COMMENTARY: Farmers should brace for new state water rules, fees Ag Alert AgricultureCommentary December 11, 2024By Alexandra Biering, director of policy advocacy for the California Farm Bureau California farmers and ranchers who divert water and...
CAL MATTERS: Californians to face steep fines for violating water orders under new legislation Cal Matters Policy and regulation August 31, 2024Ranchers who defied a state water order were only fined about $50 each. Under new legislation headed to the governor,...
CA WATER LAW SYMPOSIUM: Water right enforcement in California Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law May 16, 2024In August 2022, amidst a severe drought, the State Water Board ordered ranchers and farmers in Siskiyou County to cease...
AG ALERT: New Year brings new laws, policies affecting farmers Ag Alert Policy and regulation January 3, 2024By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert With the New Year comes a slew of new state and federal policies designed to...
CAL MATTERS: California ranchers intentionally violated an emergency water order. Now lawmakers want to triple the fines Cal Matters Policy and regulationWater rights and water law June 9, 2023By Rachel Becker, CalMatters When ranchers violated an emergency order to stop pumping water from the drought-plagued Shasta River last...
CAL MATTERS: Rural ranchers face $4,000 proposed fine for violating state drought order Cal Matters Water rights and water law November 7, 2022The penalty is the maximum the ranchers — who pumped Shasta River water for eight days — could face under...
THIS JUST IN … The State Water Board takes enforcement action against Shasta River Water Association for illegal diversions State Water Board Water rights and water law August 24, 2022From the State Water Resources Control Board: As California heads into a fourth year of drought, the State Water Resources...
EXPLAINER: Water rights 101 Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesWater rights and water law June 3, 2020California water law is complex, governed by both state and federal law, part property law and part environmental law. The...
This just in … State Water Board Dismisses Enforcement Actions Against Byron-Bethany and The West Side Irrigation Districts State Water Board Water rights and water law June 7, 2016Board Action Sustains Authority to Enforce Water Rights System When Demand Exceeds Supply in Droughts From the State Water Resources...
Panel discussion: “Fixing” California’s water rights system Maven Best of the NotebookNotebook News and FeaturesPolicy and regulationWater rights and water law May 25, 2016Panel of prominent attorneys discusses how the state’s water rights system performed in the drought and what changes, if any,...
This just in … Byron-Bethany Irrigation District Served with Draft Administrative Civil Liability, $1.5 Million Penalty State Water Board Water rights and water law July 20, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: “ The State Water Resources Control Board today issued a draft Administrative Civil...
This just in … Trinity County Property Owner Issued Draft Cease and Desist Order for Unauthorized Water Diversion, Bulk Water Delivery State Water Board Water rights and water law July 17, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today issued a draft Cease and Desist...
This just in … West Side Irrigation District Issued Draft Cease and Desist Order for Unauthorized Diversion State Water Board Policy and regulation July 16, 2015From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has issued a draft...
