… Cadiz recently alleged that its efforts to access and pump out groundwater are not subject to review by California’s State Lands Commission. But in June, incoming Senate President Monique Limón and Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, both of whom chair the California Legislature’s committees on natural resources, quashed that evasion. … The lawmakers highlighted the strict and detailed scrutiny facing the company under state law. … Gov. Newsom championed that law. This week is the sixth anniversary of SB 307, which he signed on July 31, 2019. In his signing statement, the Governor stated the fact that “water has flowed underneath the Mojave for thousands of years,” feeding a “fragile ecosystem.”