Entries by Linton Hale

CALIFORNIA FARM LAW

Federal Laws and Regulations The federal government passes legislation, issues regulations, and establishes and supports policies that impact the agricultural and food processing industry on national issues, typically interstate in nature.  Many of the laws and regulations that are passed at a national level are implemented by state and local governments, or agencies of the […]

April 14, 2020 by

SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT AN OVERVIEW (CR 202002)

Introduction California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or “SGMA” as it is often called and which appears at section 10720 et seq. of the California Water Code, was signed into law on September 16, 2014.  SGMA was and is intended to regulate what had previously been largely unregulated in California except through litigation. Groundwater scarcity disputes […]

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