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Environmental Economist Michael Hanemann was recently contracted to help San Diego’s Local Agency Formation Commission on agricultural water use.

Environmental Economist Michael Hanemann was recently contracted to help San Diego’s Local Agency Formation Commission on agricultural water use.

In this story published April 10, 2021, in The San Diego Union-Tribune:

The agency, which has little experience with the complicated world of agricultural water use, recently contracted the services of Michael Hanemann, a widely respected economist specializing in farming at Arizona State University.

– Michael Hanemann, professor of economics