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Light rain fell from overcast gray clouds as Mitch Hagney gave a tour of land cultivated by indigenous people centuries ago at Mission San Juan Capistrano. Wearing a straw hat, he walked dirt paths ...

In the U.S. it’s long been accepted that communities cannot efficiently allocate their own resources, that private ownership is preferable and, indeed, superior. But a community-controlled irrigation ...