Agricultural Water Well Ordinance – Extension of Temporary Moratorium (Urgency Ordinance No. 1588)

On August 26, 2025, the Board of Supervisors adopted an urgency ordinance imposing a temporary 45-day moratorium on the approval or issuance of well permits for new agricultural, non-exempt wells located within the Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Agency’s designated Focus Areas, which has since been extended with the adoption of Urgency Ordinance No. 1577 on October 7, 2025 for an additional 10 months and 15 days through August 25, 2026 to allow time to better understand, among other things, the impac...