Conserving Agricultural Land through Compensation
A Guide for California Landowners
Alvin D. Sokolow, Mica Bennett, December 2004
83 pages, 8.5 x 11, softcover
Chapter 1 – Compensatory Objectives: Public Wants, Landowner Needs (.pdf 3235 kb)
Chapter 2 – Introducing the Programs (.pdf 4420 kb)
Chapter 3 – Landowner Rewards and Risks: Financial, Conservation, Family Considerations (.pdf 3999 kb)
Chapter 4 – Financial Rewards: What Programs Compensate Landowners (.pdf 2630 kb)
Chapter 5 – Preferential tax Programs: The Two Versions of the Williamson Act (.pdf 1386 kb)
Chapter 6 – U.S.D.A. Cost-Sharing and Reserve Program (.pdf 5093 kb)
Chapter 7 – Cash for Development Rights: The Agricultural Easement Process (.pdf 2507 kb)
Chapter 8 – The Future of Compensatory Programs in California (.pdf 638 kb)