I agree. There have been all these questionable reports of this being the worst drought ever in California. Then a report on the news the other day showing much worse California droughts in the past, based on tree ring studies. Governmental policies created this "crisis". Yes there is a shortage of water for people, but only because the government makes it so. No new dams, tearing down old ones, diverting water and flushing it to the ocean, etc. This water shortage didn't need to be so, as droughts are cyclical and they knew this one was coming.
And the EPA has been blocking desalination projects since the eighties.