A "How To" for CA landowners who want to develop solar

I recently received a phone call from a landowner in Southern California who follows ASES and wanted to know more about how a landowner in the region can develop solar on their land, essentially creating their own lil "power plant".  This is not my area of expertise in solar so my guidance at the time was fairly broad, to call one of many solar companies who install commercial / residential / utility scale solar and ask about the steps involved.  This could be Sunpower, Hanwha, First Solar, ect.  But I was intrigued by the inquiry and the idea of thousands of small plant across the CA landscape that I decided to keep an ear to the ground for any potential rumblings on the topic.

Today I saw this article on GreenTechMedia.  While its by no means a comprehensive guide to getting solar on your land, it does a good job of explaining the broad steps.  What would be more interesting is actually seeing some calculations on the return of land with solar vs other types of development options with land.  I am sure these number have changed drastically in the past several years, please let me know if anyone out there comes across anything!