For the past few years I’ve been rolling up and down Highway 99 attending ag irrigation related meetings. I’ve heard several opinions about the value of agriculture and I tend to enjoy a good meal now and then, ipso facto,...
Scarcity and high prices are not an inevitable fact of life in California. They are the result of political choices. For nearly 50 years, and with escalating severity that shows no sign of abating, politicians in California have enacted legislation...
State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) is expected to announce her run for the 2024 22nd Congressional District race soon according to new reports on Monday, potentially setting up a three-way race with incumbent Congressman David Valadao (R-CA), and former Democratic...
Governor Gavin Newsom signed an new executive order on Monday to help retain water in the state against future droughts. According to a press release released by the Governor, the new executive order came about as a direct response to...
There are plenty of ways to ration water, and California’s state legislature is pursuing all of them. Restrict agricultural water allocations until millions of acres of California’s irrigated farmland is taken out of production. Ban outdoor watering entirely in urban...
The California Farm Water Coalition issued a dire statement Tuesday warning that California’s agriculture industry and food supply is in peril because of restricted agriculture water supplies. “Today’s State Water Board emergency water conservation regulation continues to demonstrate how serious...
You can say this for Michael Hiltzik, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the Los Angeles Times, he doesn’t conceal his biases. When we talked back in late November 2021, his skepticism towards our initiative felt overt. And while that may have...