Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs says she's reviewing whether changes in state law could give her the authority to decide who can lease state lands and what activities can take place there.
"Fondomonte is where all the eyes are,'' she said. But she noted the company is not the only one growing crops on state land.There's also a separate question: Can the state refuse to lease land for growing alfalfa for export when it also leases land for other crops, such as vegetables, that are shipped out of Arizona and, sometimes, out of the country?
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | Omny Studio But that was based on a technicality that the company's approval to make improvements on state land had expired. It does not bar Fondomonte from continuing to pump water from the wells it already has.