And there you have the real reason: the well to do that live on the coastline don't want their views spoiled. And besides, If more water is available it will just attract more people to California.
“And besides, If more water is available it will just attract more people to California. “
Actually, what has happened is that more water being made available has opened up more acreage to farming. While there is no question that the population has doubled here since any new water storage facilities have been built, it’s agriculture that’s the gorilla in the room. No farming, plenty of water for people. Big AG here pays off the government so they can continue to use old, intensive water use farming methods and grow water-intesive crops because they make a lot of money, while we residents flush our toilets with our bath water. Blame Brown and the RATs.