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Laws

Fresno County, CA: Right to Farm Ordinance (Fresno County, Ca., County Ordinance § 17.04.100 (1987).)

Marin County, CA: Local TDR Enabling Ordinances (Marin County, Ca., County Code tit. 22, art. III ch. 34 (2011).)

Sonoma County, CA: Right to Farm Ordinances (Sonoma County, Ca., County Code ch.30, art. II, §§ 20-29 (2011).)

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Statistics

Farms

81,033

Land in farms (acres)

25,364,695

Market value of agricultural products sold ($1,000)

33,885,064

Agricultural land developed between 1982 and 2007 (acres)

1,767,200

Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture and the 2007 National Resources Inventory

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Legislative Updates

California Assembly Bill 2720 (2010)

California Senate Bill 1142 (2010)

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Sample Documents

Marin County, CA: Model Easement

Sonoma County, CA: PACE Campaign Document

California: Model Easement

Literature

FIC Fact Sheets

Saving Farmland, Growing Cities: A Framework for Implementing Effective Farmland Conservation Policies in the San Joaquin Valley

Agricultural Conservation Easement Provisions from Selected Farmland Protection Programs

California Agricultural Vision: From Strategies to Results - Progress Report, Spring 2012

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