---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-017922"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDZI"
cik: "0000727273"
company_name: "CADIZ INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:46:17.296999+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadiz appoints former California Senate Majority Leader Richard Polanco to board

## Summary
- Richard Polanco appointed to board filling vacancy, increasing board size to 10.
- Polanco brings 40 years experience in elected office, public policy, and community leadership.
- Also appointed to Compensation Committee and Equity, Sustainability and Environmental Justice Committee.
- Term expires at 2023 Annual Meeting; compensation per standard director policy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-017922
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDZI
- cik: 0000727273
- company_name: CADIZ INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000143774922017922/0001437749-22-017922-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000143774922017922/cdzi20220727_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-017922
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-017922.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-017922.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Polanco was appointed as Director at CADIZ INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 26, 2022, the Cadiz Inc. (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) appointed Senator Richard Polanco (ret.) as a new member of the Board, filling an existing vacancy and returning the Board’s size to 10 members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/727273/000143774922017922/0001437749-22-017922-index.htm

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