John P. Brennan

John P. Brennan

Real Estate Broker DRE#01107673

Certified General Appraiser OREA #020250

About John

As a graduate of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, I earned my degree in agricultural business management.  Originally from Yuba City, I moved to Colusa after college and now live in Davis.  While I started primarily as a farm appraiser, inventorying a large portion of the farmlands of the Sacramento Valley, over the years I have branched out into farm brokerage, farm management, and farmland ownership.

Working in agriculture for the past thirty years, I have developed a keen interest in the integration of agriculture and conservation.  I have broad experience in the consulting and management of diversified farming operations located in the Sacramento Valley.  Today, I am co-owner of Brennan, Jewett & Associates, with offices in Woodland and Colusa.  The firm specializes in appraisal, management and sales of farm properties located within the Sacramento Valley.  I hold licenses as a Certified General Appraiser (CA OREA No. AG020250), Real Estate Broker (CA BRE No. 01107673), and have provided expert testimony in Superior Court.   As a real estate consultant, I have worked for/with numerous NGO’s active in conservation in the Sacramento Valley, including The Nature Conservancy, California Audubon, California Trout, Point Blue, Environmental Defense Council, American River, River Partners, California Waterfowl, Ducks Unlimited, etc.

In addition to my real estate work, I am a partner in Robbins Rice Company (RRC) with Lance and Jon Matteoli of Matteoli Brothers, a large, diversified farming operation located in Robbins, CA.  RRC is a rice marketing company focused on the production and sale of Japanese short grain rice.  The partnership also owns Tule Basin Farms and Knaggs Ranch LLC; two integrated rice and conservation projects in the Sacramento Valley. 

Another venture I am partner in is Cal Marsh and Farm Ventures, LLC.  This partnership serves as the main public/private proponent of a floodplain science for salmon with the Nigiri Project, located on the Knaggs Ranch in the Yolo Bypass.  Over the past two years, I have been working closely with Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP) on the acquisition of the real estate for their Lookout Slough and Tides End projects.  Cal Marsh and EIP are currently working together to bring Goose Club, Nigiri and Tide End, all landscape scale floodplain projects, to fruition.   

I am also an active Board Member of Northern California Water Association, Sacramento River Forum, the Sutter Bypass Butte Slough Irrigation District, and the Yolo Basin Foundation.