(February 28, 2017, 3:20 PM EST) -- SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — In a tentative ruling, a California state court judge on Feb. 23 ruled that a ranch in Santa Barbara County “materially contributes” to recharging the Goleta Groundwater Water Basin to which the Goleta Water District has senior appropriator rights (Goleta Water District v. Slippery Rock Ranch LLC, No. 1487055, Calif. Super., Santa Barbara Co.)....