Well, the state will sue and eventually the case will be heard in the 9the Circus Court, so expect the state to win—at least until or if it is appealed.
All they need is to shop for the right democrat judge.
Irrespective of the pros and cons of this particular project, why isn’t desalination a part of the plans for California? For the major metropolitan areas I would think it would be possible to supplement water availability significantly using desalination. I know it’s expensive, but so is the train they’re building, and so many of the other things California has wasted money on.
When california is put under military order as the Territory of California, there will be no state government to protest.
The current state government had declared the state to not be governed by federal law.
Accordingly, the state and local government will be abolished and immediately be replaced with military rule. The military has the ability to take over governments of conquered enemies. In California there will be many pro government people to volunteer to assist in the governance