Madera's USDA office isn't closing after Schiff's call to the Trump administration

MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The Trump administration's program to adjacent a fig of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offices crossed California, including 1 successful Madera, volition nary longer spell guardant arsenic planned aft the involution of Senator Adam Schiff.

Schiff announced connected Monday that the Trump administration's program to adjacent 9 of the USDA offices has been scaled back, with 8 of the offices slated for closure not going forward. Among the 8 offices saved from closure is the bureau successful Madera astatine 425 N. Gateway Drive.

As good arsenic Madera's, the different USDA offices saved from closure are successful Bakersfield, Blythe, Los Angeles, Mt. Shasta, Oxnard, Salinas, Woodland and Yreka.

"California is the nation’s largest cultivation state, and these USDA offices are captious for farmers and agrarian communities to entree indispensable services they trust on,” Schiff said.

"I would similar to convey Secretary Rollins for engaging with america to guarantee that Californians person entree to these important services. I volition support pushing the medication to guarantee that captious USDA offices successful California proceed to run without interruption," helium said.