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GSA committee outlines farm-unit carryover and penalty policy, agrees to return with worksheet and clearer math
Summary
Staff presented a proposed farm-unit annual changes policy to formalize how carryover credits and penalties are distributed after farm-unit configuration changes; growers expressed concerns about renter impacts and asked for safeguards and a worksheet; staff will return with a worksheet and more detailed presentation.
Leticia Tapia, Water Resources Specialist, presented a recommended “farm unit annual changes” policy to the GSA committee that formalizes how carryover credits and penalties are allocated after farm-unit sales, leases or other changes in configuration.
Tapia told the committee that the farm unit — a group of parcels managed by a single entity within the same farm-unit zone — remains the primary unit for allocations. Under current practice, penalties are shared by all APNs (Assessor’s Parcel Numbers) in a farm unit and apportioned using a volumetric method tied to each parcel’s attributable groundwater use; unpaid…
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