Energy Law
Apr. 7, 2012
Solar project developers target agricultural land
Solar project developers looking to build on California's farmlands have caused a statewide clash over the development of productive agricultural land that under law is supposed to be used exclusively for agricultural purposes.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Solar project developers looking to build on California's farmland are at the heart of a statewide clash over the development of fertile land that by law is supposed to be used exclusively for agricultural purposes.
The law at issue - the Williamson Act - was originally passed in 1965 to encourage landowners to spare agricultural tracts from an explosion of commercial and residential development. No...
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