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From YouTube: Governor Newsom's Drought Update - April 21, 2021
Description
With California and much of the West experiencing a second consecutive dry year, Governor Gavin Newsom travels to Mendocino County to announce state action to bolster California's resilience to drought and to support vulnerable communities, local economies, and ecosystems.
Recorded April 21, 2021.
The last few minutes of this press conference is missing due to technical issues experienced in the live stream.
B
C
C
C
C
C
The
current
drought
on
record
is
1976
1977
and
governor
newsome
was
just
describing
experiencing
that
down
in
marin,
county
ukya
received
just
16.2
inches
of
rainfall
and,
as
of
today,
ukaya
has
recorded
only
12.24
inches
of
rainfall
this
year
and
on
average
ukiah
receives
receives
37
inches.
A
year
as
a
result
of
a
lack
of
rain,
our
region's
two
primary
reservoirs
are
historically
low
water
storage
levels.
C
C
Thankfully,
last
year
we
were
able
to
implement
something
called
forecast,
informed
reservoir
operations
or
firo
with
partners,
including
the
center
for
western
weather
and
water
extremes
at
uc,
san
diego's
scripps
institution
oceanography.
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
dr
marty
ralph,
who
heads
up
that
institution
to
doing
some
pioneering
work
here.
C
D
Thank
you
grant
and
thank
you
for
being
here
today,
we've
known
for
quite
a
while.
Now
that
we're
well
below
expected
rainfall
throughout
the
state
in
mendocino
behind
me,
you
can
see
what
this
looks
like.
The
pictures
of
lake
mendocino
lake,
pillsbury
and
other
other
areas
around
the
state
are
verging
on
devastating
right
now
this
lake
is
lower
than
it
was
seven
to
eight
years
ago.
D
At
this
time,
I'm
grateful
our
county
supervisors
here,
passed
a
resolution
yesterday,
calling
on
a
drought,
basically
declaring
a
drought
situation
here
to
protect
our
residents,
our
farmers,
the
ranchers,
the
vintners
and
our
local
economy
in
general.
Protecting
our
environment
and
the
russian
river
are
at
stake,
and,
let
us
not
forget
we
are
approaching
wildfire
season,
as
we
know
from
the
fire
that
I
saw
coming
over
here
this
morning.
I
want
to
thank
the
governor
for
quick
action
on
published
the
executive
order,
which
he's
going
to
talk
about
a
little
later.
D
These
actions
are
critical
to
our
ability
for
our
agricultural
operations
to
receive
the
financial
assistance
they're
going
to
need
throughout
the
process
you
know
and
as
as
devastating
as
you
see
this
ground
here,
this
is
also
emblematic
of
what
you're
going
to
see
with
wells
along
the
river
with
farmers
that
are
going
to
be
trying
to
water
their
crops
with
people
who
live
along
the
river,
who
are
going
to
try
to
have
water
for
their
for
their
home
for
potable
water.
This
is
just
this
is
just
the
tip
of
the
iceberg
here.
D
E
Good
morning,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
here
today.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
say
thank
you
for
sending
member
woods
tenacious
leadership
on
behalf
of
the
north
coast.
We
are
grateful
that
the
governor
is
here
in
mendocino
county
today
we
want
to
recognize
four
mendocino
county
supervisors,
the
home
district
supervisor,
supervisor
mcgordy
with
supervisor
williams,
supervisor,
mulhern
and,
of
course,
supervisor
has
checked
from
the
minnesota
mendocino
county
board
as
well
as
mayor
orosco
from
the
city
of
ukaya,
lake
mendocino
is
the
canary
in
the
coal
mine.
E
When
it
comes
to
california's
drought,
the
alarm
is
sounding
and
it
couldn't
be
louder.
What
you
see
around
us
on
why
the
governor
brought
us
here,
it's
part
of
our
immediate
future,
not
just
for
the
north
coast,
but
throughout
the
golden
state
and
working
with
the
governor.
We
must
take
immediate
action,
not
just
for
those
who
are
in
rural,
vulnerable
communities,
but
also
for
endangered
species,
as
well
as
those
who
are
part
of
our
agricultural
community.
E
We
need
to
mobilize
to
help
the
golden
state's
hard
work
and
farmers
and
ranchers
and
farm
workers,
along
with
businesses
and
endangered
species,
that
will
be
impacted
by
reduced
stream
flows
due
to
the
drought
and,
let's
be
candid,
while
california's
climate
has
always
been
variable.
The
last
couple
of
decades
has
seen
some
of
the
hottest
on
record
here
in
the
golden
state.
E
We're
gearing
up
for
a
hell
of
a
fire
season
which
will
be
made
worse
by
record
low,
moisture
levels
in
our
forests
and
wildlands.
Due
to
this
drought
working
hand
in
hand
with
governor
newsom,
536
million
is
now
moving
into
communities
in
every
corner
of
this
state
focused
on
expanding
fire
prevention,
preparedness
and
response,
and
this
early
budget
action
will
put
more
boots
on
the
ground,
more
engines
on
the
fire
line
and
allow
the
state
to
be
able
to
focus
on
thousands
of
acres
of
more
force.
B
Thank
you
senator
grant.
Thank
you,
assemblymember
wood,
dr
wood
and
mr
mayor,
thank
you
for
being
here,
members
of
the
board
of
supervisors,
very
grateful
honored
to
be
here
that
you're
here
as
well,
and
to
our
dream
team,
which
I'll
introduce
to
you
in
a
moment
as
I
referred
to
them
of
of
experts
and
historians,
as
well
as
practitioners
on
all
things:
water
policy
and
drought,
representing
various
agencies
in
the
state.
B
We
overstate
the
word
historic,
but
this
is
indeed
an
historic
moment,
certainly
historic
for
this
particular
lake
mendocino,
which
is
at
43
percent
of
its
capacity
at
this
time
of
year.
This
is
without
precedent.
Accordingly,
like
sonoma
nearby
is
at
62
percent,
also
without
precedent.
All
part
of
this
russian
river
watershed
all
part
of
a
system,
a
water
system
that
includes
over
7
700
components.
B
Many
parts,
as
we
say,
one
body,
state,
federal,
local,
regional,
a
dynamic
system-
that's
been
built
up
over
the
last
century
or
so
more
formally
over
the
course.
The
last
half
century,
plus
we
recognize
the
world
that
persisted
the
world
that
existed
a
century
or
so
ago
no
longer
persists
and
exists.
Today
the
hots
are
getting
hotter.
The
dries
are
getting
drier.
B
We
need
to
think
act
with
a
sense
of
urgency,
think
differently
and
approach
the
challenges
with
a
laser-like
recognition
that
you
can't
focus
this
state
as
a
one-size-fits-all
solution,
meaning
we
have
to
target
our
solutions.
Regionally,
truly
parts
of
the
state
are
in
extreme
conditions
like
this.
B
Other
parts
of
our
state
are
not
experiencing
the
kind
of
extreme
conditions
that
we're
experiencing
here
in
northern
california
as
a
consequence,
we'll
be
signing
an
executive
order
today
that
spells
that
out
more
of
an
iterative
framework,
a
framework
that
recognizes
unique
characteristics
that
persist
and
exist
in
different
parts
of
the
state
of
california.
Now
what's
occurring
here
in
the
state
of
california,
is
not
necessarily
unique
to
the
state
of
california.
The
drought
conditions
persist
across
the
west
coast
of
the
united
states
by
estimates.
B
Just
a
few
weeks
ago,
77
percent
of
the
west
coast
to
the
united
states
is
in
what
is
referred
to
as
a
mega
drought.
Recently,
there
has
been
emergency
proclamations,
declarations
and
emergency
preparations
that
have
been
extended
by
governors
all
up
and
down
the
west
coast
of
the
united
states,
places
like
iowa,
not
just
our
neighboring
states,
to
the
north,
like
oregon
states
like
texas
states
like
north
dakota,
that
are
struggling
through
extreme
drought
conditions
as
well.
B
In
many
ways,
california
is
doing
a
little
bit
better
than
some
of
the
other
western
states,
and
I
don't
say
that
lightly.
I
say
that,
quite
specifically,
we
have
a
western
states
collaborative
it
was
established
through
this
pandemic
and
we're
engaging
in
a
consistent
basis,
not
only
exchanging
best
practices
and
ideas
to
address
the
issues
of
covid,
but
also
now
beginning
to
transition
those
conversations
on
sharing
best
practices,
as
it
relates
to
droughts
and
managing
under
these
difficult
and
challenging
environments.
We're
year
two
into
this
drought.
I
want
to
put
that
in
perspective.
B
B
We've
barely
been
out
of
those
drought
conditions,
and
here
we
are
entering
back
in
to
these
drought
conditions,
as
the
governor
did
in
2013,
we'll
be
organizing
a
similar
strategy
on
the
basis
of
his
experience
and
the
experience
of
the
team.
That
was
also
representing
the
brown
administration
during
that
last
drought.
That
is
here
advising
us
on
this
drought,
in
their
formal
roles
in
various
departments,
we'll
be
advancing
a
executive
order
today,
around
drought,
preparation
and
we
will
be
declaring,
in
a
targeted
manner
a
drought
emergency.
Here
in
mendocino
county
and
in
sonoma
counties.
B
We
have
a
emergency
declaration,
an
emergency
order
that
allows
us
to
build
an
executive
order
that
allows
us
to
build
an
iterative
manner,
as
conditions
persist
and
present
themselves
to
add
other
counties
to
that
list
as
necessary.
But
we
are
taking
a
sequential
approach,
we're
taking
a
targeted
approach
and
we're
taking
approach
based
upon
actual
conditions
on
the
ground.
Again,
california,
many
parts,
one
body,
not
just
the
water
system,
and
we
have
to
recognize
the
distinctive
issues
that
persist
in
various
parts
of
the
state
of
california.
B
This
action
follows
a
series
of
actions
the
state
has
been
taking
over
the
course
the
last
many
many
months
in
november
last
year,
we
dusted
off
our
drought
task
force.
We
organized
and
convened
an
internal
team
represented
by
the
folks.
You
see
on
your
left
on
my
right
that
began
the
process
of
new
of
looking
at
strategies
as
it
relates
to
easing
our
regulatory
framework,
making
available
strategies
and
techniques
to
address
in
real
time
the
changing
conditions
that
were
anticipated
even
as
far
back
as
november
in
the
beginning
of
the
rainy
season.
B
That
would
lead
us
here
today.
We
also
did
not
hesitate
going
back
over
a
year
to
put
out
a
new
vision
for
water
management.
I
identified
a
problem,
but
we
also
identified
over
100
specific
actionable
strategies
and
solutions
to
address
the
needs
of
a
changing
environment
address
the
needs
that
we
need
to
advance
as
it
relates
to
climate
change.
B
We
put
that
water
portfolio
strategy
out,
we
put
it
out
for
public
review,
we
got
enormous
amount
of
input
and
we
formalized
our
drought
with
an
official
report
that
was
put
out
a
number
of
months
ago.
I
encourage
people
to
take
a
look
at
that
report,
those
that
are
looking
for
concrete
strategies
and
solutions
on
issues
from
groundwater
replenishment
to
conjunctive
use
to
issues
of
storage
in
all
its
forms
in
manifestations
above
ground
and
below
ground
water,
recycling,
toilet
to
tap
strategies,
issues
around
efficiency
and
conservation
and
new
flex
strategies
that
are
incorporated.
B
Many
of
those
ideas
and
principles
in
the
emergency
proclamation
that
we
are
putting
out
today
in
this
executive
action
that
we
are
putting
out
today,
mindful
of
the
environment,
watersheds,
ecology,
natural
resources,
as
well
as
mindful
of
human
condition,
as
well
as
economic
conditions
for
farmers
and
ranchers
for
growers
of
all
types,
and
so
that
comprehensive
strategy
is
set.
The
tone
for
us
a
strategy
that
architects
our
future
facing
efforts.
That
strategy
has
also
been
financed,
and
this
is
important
to
note
because
of
leadership.
B
The
two
members
of
the
legislature,
leadership
of
the
team
that
is
here
assembled
and
the
people
the
state
of
california
bond,
was
passed
number
years
ago.
7.3
billion
dollars
has
been
appropriated,
7.3
billion
dollars,
since
the
last
drought
has
been
appropriated
for
the
all
of
the
above
strategy,
including
by
the
way
2.5
billion
dollars
on
seven
large
storage
projects
in
the
state.
D
B
An
above
ground
storage
facility,
that's
off
stream
that
is
well
underway
still
in
need
of
further
financial
support,
as
was
noted
by
the
senator
financial
support,
is
not
just
limited
to
the
7.3
billion
dollars.
That's
already
been
appropriated
over
the
course.
The
last
number
of
years
we
will
be
substantially
increasing
our
financial
support
to
address
the
needs.
B
The
drought
and
communities
needs,
including
safe
drinking
water,
access
to
reliable,
safe,
affordable
drinking
water
for
small
and
rural
communities,
as
well
as
underserved
communities,
we'll
be
advancing
more
support
in
those
efforts
to
build
on
what
the
senate
recently
put
out
to
build
on
what
the
assembly
likely
will
put
out
in
the
next
number
of
days.
I
can
assure
you,
in
my
revise,
which
is
just
a
few
weeks
away.
We
will
be
putting
substantial
resources
to
continue
to
advance
the
cause
of
making
the
capital
improvements
that
are
necessary
to
prepare
for
a
resilient
future.
B
Droughts
are
not
unique
to
california.
Quite
the
contrary,
you
cannot
go
back
to
a
state
of
the
state
of
any
previous
governor
and
not
have
a
state
of
the
state
include
substantially
issues
related
to
droughts
and
forest
fires.
It's
by
no
means
unique
or
distinctive-
quite
the
contrary.
It's
part
of
this
mediterranean
state
that
we
live
in.
It's
a
big
part
of
why
california
is
as
beautiful
and
spectacular
state
as
it
is.
What
is
different
now
is
the
extremes.
B
What's
different,
now
is
the
climate-induced
impacts
of
these
droughts
and
that's
what
we
need
to
hit
head
on.
We
need
to
deal
with
the
underlying
issues
related
to
climate
change.
This
is,
after
all,
climate,
weak
and
no
state
in
america
has
taken
more
aggressive
and
progressive
and
sustained
leadership,
as
it
relates
to
low-carbon
green
growth
and
changing
the
way
we
produce
energy
than
the
state
of
california,
so
we're
mindful
of
that
in
the
medium
and
short
run
and
our
responsibility
to
set
the
pace
for
the
rest
of
the
country
for
that
matter.
B
This
is
california,
we
are
californians
and
we
won't
play
into
that
frame.
I
at
least
as
long
as
I'm
here
won't
play
into
that
frame.
To
me,
those
are
the
old
binaries
and
we
got
to
get
out
of
that
mindset.
That's
why
we're
pursuing
voluntary
agreements
in
this
state
we'll
bore
you
with
what
that
is,
but
it's
important.
B
B
B
Other
actions
in
this
very
long
executive
order
allow
for
the
team
here
from
fish
and
game
department
of
water
resources,
our
estate
agencies
from
food
and
ag,
as
well
as
natural
resource
agency
and
the
leaders
that
are
assembled
here,
allow
them
more
flexibility,
more
planning,
more
resources
and
more
of
a
resourceful
mindset
in
terms
of
engagement
and
collaboration
recently
and
I'll
close
recently.
We
also
did
something
else.
B
Interestingly,
didn't
get
a
lot
of
attention,
but
I
think
deserve
some
attention
learned
from
the
2012-2016
experience,
no
greater
experience
than
having
lived
through
something
it's
not
intellectual.
It's
very
practical,
just
ask
the
supervisors
and
the
mayor
up
here
and
residents
of
this
county,
and
so
we
incorporated
six
key
lessons
learned
into
a
document
that
we
put
out.
I
encourage
people
as
well
to
take
a
look
at
that
document.
Around
efficiency
around
all
californians
are
in
this
together
and
we
all
have
a
responsibility
in
a
role
to
play
to
reduce
water
consumption.
B
It
incorporated
lessons
learned
on
small
water
systems
that
are
vulnerable
in
droughts
and
the
consolidation.
Since
then,
of
150
small
water
systems,
it
incorporated
the
imperative
and
importance
of
the
safe
drinking
water
act
that
we
passed
in
2019
to
allow
for
130
million
dollars
to
invest
in
reliable
and
safe
drinking
systems,
all
up
and
down
the
state
of
california.
Those
are
tools
in
the
toolkit
we
didn't
have
going
in
the
last
drought
and
I'll
just
end
on
this,
because
it's
important
by
the
way
there
are
no
sound
bites
with
droughts.
B
Nor
would
climate
change.
No,
it's
just
serious
stuff.
The
important
point
is
an
import
is
to
reinforce
this
moment.
Is
that
californians
have
a
sustainable
mindset?
I
couldn't
be
more
proud
of
this
state.
We
are
currently
utilizing
16,
less
water,
our
urban
users
than
we
were
prior
to
the
last
drought.
B
I
will
spare
you
this
is
eight
pages
or
so
of
reading
through
all
the
details
that
I
did,
I
hope
cover
most
of
them.
Let
me
so
this
executive
order.
I
will
go
out
and
officially
be
stamped
later
this
afternoon.
Again,
I'm
very
grateful
to
summon
wood
and
to
senator
mcguire.
In
particular,
who've
been
incredible
leaders
on
drought
and
water,
resiliency
issues
as
well
as
wildfires,
and
forgive
me
I'd
be
remiss.
We
have
a
200
acre
wire
fire
occurring
where
green
grass
is.
B
B
F
B
Well,
I
I
don't
envision
anything
in
the
abstract,
but
we
plan
for
everything
very
prescriptively
and
strategically
we've
been
planning
for
this
action
for
some
time
and,
as
I
noted
just
a
moment
ago,
we'll
have
a
capacity
in
real
time
to
be
iterative.
I
anticipate
being
strategic
and
targeted
in
terms
of
the
formal
emergency
declarations
as
needed.
We
won't
wait,
we'll
be
strategic
based
upon
conditions
as
they
take
place
as
it
relates
to
statewide
order.
G
Hi,
governor
wayne
friedman
abc
7
news.
Two
questions
please,
first,
what
was
it
that
struck
out
to
you
stood
out
about
mendocino
and
sonoma
counties?
That's
the
first
question.
The
second
question
is
you
said
you
don't
expect
any
mandates,
but
the
situation
you
say
is
bad.
So
what
would
prompt
such
mandates.
B
You
may
recall
it
wasn't
a
year
later
that
governor
brown
formalized
those
mandates
and
formalized
those
conservation
efforts
that
tends
to
happen
in
the
third
year
of
a
drought.
This
is
more
dynamic,
and
this
is
certainly
more
acute
to
your
question
around
mendocino
and
sonoma,
and
the
acuity
of
experiencing
particularly
one
single
watershed
and
the
impact
of
having
a
historic,
low
reservoir
43
here
required
this
urgent
action,
and
I
I'm
mindful
that
50
capacity
plus
or
minus,
is
what
we're
looking
at
in
the
aggregate
in
large
reservoirs
all
up
and
down
the
state.
B
Think
when
one
does
that
invariably
members
that
represent
districts
in
other
parts
of
the
state
cry
foul.
So
I
will
only
acknowledge
this
that
we
are
experiencing
drought
conditions
all
up
and
down
the
state
of
california
and
extreme
drought
conditions
all
across
the
west
coast,
the
united
states
and,
as
I've
made
clear
and
I'll
repeat
it,
to
reinforce
the
message.
We're
not
ideological
about
this.
B
We
will
accommodate
needs
as
we
determine
and
we
determine
on
the
basis
of
facts
on
the
ground
and
we
continue
to
work
very
collaboratively
with
our
partners
in
the
central
valley.
Again,
I
was
just
there
last
week
in
fresno,
county,
northern
california,
and
certainly
our
friends
and
partners
in
southern
california.
H
Hi
mary
callahan,
I'm
with
the
press,
democrat
newspaper,
so
I
cover
this
region
and
you
know:
we've
been
through
this
last
route.
We
have
a
very
small
reservoir
here
that
has
an
impact
on
the
northern
part
of
this
region
and
during
the
last
multi-year
drought.
There
was
a
lot
of
discussion
about
learning
from
the
fact
that
we
are
now
experiencing
extended
droughts
and
I'm
wondering
if
the
current
declaration
does
not
include
mandates
and
you
don't
anticipate
mandates
how
that
helps
deal
with
the
current
acute
situation.
B
B
I
want
to
make
sure
people
understand
that
distinction
as
it
relates
to
making
determinations
and
decisions
around
mandates.
We
will
make
them,
as
we
see
necessary,
specific,
though,
to
your
question.
Having
covered
this
community
in
this
region,
I'm
going
to
take
advantage
of
the
folks
that
were
here
in
1314-1516,
including
the
spokesperson
for
the
brown
administration
wade.
Crowfoot,
is
head
of
our
natural
resource
agency.
A
Thank
you,
governor
wade,
crowfoot,
california,
natural
resources
agency
since
last
october.
Many
of
our
colleagues
here
today
and
and
several
agencies
across
our
state
have
been
monitoring
conditions
in
over
the
winter
to
really
understand,
obviously,
levels
of
rain
and
snow
and
what
it
means
to
our
water
supplies
in
the
state.
A
A
Here
in
these
counties,
you
have
one
of
the
most
forward,
leaning
most
proactive
water
agencies
in
the
entire
state
that
has
done
more
to
expand
conservation
and
build
flexibility
of
the
system.
But
even
so,
this
climate
change,
driven
drought
means
that
there
there
is
a
concerning
level
of
water
supply
here
in
lake
mendocino
and
further
down
the
system
in
lake
sonoma.
A
So
the
targeted
emergency
proclamation
today
will
give
our
state
agencies
the
tools
needed
to
take
fairly
drastic
actions
to
preserve
water,
for
the
use
of
communities
and
for
health
and
safety
purposes,
and
specifically,
our
state
water
resources.
Control
board
has
the
potential,
through
this
executive
order
to
potentially
curtail
water
rights
that
would
normally
be
legally
legally
legally
entitled
water
users
to
divert
from
the
system.
A
That's
an
important
power
that
needs
to
be
used
very
judiciously.
My
colleague,
joaquin
esquivel
is
here,
and
I
think
I
might
ask
him
to
come
up,
and
I
think
we
both
share
that
we
bring
those
tools
through
the
emergency
proclamation
that
the
governor's
issued
to
this
region
in
with
a
sense
of
partnership
with
local
water
agencies.
A
While
the
state
now
has
certain
emergency
powers,
our
anticipation
is
that
we
will
use
them
in
partnership
with
local
communities
and
the
local
water
agencies
to
understand
what
actions
need
to
be
taken
to
preserve
water
in
this
system.
The
governor
pointed
out
we
are
in
the
second
year
of
the
drought,
the
last
drought
lasted
five
years.
H
I
I
So
looking
back
at
the
last
route,
the
board
had
to
take
drastic
actions
in
order
to
curtail
water
rights
users,
but
also
to
modify
some
of
the
projects
that
are
run
in
our
watersheds
in
order
to
really
focus
on
human
health
and
safety
flows.
And
so,
as
wade
said,
those
are
some
of
the
authorities
that
we'll
be
having
now
in
an
emergency
fashion,
to
allow
us
to
move
quickly.
B
By
the
way,
joaquin
has
been
one
of
the
just
extraordinary
leader
on
making
sure
that
we're
really
supporting.
We
have
a
million
people
that
don't
have
access
to
safe,
reliable,
affordable
drinking
water,
which
is
an
extraordinary
statement
and
a
state
is
well-resourced,
the
state
of
california.
But
what
we
do
have
now
is
a
strategy
of
plan
leadership
and
money,
because
the
leadership
of
the
assembly
and
senate,
as
well
as
his
leadership
on
an
annual
basis
to
progress
that
with
the
kind
of
acuity
of
concern,
that's
deserved.
Forgive
me.
J
Hi,
governor
newsom
adrian
bauman
for
the
mendocino
voice,
local
newspaper
lake
mendocino
harrier,
is
fed
by
the
russian
river,
which
in
turn
is
fed
partially
by
water
coming
from
lake
pillsbury
and
scott
dam
up
there.
I
know
that
that's
it
and
that's
currently
in
the
process
of
being
reauthorized
through
ferc,
which
is
federal
agency.
But
I'm
wondering
if
you
have,
if
the
state
has
any
opinions
about,
because
there's
been
a
lot
of
debate
locally
about
whether
scott
dam
should
stay
up
or
be
taken
down
to
facilitate
salmon.
A
Yeah
I
mean
I,
I
don't
have
a
specific
answer
to
your
direct
question
of
whether
the
state
does
not
have
a
formal
position
on
that
question
around
the
dam.
I
will
make
a
couple
important
points
that
I
think
are
relevant.
The
first
is,
as
the
governor
explained,
our
water
resilience.
Our
drought
resilience
in
california
will
be
achieved
regionally,
so
drought
resilience
in
this
region
looks
very
different
than
drought,
resilience
in
sacramento
or
the
bay
area
or
southern
california
or
the
central
valley.
So,
on
these
questions
around
surface
water
supply
ground
water
supply
dams.
A
Second
point
is
we're,
obviously,
balancing
the
use
of
our
rivers
for
the
water
supply
that
supports
40
million
californians
and
the
fifth
largest
economy
in
the
world,
and
also
allows
for
the
preservation
of
salmon
that
have
been
returning
to
california's
rivers
for
ten
thousand
years
and
that's
obviously,
sometimes
a
challenging
balance
when
there
are
water
shortages.
But
it's
a
balance.
J
G
I
It
does
it
does
entail
those
those
authorities,
the
the
emerge,
the
suspension
of
the
water
codes
that
are
in
the
emergency
proclamation
allow
us
to
more
easily
curtail
than
pre-1914
and
riparian
water
rights
holders,
which
are,
as
you
know,
for
those
that
follow
some
of
the
principal
challenges
we
had
in
the
last
drought.
So.