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V Lions Farming, LLC v. County of Kern

Posted May 22, 2024
About This Legal Opinion

Following Masonite Corp. v. County of Mendocino, the appellate court held that agricultural conservation easements do qualify as compensatory mitigation, even though they do not replace or otherwise offset the acres of agricultural land converted by the project.

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