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The suit, brought by the Los Angeles farming giant against Tulare County, sought to reverse building permit approvals for a plant owned by its largest, upstart competitor.
A California judge has declined to validate a contract granting permanent access to federally controlled water for the nation’s largest agricultural water supplier.
On the 110th birthday of California’s initiative system, Don Wright asks: How about something different than bonds to fix California’s overworked water infrastructure?
Kings County lawmakers doubled down on their push for emergency water resources for Kettleman City, while also tackling redistricting, PG&E’s rate increase, and the STEP Act.
Over the course of two days during the atmospheric river storms, incredible amounts of water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta flushed out to the ocean. Here’s how much could have been used in the Valley.
Environmentalists and a pair of Delta water agencies are doubling down their fight to halt water transfers tot he Valley by targeting a newly-extended water transfer period.
State water regulators have a harsh message for Kings County’s tourist stop-over town of Kettleman City: pray for rain.
The Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion (STEP) Act will force Valley families to pay a huge tax bill on property or assets they didn’t own decades earlier, writes BizFed Central Valley chair William Bourdeau.
The pushback from Democratic allies and the GOP comes as Biden administration officials seek to throw out Trump-era rules boosting water deliveries to the Central Valley and Southern California.
Tulare County Ag Commissioner Tom Tucker points to price drops in almonds, grapes, peaches and tangerines as the culprit to a down year.
