water rights

June 18, 2026 2:00 pmJune 18, 2026 2:01 pm

Division 2, Part 4, Title 8 deals with water rights in the acquisition of property. Section 1414 provides that, as between appropriators, the one first in time is the first in right. Section 1415 provides that a person desiring to...

Ringside: Twelve Scarcity Enabling Laws to Scrap

February 13, 2025 7:30 amFebruary 13, 2025 7:31 am

Last week, as a representative of the California Policy Center, I had the opportunity to testify before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee at a hearing on the topic of “California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation.” While my remarks...

Tulare Lake Subbasin/State Board Workshop

November 11, 2023 2:55 amNovember 11, 2023 10:47 am

About 300, motivated people showed up Wednesday evening November 8th at the beautiful and historic Hanford Civic Center to hear the State Water Resources Control Board staff talk about putting the Tulare Lake Subbasin into probation by April 2024. This...

Sites Reservoir: Greenhouse Gas Threat or Hot Air?

August 30, 2023 2:45 amAugust 30, 2023 7:03 pm

One modern day mystery is how California is going to be able to supply its water needs going forward without more water storage. If the climate changes as predicted, more rain and less snow, California’s hydrology and its storage needs...

Bad Water Legislation Could Upend California’s Economy, Domestic Food Supply

June 11, 2023 2:45 amJune 11, 2023 7:04 am

If the legislation coming out of Sacramento were graded on the criteria of harmful, unintended consequences, it would receive an “F” average – provided you believe harmful is bad for the citizens and not just the cost of doing government....

Cal EPA Asserts Shockingly Broad Domain Over Private Property

July 20, 2022 7:29 amJuly 21, 2022 12:17 pm

Legend has it that Jed Clampett “was shootin’ at some food / When up through the ground come a bubblin’ crude.” The Beverly Hillbillies’ transformation into instant millionaires illustrates one of the oldest conceptions in the western world: What’s on...

California’s Four Water Entities: What’s the Difference?

September 10, 2020 6:19 amSeptember 10, 2020 6:24 am

California has four water-related entities: California Water Commission, California Water Quality Monitoring Council, Department of Water Resources, State Water Resources Control Board. What are the differences? California Water Commission In Water Code Division 1, Chapter 2, Article 2, Section 150,...