Actually, that did happen in N Calif.
I lived there from 1993 to late 2004.
There were local Greenies proposals that ALL the rainfall & snowmelt was creating ‘watercourses’ which were then defined as ‘navigable waters’ & under the control of the county, the state & the Feds, etc.
I raised hell at the Supervisors meetings about this. Told them that I owned the land, paid my taxes on it & I didn’t control the RAIN——and NEITHER DID THEY!!!
This definition of ‘watercourses’ wouldn’t let a child’s bathtub boat sail in it.
They were dead serious. They thought they could invade my property & tell me where the rain could fall off the roof and where it could run downhill!!!
I told them they had better bring plenty of help if they were going to try and invade my property!
I barely have time to do half of what I should do to run my own life.