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Lemoore council approves amendment to South Fork Kings GSA JPA to add two grower seats
Summary
On March 4 the Lemoore City Council unanimously approved the city’s consent to a first amendment to the joint powers agreement forming the South Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency, adding two grower-appointed board seats intended to improve representation for largely unrepresented acreage in the basin.
Lemoore City Council on March 4 approved the city’s consent to the first amendment to the joint powers agreement forming the South Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), adding two grower-appointed seats to the JPA board. The motion passed 5-0.
Council members and GSA representatives spent roughly 40 minutes discussing how the amendment would change board composition, who would qualify for the new seats and what voting rules would remain in place. GSA representatives said the two new seats must be held by landowners from areas they described as currently underrepresented and that the seats would be appointed by the existing GSA board.
Supporters said the change aims to improve representation for tens of thousands of acres the GSA currently assesses but that do not have a direct board seat. “We have 48,000 acres, but people that are affected by SGMA…
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