As California was literally on fire, our next president was erroneously blaming us for our disaster. We had wrongly denied Southern California water. 'Beautiful, clean, fresh' water. Without water, the Southland was left to burn.
First, the facts: Southern California is not short of water. There is water for fire hydrants. There is water for firefighting planes. This disaster is being fueled by a ferocious Santa Ana Wind, not water mismanagement.
In a telling 2012 survey, 78% of all Californians said they did not know about the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Our Delta happens to be an estuary of hemispheric importance for birds.
Given the widespread lack of understanding about California water, the issue is ripe for disinformation. Perhaps to some, Trump may have sounded as if he was providing factual information about water and Newsom on social media when he was not.
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