California Fires - Politics of Blame & Trump water claims

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Does anyone have a coherent summary link of how/where/etc there is a big spigot we can turn to let water flow to SoCal? Orangeturd keeps saying there is-and that Cali just needs to turn the spigot?
 


On the executive order:

“In an apparent poke at California politics, one of President Donald Trump's executive orders on Monday directed federal agencies “to route more water" from across the state instead of trying to protect a nearly extinct tiny fish species.

… In the executive order titled “Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California,” Trump mandated water from Northern California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, one of the state's main water sources, to be redirected south. It's an attempt to change the environmental protections of the smelt, a three-inch-long fish once vital to California's ecosystem but now nearly extinct, and criticize the state's efforts while battling raging and deadly wildfires that have wreaked havoc across greater Los Angeles.

The executive order comes after Trump initially promised in 2016 to redirect California’s water runoff south to help farmers and growers in Central Valley. In 2020, then-President Trump issued a federal memorandum to redirect millions of gallons of water. But California Gov. Gavin Newsom successfully sued in federal court to limit the flow from the Delta.

… Otherwise, Trump's order is "so vague" that it is meant to appear he is keeping his word to farmers who overwhelmingly voted for him last year, said Fresno State University Political Science Professor Tom Holyoke, who specializes in western water policy.

"It’s not really a solution, it's a signal to his supporters that he’s trying to do something," said Holyoke, adding Los Angeles gets its water primarily from the Los Angeles River, Owens Valley and the Colorado River.

"It’s a directive to find a solution when there might not even be one. Increasing the water flowing south of the Delta is not likely to help Los Angeles with its water supply problem. …”

 
Does anyone have a coherent summary link of how/where/etc there is a big spigot we can turn to let water flow to SoCal? Orangeturd keeps saying there is-and that Cali just needs to turn the spigot?
And you believed him?
 
Swing a stick in LA and you’ll hit one. Lots of money in fire.
When I was growing up in Eastern NC and tobacco was still the key piece that drove the entire economy, every small town attorney knew ALOT about tobacco barns burning down during the curing process and subsequent insurance claims. As best as I can remember the fire department strategy, once a tobacco barn caught fire, was to (1) keep the fire contained to one barn and (2) keep any nearby propane tanks from exploding.
 
Does anyone have a coherent summary link of how/where/etc there is a big spigot we can turn to let water flow to SoCal? Orangeturd keeps saying there is-and that Cali just needs to turn the spigot?
1) Imagine a photograph of the face of St. Donald of Mar-a-Lago. 2) Imagine a spot dead center between his ears. 3) Go back about 2 or 3 inches. 4) There.
 
“Donald Trump on Sunday issued an executive order directing the federal government to override the state of California’s water management practices if they are found to be ineffective.

The order comes two days after the president visited the Los Angeles region, which has been devastated by a series of wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and burned more than 35,000 acres. …”

 
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“… Trump has falsely claimed that Democratic governor Gavin Newsom and other officials refused to provide water from the northern part of the state to fight the fires.

His order directs federal agencies to “immediately take actions to override existing activities that unduly burden efforts to maximize water deliveries”.

It orders the US Bureau of Reclamation to deliver more water and hydropower through the Central Valley Project, a network of dams, canals and other infrastructure, even if that conflicts with state or local laws.

It also orders the White House budget office to see whether it can attach conditions on federal aid to the state to ensure cooperation.…”
 

The US military JUST entered California?

That’s probably a surprise to the Marines at Camp Pendleton, airmen at Travis or Edwards Air Force Bases, Navy SEALS at Coronado, soldiers at the National Training Center, sailors at Naval Base San Diego, and personnel at dozens more military bases in California.
 
“Man-man deltas and concrete rivers. The south (of California) takes what the north delivers.”
- Stephen Malkmus
 
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