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Senate panel advances bill to create ongoing $20 million appropriation for farmland conservation
Summary
SB 462 would establish a $20 million annual appropriation to the California Farmland Conservancy Program (CFCP) to fund agricultural conservation easements; committee members and local open‑space sponsors praised the measure and advanced it to Appropriations.
Senator Jerry Cortez (presenting as the bill’s author) told the Natural Resources and Water Committee that SB 462 would create a steady annual $20 million appropriation to the California Farmland Conservancy Program to fund agricultural conservation easements on working farms and ranches.
“While a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, I helped chair…
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