… On November 4, 2025, a group of 30 researchers, lawyers, agency managers, and growers with subject-matter expertise met in Davis to discuss the challenges and potential opportunities for small farmers to participate in groundwater markets that are currently developing under SGMA. … Among the issues raised were identifying ways of addressing equity concerns, preserving the vitality of small farmers, mitigating any negative labor and employment effects of markets, and preventing forms of market influence that could disadvantage small farmers. 

Other groundwater news:

• Lost Coast Outpost (Eureka, Calif.): Friends of the Eel River set to appeal court ruling over the county’s management of groundwater extraction in Lower Eel Valley