"The project to build a desalination plant in San Diego County, California commenced in 1993 after five years of drought."[1]

"Before 2008, San Diego County historically had been a Republican stronghold."[2]

[1] first sentence of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_%22Bud%22_Lewis_Carlsba...

[2] first sentence of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_San_Diego_County