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Panel advances bill to modernize solar‑use easements on Williamson Act land
Summary
AB 11 56 would update the state’s solar‑use easement statute to let land subject to Williamson Act contracts transfer temporarily to solar use where water constraints make farming unviable; sponsors and counties said the statute needs revision to unlock projects.
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy advanced AB 11 56, a bill to update California’s solar‑use easement statute so certain agriculturally constrained lands subject to Williamson Act contracts can be used for solar development under a temporary easement.
The bill’s author said the statute — created in 2011 to allow solar development on nonviable Williamson Act lands — has produced only three projects and needs modernization to align with current groundwater and clean‑energy goals. The…
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