THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN GIVEN AN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SELF SUFFICIENCY IN ENERGY AND ABUNDANT IN WATER SUPPLY FROM ITS HISTORY–AS THE ONCE PROUD STATE HAS LED THE US ECONOMY IN THE PAST–BUT NOW THE STATE AS RUN BY LEFTIST LIBERALS HAS THE STATE IN A STATE OF CONFUSION–AS NO PLANNING TO UP HOLD ITS WATER SUPPLIES AND NOTHING CREATIVE IN BRINGING CHEAP ENERGY FOR ITS CITIZENS–AS THE BEAR STATE HAS BECOME A SUCKLER OF THE TIT FROM ITS NEIGHBORING STATES FROM WATER TO ENERGY–THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE A TRUE DISSERVICE TO THE ONCE GREAT BEAR STATE OF CA–AS ALL THE DEMOCRATS CAN DO TO BEAR THE DROUGHT IS TO FORCE ITS PEOPLE TO NOT DRINK WATER–NO MORE VISION IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND NO PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE–AS THE ENVIRONMENTALS HAVE DESTROYED ACCESS TO WATER AND THE CHEAP NATURAL EARTH ENERGY INCLUDING NUCLEAR

California announced sweeping statewide water restrictions for the first time in history Wednesday in order to combat the region’s devastating drought, the worst since records began.
Gov. Jerry Brown issued the declaration at a press conference in a parched, brown slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains that would normally be covered by deep snow.
“Today, we are standing on dry grass where there should be 5 feet (1.5 meters) of snow,” Brown said. “This historic drought demands unprecedented action.”

The executive order issued by Brown would aim to achieve a 25 percent reduction in water usage across cities and towns throughout California by a combination of measures.
“As Californians, we must pull together and save water in every way possible,” Brown said.
The reductions would be achieved by ramping up enforcement to prevent wasteful water use, while investing in technologies designed to make California more drought-resilient.
The State Water Resources Control Board, which manages California’s water supply, would be tasked with achieving the reduction.
The order also set out new measures to reduce water use, including the replacement of 4.6 square kilometers of lawns with drought-tolerant landscaping.
A statewide consumer rebate program would also be set up to encourage individuals to replace old appliances with modern, water and energy efficient models.
The measure orders campuses, golf courses, cemeteries and other large consumers of water to significantly cut use.
New homes and developments would also be banned from using potable water for sprinkler systems unless water-efficient drip irrigation systems are used.
Brown had already declared a state of emergency in California over the crippling four-year drought, the most severe on record.
Environmental experts welcomed the measures but cautioned it remained to be seen how effective they would be.
“These are good and necessary. However, the devil is in the details,” said Timothy Krantz, professor of environmental studies at the University of Redlands in California.
“It is one thing to mandate water rationing/conservation in cities and requiring a 25 percent reduction, but how will the cities regulate that by their constituents?”
Frantz also noted Brown’s statement had made no mention of the water-intensive industry of enhanced oil production or “fracking.”
The drought has left swathes of California’s landscape unrecognizable, with normally brimming lakes and rivers now dry and losses to the state’s agricultural industry estimated at several billion dollars.

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