Comment: Rough Waters: Assessing the Fifth Amendment Implications of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

Micah Green writes on existing frameworks in order to understand the limited scope of the regulatory jurisdiction in “Rough Waters: Assessing the Fifth Amendment Implications of California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.” His comment further discusses the new groundwater legislation, introducing sustainable standards as well as questions whether the Board’s new ability to limit pumping implicates a takings claim.

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