The operation of a simple pulley is complicated to Newsom. Such is the curse of being a Democrat.
Trying to hide the fact that they are talking down dams & water is flowing out to sea-—IN A DROUGHT.
He is an idiot.
They have too much water, but will still withhold it from farmers. The left only exists to punish/harm people.
I guess he thinks he solved the drought problem by pumping the excess into the ocean. I don’t believe solution included building reservoirs since he’s been the guv.
As soon as the don’t think anyone is watching they will drain the reservoirs all in the name of saving a fish in the bay and like magic we will have a “drought”.
Only if you don’t have a brain is it complicated newsome
It’s complicated in that the California democrats actually like the drought. They have lots of emergencies. And as long as they have them, the governor can do what he wants. But they also want to put their farmers out of business without saying so. They believe that the farmers are not green. So they are going to reduce the farmers until half of them are gone. They actually have a plan to do just that. And they admit it out loud.
It’s complicated because it’s all about politics and weaponizing the resource to punish the bourgeoisie.
Even then I knew there was something wrong out there because if large amount of water falling from the sky does not help your drought problem then your "drought" is not of the normal kind.
Sort of like a weather related "bad harvest" in one country while the one next door is having record yields tells you something more then nature is at work here.
God gives them rain, and they waste it. Taxpayers give them money and they waste it. Yes, it is so complicated.
It’s complicated because the state doesn’t manage water resources effectively - barely at all! They took out some dams, let others fall into disrepair, refused to build adequate reservoirs, and don’t have sufficient aqueduct facilities to move water.
So we get droughts; and then when we get El Nino weather patterns (which have nothing to do with climate change; El Nino comes every 3-7 years and was so named back 400+ years ago) and La Nina weather patterns (which also happen every several years). Entirely predictable though not 100% regular. The idiots in Sacramento blew tens of billions on a train that hasn’t been built yet and barely a dime on water projects. Oh, they built some new reservoirs in Southern California - but only because they closed the old ones. Probably going to sell those to a housing developer.
The LA Times wrote the usual apologia in January, but grudgingly admitted not much has been done.
Have no Prop. 1 water projects been built in California? No, but they are moving slowly
Here is the typical bureaucrat gobbledygook from the California Water Commission...
Proposition 1 Water Storage Investment Program: Funding the Public Benefits of Water Storage ProjectsThis is supposed to be a WATER STORAGE program. Yet the "benefits" they evaluated are "flood control, ecosystem improvement, water quality improvement, emergency response and recreation." I don't see any "increased water storage to serve the citizens of California" benefit in their list.Through a rigorous selection process, the Commission chose the eight projects based on the public benefits their projects will provide, such as flood control, ecosystem improvement, water quality improvement, emergency response and recreation. Applicants must now complete the remaining Proposition 1 requirements, including final permits, environmental documents, contracts for the administration of public benefits, and commitments for non-Proposition 1 funding.
Throughout this process, the Commission will continue to meet with the applicants, state agencies and stakeholders to review the status of each project. Once an applicant has obtained all the necessary permits, documents and contracts, the Commission will hold a final award hearing.
You want more "complicated"? Look at their damned schedule. Keep in mind this was a 2014 bond issue!
They are showing the completion of the projects almost 20 years after the bond issue was passed. With the typical ineptness and incompetence of the state plus the environmental challenges, this will probably stretch out to 40 years.
This guy is so stupid, everything is complicated except comimg his hair. Anyway, build a few reservoirs, you moron. While you’re at it, build a half dozen mini-nukes.
Govt very seldom willingly gives up power.
Complicated by democrat stupidity. They’ve refused to build a sufficient number of reservoirs to allow the state to stockpile enough water in wet years to get it through lengthy but predictable runs of back-to-back dry years. And they don’t dare allow all of the reservoirs now on line to fill up in wet years because... OMG, flooding! So, wet or dry we never have enough water. They’ll be screaming about the drought again in a year, two tops.
I suggest that he pray to the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob for relief (and lots of other stuff). God is in charge of the weather and the consequences.
It’s good to be da king.
Somebody should throw Governor Gruesome into the middle of Tulare lake and let him swim around a year or two.
RE: Newsom relaxes water restrictions....
Biden: Phooey. When I do it they all make a remark about me changing Depends once again. It’s not fair.