior to this bill being discussed on the floor, right? On the assembly floor.
So...
That's great.
Now they're thinking about us.
And when they pass bills, for instance, that maybe aren't specific to agave, but affect farming, now they got us in their head.
They're like, hey, how would this one farming bill affect agave farmers? They're going to think.
And they have constituents which are voting for them that want some action done on the cigar industry, right? So, that's a great, good part of the bill, right? Like, opens the door to more work to ensure the industry, or more work with the politicians to ensure the industry is successful.
Alerts them to our presence.
Good stuff there, right? Now, let's talk about a second good.
Well, actually, before I get to that second good, I wanted to mention that...
This is good because we also don't want the politicians, you know, I'll give an example.
Very much so the AI industry grew quicker than the politicians regulated it, right? So, like, a lot of that industry, what do you call it? You know, the politicians weren't keeping up with how the industry was growing, right? So, they didn't get to...
stop a lot of the problems in that industry before they were created, right? Like the stuff that people are fighting today, like data centers and shit, right? They could have early on, you know, I'll give you an example.
We could have just, with one law, boom, all data centers are going to be solar.
They would have never put that shit in the middle of fucking communities, right? Because, I mean, there's not huge solar fields to power that in the middle of LA.
You get me? So, yeah, they would have had to go to areas that are running on solar, right? They could have put, oh...
you know all of their uh water has to uh you know be produced from uh you know a sustainable uh way right so they could have said hey you can only pump this much from the aquifer you don't have unlimited pumping Right.
So it's like they could have done lots of stuff before the industry got out of control.
Right.
But they chose to just let it scale.
Right.
So let's get started right with the good.
And the good part about this bill is that it shows the Californian politicians, hey, we're here.
we are these farmers these distillers these processors that are giving this agave crop a chance in california we need your support as politicians to make sure our industry is going to be a successful one for us and it shows you know that um We're willing to work with the politicians to make sure that the industry is successful, right? And as I mentioned, it shows the presence to the politicians, right? Because I guarantee the majority of them never even fucking heard of farmers growing agave in California prior to this bill being discussed on the floor, right? On the assembly floor.
So...
That's great.
Now they're thinking about us.
And when they pass bills, for instance, that maybe aren't specific to agave, but affect farming, now they got us in their head.
They're like, hey, how would this one farming bill affect agave farmers? They're going to think.
And they have constituents which are voting for them that want some action done on the cigar industry, right? So, that's a great, good part of the bill, right? Like, opens the door to more work to ensure the industry, or more work with the politicians to ensure the industry is successful.
Alerts them to our presence.
Good stuff there, right? Now, let's talk about a second good.
Well, actually, before I get to that second good, I wanted to mention that...
This is good because we also don't want the politicians, you know, I'll give an example.
Very much so the AI industry grew quicker than the politicians regulated it, right? So, like, a lot of that industry, what do you call it? You know, the politicians weren't keeping up with how the industry was growing, right? So, they didn't get to...
stop a lot of the problems in that industry before they were created, right? Like the stuff that people are fighting today, like data centers and shit, right? They could have early on, you know, I'll give you an example.
We could have just, with one law, boom, all data centers are going to be solar.
They would have never put that shit in the middle of fucking communities, right? Because, I mean, there's not huge solar fields to power that in the middle of LA.
You get me? So, yeah, they would have had to go to areas that are running on solar, right? They could have put, oh...
you know all of their uh water has to uh you know be produced from uh you know a sustainable uh way right so they could have said hey you can only pump this much from the aquifer you don't have unlimited pumping Right.
So it's like they could have done lots of stuff before the industry got out of control.
Right.
But they chose to just let it scale.
Right.
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