The federal government has rescinded termination notices for eight of nine USDA offices slated for closure in California. The decision comes after California lawmakers argued that closing the offices would burden farmers. The Trump administration has reversed its decision to shutter eight California outposts of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to a letter from agency head Brooke Rollins. The about-face came at the urging of a group of Democratic California lawmakers led by Sen. Adam Schiff, who decried plans from the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency to close USDA offices in Bakerserfield, Blythe, Los Angeles, Madera, Mt. Shasta, Oxnard, Salinas, Woodland and Yreka. … The original closure plans came amid sweeping layoffs and lease terminations at government agencies across the country led by Elon Musk’s DOGE team — including nearly two dozen California offices related to science, agriculture and the environment. Musk has since stepped down.

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