<!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ --></p> <p>By David Saint-AMand, special for Calmatters</p> <figure> <img decoding="async" width=""1200"" height=""800"" src=""https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/06102021_Madera_Drought_SH_CM_17.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1"" class=""attachment-post-thumbnail" size-post-thumbnail="" wp-post-image="" alt=""Water" pours="" from="" a="" pipe="" before="" being="" connected="" to="" water="" tank="" near="" madera="" on="" june="" photo="" by="" shae="" hammond="" for="" calmatters="" decoding=""async"" srcset=""https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/06102021_Madera_Drought_SH_CM_17.jpg?w=2000&ssl=1" https:="" sizes=""(max-width:"/><figcaption>The water is poured out of a pipe before it is connected to the water tank near Madera on June 10, 2021. Photo from Shay Hammond for Calmatters</figcaption></figure> <p>This comment was originally published by <a href=""https://calmatters.org/"">Calmatters</a>S <a href=""https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/"">Register</a> about their ballots.</p> <p>Re: “<a href=""https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/07/groundwater-bill-california-sustainability-plans/"">How groundwater users with deep pockets stop plans for California resistance</a>“</p> <p><a href=""https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1413"">Assembly Bill 1413</a> He strives to rewrite the water laws in California, raising alarm among local water agencies, business groups, legislators and many defenders of the California farm industry. The water region of Indian Wales is raining in East Kern County has serious concerns about the threats of the proposal for groundwater rights, the proper process, transparency and scientific reporting. </p> <p>The bill will limit judicial supervision and will fundamentally change the role of groundwater resistance plans in California, potentially treating them as a legal binding determination of water rights. The Indian Wales Water Quarter is in the process of a decision to protect property rights, and employees like me worry that AB 1413 will ban courts from reviewing science behind these plans as well as potential mistakes.</p> <p>The court remains one of the few instruments for an independent evaluation of the Sustainability Plan. According to an analysis of the State Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water, at least five of <a href=""https://water.ca.gov/programs/groundwater-management/basin-prioritization"">94 groundwater priority pools in California</a> They are currently a solution, suggesting that AB 1413 addresses a localized problem, not throughout the country. Dozens more have already completed the process.</p> <p>As written, AB 1413 puts a dangerous precedent. Legislators must at least change it in order to defend a proper process, maintain judicial supervision, and guarantee fairly <a href=""https://www.ppic.org/publication/groundwater-in-california/"">Groundwater management</a>S</p> <p>This article was <a href=""https://calmatters.org/commentary/reader-reactions/2025/08/due-process-critical-california-groundwater/"">Originally Published on CalMatters</a> and was reissued under <a href=""https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Noderivatives</a> License.</p> <p> Copy HTML
