I run a secondary water company. This was a catastrophic act of stupidity and power that will have far reaching implications. How many farms will go under because they have no water for their crops this summer? How much food will be lost from the producers? Now with tariffs compounded.
And Chump will get none of the blame…
And how many of these farmers voted for chump?
It looks like a mix of both D and R en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Joa... www.ppic.org/wp-content/u...
Trump did this because he is so stupid that he thinks all water in Central California will flow “downhill” to L.A. because…gravity? www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2K56DCR/
I agree. Water law and history is complex. Simply put, water was redirected to where it was "needed" (i.e., settlements) from the natural flow. That means it does not flow in a natural channel as it was diverted to serve those communities.
Water is the ONLY reason historical settlement occurred establishing the cities we have now in arid areas. If it was left to flow in natural channels, most of our settlement would NOT exist in the locations they do today. This was done by white men impacting the Native populations.
These long ago choices have now exacerbated water shortages and fighting about water appropriation. The Native people understood how to steward the land.
These while men, often in the name of religion suppressed and took the resources everyone shared. History repeating itself for a single moment of performance. Stepping off my soap box, thanks for reading and responding.