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California targets hedge funds buying up water rights

05/10/23 7:15 AM By Brad Hooker
KEYWORDS profiteering off the drought protecting domestic wells from groundwater pumping racist and archaic water laws vulnerable and socially disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley water rights reform in California
The Legislature is advancing a bill to halt water grabs by hedge fund investors and venture capitalists, raising fears of upending transfer markets.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief, Agri-Pulse West

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