Folsom Lake was at it's lowest recorded level, as were 90% of the reservoirs in CA.
While there was some water available, if they had pumped enough to keep the south valley in production sea water would have killed the delta.
Of course! They do let too much flow to sea. Of course! There is not enough storage. Those are the fault of the environmentalists.
But to suggest there was no drought, or water shortage, is abject ignorance.
CA is a desert state and more or less its population exceeds the amount of water available for human, agricultural and industrial use.
There are two ways to obviate drought. Build dams and store water for use in dry years.
And built lots of desalination plants along the coast to extract fresh water via omosis from the ocean.
If northern California didn’t have to supply the Southland with water that would solve half the problem. They have millions of people living in the desert, a good portion of them being illegals.