Hanford, Calif.—Two farmers in central California’s parched western valley are proposing to sell much of the irrigation water they get from the state to urban developers in Southern California.
The proposed $11.7 million deal would transfer 1,998 acre-feet of water from two Kings County growers’ land to Tejon Ranch Co. The company is planning a sprawling urban development along Interstate 5, south of Bakersfield…

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