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The state never saw these SGMA impacts coming

03/04/20 6:18 AM By Brad Hooker
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A study released this week presents disturbing findings about impacts from implementing SGMA. Yet the state has never performed an economic impact analysis.
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief,
Agri-Pulse West