This informational policy report offers a comparative view of four of California’s purchase of agricultural conservation easement (PACE) programs: the California Farmland Conservancy Program; the Rangeland, Grazing Land, and Grassland Protection Program; the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program; and the Agricultural Land Mitigation Program.

Information about each program was compiled using set factors to allow direct comparison of program purposes and implementation methods. These factors were selected to represent common features of state easement grant programs. The purpose of preparing this brief and related documents is to inform interested policymakers and advocates about the current state of California’s PACE programs.