If there was really a drought here you would think building permits might be restricted in some way. Nope, there are thousands of new condos and apartments being built.
Let Calif secede. Highway 5 would be a good demarcation point including Sacramento. Require they get passports.
Where there probably is drought is along the Colorado River, not California, which must have 4 years of backup water stored for a NORMAL hydrological cycle, but only has about a half year.