Water Buffaloes
TK, all,
They also call those water interests the "Water Buffaloes".
As a transplant to Middle TN from Central California (I'm always in the middle), I can tell you that even if their opponents won a victory with Mono, Los Angeles still drives more than its share of policy there.
All the water that melts in the Sierras and drains into the valley (Kern, San Joaquin, Merced rivers) is put into concrete aqueducts so that not one drop can make it to the local water tables. It is then pumped over a 7000ft mountain range to LA for their consumption.
Meanwhile, the farming that grows %80 of the nation's green produce takes place in that valley and the farmers pump water from tables that are 40' lower than they used to be.
Rant off,
Billy
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