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County pursuing legislatively formed GSA to resolve Eastern Tule governance gaps
Summary
Tulare County staff said they are sponsoring a bill with Assemblymember Macedo to create a new legislatively formed groundwater sustainability agency covering residual portions of the Eastern Tule GSA, aiming to replace a dysfunctional JPA and enable SGMA implementation.
County staff updated the Tulare County Water Commission on April 14, 2025, about efforts to craft state legislation that would create a new, legislatively formed groundwater sustainability agency (GSA) to serve remaining portions of the Eastern Tule GSA.
Denise said the county, working with Assemblymember Devon Mathis' office and Assemblymember Vince Fong's staff, and specifically naming Assemblymember Macedo as a sponsor, drafted a bill (staff cited a working number, "1044," but noted the number may change) modeled on the 2016 bill that formed the Kings River East…
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