Letters to the Editor: Declaring the drought over in California is extremely shortsighted

Former L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz warns that going off message on water will jeopardize recent gains in conservation.

Many scientists view California as being in a permanent state of drought, greatly exacerbated by climate change. The fact that we have recently had a short period of significant rain with some reservoirs partially refilled doesn’t really change that.

When we declare the drought over, conservation will backslide because of human nature. We need to keep residents conserving and agriculture moving to more efficient irrigation and crops that demand less water.The writer is a former member of the L.A. City Council and Metropolitan Water District Board.Skelton’s column on the drought was refreshing . It’s on point and concisely refutes the doom-and-gloom liberals and radical environmentalists who have a stranglehold on the media..

However, those wet years were followed by extreme dryness, with storage in reservoirs dropping precipitously. Remember the significant rain we got in December 2021? We got next to nothing for the rest of the rainy season.

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