California has enough water. It is what they are doing with it that is the problem.
Sending millions of usable water into the ‘Delta’ to ‘protect’ a small fish called the Delta Smelt is the problem. That fish is not eatable....doesn’t work for bait....and it NOT a native to Calif.
However, Thousands of acres in the central San Joaquin Valley have been turned to waste by taking that water from the farmers that feed this country & sending it into the Delta & to the ocean.
Taking down dams & refusing to build more water reservoirs is also the problem.
I’ve heard of that stupid non-indigenous smelt.
The amount of fresh water wasted in the California Delta region east of San Francisco to preserve a non-native specie of fish would be enough to serve the needs of four million homes.