Last Friday, the Memphis Police Department released its videos of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, prompting an outpouring of protest, grief and commemoration across the country, including in California where Nichols spent much of his life.
Instead, the Imperial Irrigation District and other Southern California water agencies submitted their own plan to reduce their water use by 9% — a far cry from the 15% to 30% cuts sought by federal regulators.
The impasse doesn’t come as a surprise to many water policy experts, who say California water users are biggest beneficiaries of the status quo.“California would prefer to stick with their interpretation of old legal agreements, because they come out on top.”blown, the big question now is whether the federal government will impose its own water-sharing plan upon the states. The Biden administration is staying silent for now, leaving the Western states to fight amongst themselves.
And they are fighting, as made clear by a joint statement from California’s U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Alex Padilla.“Six other Western states dictating how much water California must give up simply isn’t a genuine consensus solution — especially coming from states that haven’t offered any new cuts to their own water usage.”Three members of California’s congressional delegation are running for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Dianne Feinstein, which touches off a political scramble.
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