This was the first I heard about that with regard to Newsome, so I am glad he mentioned it. He said the water was coming from up north and iirc a lot or most of it is from Washington state.
I do remember hearing during the Obummer years about not letting the farmers get the water because of a stupid little fish. Si the fish was more important to the administration then than the livelihood of farmers growing crops for many people and their families. I was totally disgusted.
I met a couple of CA farmers being driven out of business by 0 and the ChiComs
Land in their families for generations