Further Insights
The California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force learned from a wide range of guest speakers, presentations, and research reports in developing its recommendations. Research findings, supporting resources, and informational materials can be found below.
April 4, 2025 Sustaining Natural and Cultural Resources Subcommittee Slides
*Maps of ancestral lands, ratified and unratified treaties, cultural fire, and Land Back*
March 18, 2025 Insights on Agricultural Land Access and Stewardship Speaker Series Presentation
*Advancing ancestral land return, ancestral sites protection, and Tribal sovereignty.*
January 28, 2025 Land Access, Acquisition, and Ancestral land Return Subcommittee Summary
*Guest presentation by Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy on Land Back*
October 4, 2024 Sustaining Natural and Cultural Resources Subcommittee Briefing Materials
*Resources for land return*
September 17, 2025 Goal 3: Equitable Land Transition and Land Acquisition Subcommittee Briefing Materials
*Overview of the European Land Observatory and Advisory Committee input on the Land Market and Monitoring Program proposal*
March 25, 2025 Insights on Agricultural Land Access and Stewardship Speaker Series Presentation
*The transformation of farmland into a new financial asset class.*
March 11, 2025 Insights on Agricultural Land Access and Stewardship Speaker Series Presentation
*How lack of finance can serve as a barrier to progress for beginning producers.*
February 12-13, 2025 Quarterly Meeting Briefing Materials
*Overview of the private property framework, why it leads to consolidation, and examples of land market interventions*
February 12-13, 2025 Quarterly Meeting Calo Slides
*The Property Framework and Land Market Interventions*
November 13-14, 2024 Quarterly Payán Slides
*Cooperative land tenure*
April 7, 2025 Grants & Resources Subcommittee Briefing Materials
*Research results on implementation and impact of California’s land access & conservation grant programs*
January 9, 2025 Grants & Resources Subcommittee Briefing Materials
*Shares research findings on relevant grant, loan, and incentive programs from other states and how priority populations are defined in California*
November 13-14, 2024 Quarterly Meeting Slides
*Guest presentation to the Task Force about the Racial Equity Commission*
November 13-14, 2024 Quarterly Meeting Briefing Materials
*Parallel state efforts related to land equity*
August 26, 2025 Insights on Agricultural Land Access and Stewardship Speaker Series Presentation
*Agricultural Ombuds and land equity*
August 14-15, 2024 Quarterly Meeting Briefing Materials
*Overview of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and Impacts on the Ground*
August 14-15, 2024 Quarterly Meeting Guest Speaker Atume Slides
*SGMA and its impact on small-scale farmers*
August 14-15, 2024 Quarterly Meeting Dahlquist-Willard Slides
*Groundwater Markets and Land Equity under SGMA*
August 14-15, 2024 Quarterly Meeting Guest Speaker Anagha Slides
*Land and Water Equity in the San Joaquin Valley*
July 10, 2024 Grants and Resources Subcommittee Briefing Materials
*Overview of existing resources related to agricultural land access in California, detailed list of resources targeting agricultural land access, and introduction to the Better Funding Report*
July 2, 2024 Sustaining Natural and Cultural Resources Subcommittee Briefing Materials
*Contains an overview of legislation protecting natural and cultural resources*
May 9, 2024 Quarterly Meeting Summary
*Summarizes roundtable discussions on existing resources related to agricultural land access in California*
May 9, 2024 Quarterly Meeting Briefing Materials
*Existing resources related to agricultural land access in California*
February 12-13, 2025 Quarterly Meeting de Barraicua Slides
*Opportunities and challenges in developing farmworker cooperatives and land trusts in Ventura County*
February 12-13, 2025 Quarterly Meeting Aceves Slides
*Effects of Absenteeism on Farmworker Communities’ Economic Development in the Eastern Coachella Valley*
February 12-13, 2025 Quarterly Meeting Carranza Slides
* Community-Driven Solutions for Economic Development and Housing Justice in Eastern Coachella Valley*
November 13-14, 2024 Quarterly Meeting Summary
*Summarizes a presentation about a collective of 120 “campesino” families in Watsonville and Pajaro Valley*
September 18, 2024 Grants and Resources Subcommittee Summary
*Financing land acquisition case study*