Yes, but have the bozos in Sac learned anything? Have we built new water infrastructure to support a population 3x the size vs. when the original, now-ageing infrastructure was built? Was there a cessation of 40% of freshwater being drained into the oceans to preserve the habitats of baitfish and other environmentalist causes? No---we told farmers they were evil because they grow almonds, told people they need to conserve/pay more for water, and have not fixed any fundamental problems. Instead, the now-suspended train to nowhere was Jerry Brown's contribution (though nowhere near as bad as giving gov't workers collective bargaining "rights" in the 70s, fleecing taxpayers till the end of time), whereas his father's legacy was building actual infrastructure.

There is going to be another drought---there has always been drought in California---and nothing will have been fixed. Maybe since the central CA aquifers were significantly drained (they actually sank!) in this drought go-around, next time the farmers will well and truly go out of the business, to the delight of the anti-business pink-haired SF crowd who doesn't realize that despite seeing a vast expanse of water on the horizon every day they walk to work through human excrement to the Twitter Ministry of Truth, the freshwater actually comes from Hetch Hetchy, dammed in the 1930s, and built for a population of the mid-20th century.

The whole water crisis happened due to political and central planning incompetence---no one has been held accountable and nothing has been learned: expect a repeat.

https://www.city-journal.org/html/scorching-california-13704...