The California Bird Records Committee (CBRC) has published to date ten reports, the latest being that by Dunn (1988). It has been the intent of the Committee to publish these reports annually, to apprise birders and field ornithologists of our decisions, changes to the state list, revisions of our Review List or our Bylaws, and changes in CBRC membership. These have been features of all recent CBRC reports. The Committee agreed at the January 1990 annual meeting that a regular CBRC news and update article such as this would provide a more timely service to our readers and would report changes in the state list, our membership or rules, and in our Review List.