These statutes authorize PACE programs in California, including the California Farmland Conservancy Program (CFCP), the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC), and the Rangeland, Grazing Land, and Grassland Program (RGGP).

Many states have Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) programs that provide funding to purchase development rights on private agricultural land to permanently protect it from non-farm development, keeping more land available for agriculture.