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Legislature’s 2025 session reshapes agriculture, water and labor policy

10/22/25 7:05 AM By Brad Hooker
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California’s 2025 session reshaped farm, water and labor policy — from on-farm solar and food bans to Delta fights and new worker protections.
KEYWORDS agriculture policy California legislature Delta Conveyance Project farmworker protections heat illness ultraprocessed food ban water supply strategy Williamson Act
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Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief,
Agri-Pulse West