SACRAMENTO — The latest weather-related news reports have shifted from the ongoing drought to fears about flooding, as meteorologists predict what one news report refers to as a “Godzilla-like El Niño event” that may be headed our way. Despite possible problems, Mother Nature might fix what California officials have failed to address.
Water shortages aren’t that different than food shortages that arise in some parts of the world. The weather is the proximate cause, but the real problem stems from failed public policy. Quite simply, California policy makers have not been building and permitting sufficient water projects to carry this state through dry years.
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