Redwood Country Rural Prosperity Act
Bring back timber town jobs. Build mass timber factories. Get broadband to every home. Put doctors in rural hospitals. Make California's North Coast the model for all of rural America.
🌲 What Does This Bill Do?
Timber towns used to THRIVE—good jobs, strong families, proud communities. Then the mills closed and 80% of the jobs disappeared. This bill brings those towns BACK: new wood products factories (mass timber is the future!), fast internet everywhere, doctors and nurses who actually stay, workforce training, and Tribal partnerships. California's Redwood Country becomes the national model—if it works here, it works anywhere!
🚨 What Happened to Timber Towns
🏛️ Six Ways to Rebuild
Wood Products
Mass timber, CLT, innovation centers
Workforce
Training, apprenticeships, careers
Broadband
Fast internet for every home
Healthcare
Loan repayment to keep doctors
Tribal Partners
Co-management, traditional knowledge
Forest Health
100K acres treated, fire prevention
🪵 Wood Products Manufacturing: $75 Million/Year
Mass timber is the FUTURE—tall buildings made from wood, storing carbon instead of releasing it. Let's build the factories HERE.
🏭 Innovation Centers
Product development, testing, training at Cal Poly Humboldt
🏗️ Mass Timber Factory
CLT and glulam manufacturing—at least ONE in the North Coast
💰 Tax Credit
Up to $2M credit for wood products equipment
📶 Broadband: Universal Access in 5 Years
No more internet deserts! Every home, every business, every school—CONNECTED.
100/20 Mbps Minimum
Gigabit priority for new builds
Last-Mile Fiber
Connections to every home
Digital Literacy
Training and device lending
Telehealth Ready
See doctors from home
🏥 Healthcare: Keep Doctors in Rural Towns
Pay off their student loans if they stay and serve our communities!
Physicians & Dentists
4-year service commitment
NPs, PAs, Midwives
Advanced practice providers
RNs & Mental Health
Nurses and counselors
Tribal Health Bonus
Extra for tribal facilities
🌲 North Coast Pilot: CA-2 Leads the Nation
California's Redwood Country becomes the national model for timber town revival!
Pilot Region Counties
Del Norte • Humboldt • Trinity • Mendocino
💰 How It's Paid For: Trust Fund
Funded by timber receipts, stewardship contracts, and Forest Service savings.
🛡️ Built-In Protections
100% Voluntary
No mandates on states, counties, or landowners.
Property Rights
Landowners keep full control. Willing sellers only.
15% Tribal Set-Aside
Guaranteed funding for Tribal programs.
Deficit Neutral
Spending can't exceed Trust Fund revenue.
GAO Reviews
Independent audits at Years 3, 6, 9.
10-Year Sunset
Expires unless Congress reauthorizes.
🌲 Rebuild Timber Towns. Build the Future.
For generations, timber communities built America—our homes, our schools, our dreams. Then the mills closed and 80% of the jobs disappeared. Families left. Towns hollowed out. Hospitals closed. But the forests are still here. The skills are still here. The people are still here. This bill rebuilds timber towns with mass timber factories, universal broadband, doctors who stay, workforce training, and Tribal partnerships. California's Redwood Country becomes the national model. If it works here, it works everywhere. That's showing your work.
Gregory Burgess for Congress
No Party Preference • California's 2nd Congressional District
"Show Your Work" Campaign