The California Supreme Court denied a petition by the Kings County Farm Bureau to review whether the Fifth District Court of Appeal properly reversed a preliminary injunction against the state last year. Despite the set back, the Farm Bureau vowed to continue with its underlying lawsuit. … The Farm Bureau sued the State Water Resources Control Board in May 2024 after the Water Board placed the Tulare Lake subbasin, which covers most of Kings County, on probation for lacking an adequate groundwater plan as required per the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). … A Kings County Superior Judge issued preliminary injunction holding off those sanctions in Sept. 2024. … The Water Board appealed and, in October 2025, the 5th District reversed the injunction.

Other groundwater news:

• The SJV Sun (Fresno, Calif.): Calif. Supreme Court declines review of Kings County groundwater case​
• Invisible Waters: Blog: The view from the ‘groundwatershed’