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Committee pauses workshop vote on water-rights item after packet-posting concern; farmers's submissions draw sharp criticism of MidPen/Post
Summary
The Agriculture Advisory Committee resumed a workshop summary on preserving agriculture on the San Mateo County coast and discussed item K (water rights and land). Members and attendees criticized MidPen and Post for policies they said limit water access and prioritize nonlocal tenants. The committee deferred voting on item K after noting the slides were not posted in the county packet 72 hours before the meeting, which raised Brown Act concerns.
The Agriculture Advisory Committee continued a special-workshop summary exploring measures to preserve agriculture on the San Mateo County coast and considered a workshop-derived proposal (item K) asking MidPen and Post to meet separately with the AAC to explain tenant-selection and water-rights decisions.
The workshop summary recapped crop-report declines and attendees' concerns about access to water, rising costs, and regulatory burdens. The chair read a summary of workshop attendee feedback that said some land managers and non-profits "have turned their backs on agriculture," citing reduced…
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