I’ve heard that periodic droughts in CA are well documented in the tree-ring records. Every few hundred years, it just doesn’t rain much. The difference now is that there’s tens of millions of people there, using peak water, acting surprised, and complaining. And, the Colorado River’s flow is pretty well sopped up.
Exactly right but don’t forget the people who favor smelt over people. The current Central Valley drought was caused by liberals.
I moved to CA in ‘73 and the people were all going bonkers about the unprecedented drought. It comes and goes — Steinbeck wrote a lot about the drought cycles. Either people have very short memories, they are all newcomers to CA, or they are marxist true-believers.
At least now people are waking up to the fact we haven’t built any significant water infrastructure and the state doubled in population since the last dam was built.