Newsletter

At the recent Family Water Alliance, Inc. (FWA) dinner former, FWA executive Ashley Indrieri presented FWA with the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) Friends in Freedom Award. The award honors FWA’s support of the PLF mission in the nation’s courts for limited government, property rights...

At the recent meeting of The Society for Environmental Journalist’s panel on water and the drought, a question came from a reporter from the MidWest. “California food feeds people all over the world. Why do we depend on California to feed the world…wouldn’t it be better if every region...

FBNews, the online/digital newsletter of the American Farm Bureau Federation, this week began posting responses from the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees on a range of issues that concern farmers and ranchers the most. AFBF asked...

This spring California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) announced legislation AB 2757 to establish equitable overtime standards for farmworkers in March. Because of the efforts of rural legislators the measure was defeated.Local legislators James Gallagher...

Coming to a disadvantaged neighborhood near you is the just signed AB 2492 Alejo, Community Revitalization bill. A replacement to the Redevelopment Agencies that were dissolved in 2012, this bill seeks to establish those agencies for the purpose of helping blighted or disadvantaged communities. There is concern by private property rights organizations that this...

Anne Castle, Former Assistant Secretary for Water and Science for the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, speaking at the 2016 University of Arizona Water Resources and Research Center’s annual conference 　told attendees that our “Security Blankets” regarding water policy are wearing...