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Take a look at pictures of Modjeska Canyon, then Mojave. You’re going to tell me they’re the same?

You keep harping on the fact that non native vegetation would die if the water supply was cut off. Duh! What would happen to the people of New York City if 90 percent of their water supply, which comes from 120 miles away, was cut off? Of course Southern California is way overpopulated beyond the natural capacity to support that population. No one is disputing that. I am simply stating the fact that the original assertion that all of Southern California is desert is simply not true, and every climate classification confirms that.

Big Bear is not in a desert. It gets over 40 inches of precipitation for God’s sake! It’s in a forest!

Those transverse mountain ranges, along with the Pacific Ocean, are why the coastal areas are NOT deserts. The ocean moderates the temperature, and the mountains force the moisture of the prevailing easternly winds to fall BEFORE it hits the desert areas which are EAST of these mountains.

This is basic stuff.

Do you have any idea where the S. CA coastal plain is? Hint, it's where 92 percent of the people in S. CA are jammed into. Hard to miss on a map. Clue, It's not Big Bear...lol Btw, most people in other parts of the country get substantially more rain. If ya shut off their water in those places, it wold be replenished. Things grow naturally in these places and it's not just desert chaparral. Surprise!

Once again, if ya don't believe the S.CA coastal plain was basically desert before they imported the water, I can't help ya.

Here is the San Fernando valley circa 1800s....Look at those hills and ground. If not for the trillions of gallons of water CA now IMPORTS, it would quickly return to this. Add in 25,000,000 THIRSTY people into the region noways...You can figure it out? Right? Shut off the water in this region and it would fast become a baren dusty landscape...Like it was before.

Here is a very early pic of the San Fernando valley before millions of people, prior to water importation and before was all but concreted over.

Looks like a desert like landscape to me. Open your eyes. ☺

Do you have any idea where the S. CA coastal plain is? Hint, it's where 92 percent of the people in S. CA are jammed into. Hard to miss on a map. Clue, It's not Big Bear...lol Btw, most people in other parts of the country get substantially more rain. If ya shut off their water in those places, it wold be replenished. Things grow naturally in these places and it's not just desert chaparral. Surprise!

Once again, if ya don't believe the S.CA coastal plain was basically desert before they imported the water, I can't help ya.

Here is the San Fernando valley circa 1800s....Look at those hills and ground. If not for the trillions of gallons of water CA now IMPORTS, it would quickly return to this. Add in 25,000,000 THIRSTY people into the region noways...You can figure it out? Right? Shut off the water in this region and it would fast become a baren dusty landscape...Like it was before.

Here is a very early pic of the San Fernando valley before millions of people, prior to water importation and before was all but concreted over.

Looks like a desert like landscape to me. Open your eyes. ☺

Here is S.CA before they imported all the water and people. I've seen desert landscapes which look way better.