\begin{figure}%
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=1.0\linewidth]{Reg_Dis_Plot.pdf} % For landscape, set width=0.92
    \caption{Sale price discontinuity}\label{fig:dis}
    \medskip % induce some separation between caption and explanatory material

    % Notes for figure
    \raggedright
    \hspace{1.0cm}\emph{Notes:} a)  In 2006 the subdistrict was formed under the legal threat of curtailed\\
    \hspace{2.6cm}    pumping and increased externality costs during a drought.\\
    \hspace{2.2cm} b) In 2011 the pumping fee began.\\
    \hspace{2.2cm} c) Prices are inflation adjusted using average United States farmland\\
    \hspace{2.6cm}    values \parencite{unitedstatesdepartmentofagriculture2020},\\
    \hspace{2.6cm}    and \acs{CPI} \parencite{u.s.bureauoflaborstatistics2024}.\\
    \hspace{2.2cm} d) The upper and lower extrema of each period was removed.\\
    % if you want to insert a dividing line 4 cm long
    % \rule{4cm}{0.4pt} 
\end{figure}%
\vspace{1.0cm}


% OLD CODE SUPPORTING LANDSCAPE

% \begin{figure}%
%     \centering
%     \includegraphics[width=0.92\linewidth]{Reg_Dis_Plot.pdf}
%     \caption{Sale price discontinuity}\label{fig:dis}
%     \medskip % induce some separation between caption and explanatory material
%     \begin{minipage}{1.0\textwidth} % choose width suitably
%         {  % \footnotesize
%         {$\bullet$} In 2006 the subdistrict was formed under the legal threat of curtailed pumping and increased\\
%         \hspace{1.0cm} externality costs during a drought.\\
%         {$\bullet$} In 2011 the pumping fee began.\\
% 	    {$\bullet$} Prices are inflation adjusted using average U.S. farmland values \parencite{unitedstatesdepartmentofagriculture2020}, and \acs{CPI} \parencite{u.s.bureauoflaborstatistics2024}.\\
%         {$\bullet$} The upper and lower extrema of each period was removed.
%         \par}
%     \end{minipage}
% \end{figure}%