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Ringside: The Grand Water Bargain

June 26, 2025 3:05 amJune 26, 2025 3:06 am

For the last few decades in California, the conventional wisdom has been that farmers and urban water consumers have to improve efficiency and reduce consumption. To the fullest extent possible, rain and snow falling on watersheds must proceed unimpaired from...

The Abundance Choice, Part 8: The Union Factor

May 28, 2022 2:22 amMay 31, 2022 4:47 pm

The moment we met Robbie Hunter, then president of the State Building and Construction Trades Council, we knew we were in the presence of a man who does not lose. Assemblyman Devon Mathis had urged me to contact the construction unions...

California’s Ag Community Problems Should Be Everyone’s Concern

May 24, 2022 11:07 amMay 24, 2022 11:15 am

In March, our nation and state celebrated World Water Day and National Agriculture Week. While this vital California industry is worthy of celebration for being the principal food basket for our world, we must not ignore the challenges it is...

Bowing to China, Shipping Carriers Refuse to Transport U.S. and California Goods

February 24, 2022 3:36 pmFebruary 25, 2022 7:24 pm

“Shipping carriers rejected U.S. agricultural export containers worth hundreds of millions of dollars during October and November, instead sending empty containers to China to be filled with more profitable Chinese exports,” a 2021 CNBC investigation found. American farmers, ranchers and...

Climate Goal Bill For California Lands Fails To Reach Senate Vote

August 21, 2020 8:15 pm

On Friday, a bill that would have required the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and other state agencies to find a climate goal for California natural and working lands failed to advance to a Senate vote. AB 2954 fails to...