[Mariner]

"The water shortage is completely created by government regulators and environmental extremists. "

Prior to this last winter, Sacramento received ~20 inches of rain in 3.5 years.

What would you call that? A flood?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Prior to this last winter, Sacramento received ~20 inches of rain in 3.5 years.

Apparently you've never heard of the California Aqueduct system. The water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains is going into the Pacific to protect a bait fish rather than to the farmers.

Unless Mother Nature was elected to the CA legislature, this is a man-made drought.

[5th MEB]

When you flush 19.80 inches of that 20 down the drain to the Pacific Ocean to protect a NON-NATIVE bait fish, I would call that a man made (government) created drought.
Yes; we have been short on rain, that’s typical for California, but prior to the Lib/Transi/Environazi/Demonrat court cases, lawsuits, and stupid regulations we always got along just fine.
Prior to the Transi/Democrat/Environazis taking power in Sacramento we had some pretty good storage and distribution systems in this state, those have since been demoed or taken off line for a fish that originally came from Louisiana.
Unlike Nevada or Arizona; California is NOT a water poor state. We just have a lot of very stupid people in our courts and state government who have agendas that are anti business, anti citizen, and anti common sense.
TRUMP is right; the water problems in California have been caused by our REGULATORS and ENVIRONAZIS.

[publius911]

"The water shortage is completely created by government regulators and environmental extremists.
Prior to this last winter, Sacramento received ~20 inches of rain in 3.5 years.
"What would you call that? A flood?"

No.
But I would call it the results of actions taken by activists and legislators without a clue, destroying a complex system built over generations to DEAL with floods and droughts.

See my post #29.