S6 E13: Sorting through CCA's Cattle-PAC strategy

Sorting Pen: The California Cattleman Podcast

Sorting Pen: The California Cattleman Podcast
S6 E13: Sorting through CCA's Cattle-PAC strategy
Jun 26, 2026 Season 6 Episode 13

Cattle-PAC is CCA's voluntary political action committee, working to support and educate candidates and elected officials whose decisions shape the laws and regulations affecting California ranchers. In a state with a democratic supermajority in the legislature, every pro-livestock, pro-business voice elected to office matters. On this episode, California rancher and CCA Cattle-PAC Chair Jack Lavers joins us to discuss how Cattle-PAC strategically invests its resources, the realities of California's political landscape, and where things stand following the June primary.

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