Our doctrine of appropriative and riparian water rights was enacted in the early 1850s and is literally about who has the right to use river water in California.

When settlers came to California in the 1800s, they staked out land and diverted water from nearby sources, establishing appropriative rights. These were in addition riparian rights, which are ...

Our doctrine of appropriative and riparian water rights was enacted in the early 1850s and is literally about who has the right to use river water in California. Whomever claims water for a ...

7 State Water Resources Control Board: water rights and usage: interim relief: procedures, AB 460, CA 2023–2024 (sponsored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-AD 16)).

The California 2023 Legislative Session ended on September 14, 2023, and presented the Governor with several important changes to California’s water-related statutes. The Governor had until ...

If the drought persists, even those farmers with the strongest water rights would have to stop pumping at some point, Howard noted Wednesday. His decision hinges on whether a voluntary 25 percent ...

Developed in the 19th century by miners who used water to blast gold out of the Sierra foothills, California water rights are based on a concept known as “first in time, first in right.” ...

Walters: California’s fights over water rights are at heart of supply issue State officials continue efforts to cut farmers’ diversions, increase river flows and restore declining fish populations ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A new proposal in the California Senate includes using taxpayer money to buy out farmers' water rights. The $1.5 billion plan would see the government purchase "senior water ...

The problem stems from the state’s water-rights system, which dates back to the Gold Rush. California has more than 40,000 water-rights holders who in most years have claims that total far more ...

A water policy paper issued by the state Senate leadership this month proposes that the state purchase rights from agricultural holders to provide more water for habitat improvement as part of a ...