When L.A. and Mexifornia were red did we struggle to fight wildfires?

[Harry Dresden]

Southern California is a desert. In the thirties William Mulholland built the aqueduct system to bring water to So Cal. Up until Jerry Brown was elected governor for the first time, the state kept spending money to keep the water system in balance with the growing population. He stopped that spending the money on social programs instead. Ever since, So Cal has been losing ground to the growing population. Newsome has refused to spend the proposition money voted for by the taxpayers on new water projects and kept releasing water through the Sacramento Delta to maintain the environment of the Delta Smelt, an invasive, non-native species.

only parts.....most of it is Mediterranean climate.....deserts are to the east.....

 

[justoffal]

Right I remember liberals attempting to make a joke out of cleaning/ranking the forest floor by taking vacuum cleaners to the woods.

Hmmmm....yep I can hear them laughing now ..oh wait

 

[Dante]

Do you have something meaningful or sensible to add?

Wait! Let me string together a few words that will fit on a bumper sticker or go well in a meme for you

hold on

 

[protectionist]

Southern California is a desert. In the thirties William Mulholland built the aqueduct system to bring water to So Cal. Up until Jerry Brown was elected governor for the first time, the state kept spending money to keep the water system in balance with the growing population. He stopped that spending the money on social programs instead. Ever since, So Cal has been losing ground to the growing population. Newsome has refused to spend the proposition money voted for by the taxpayers on new water projects and kept releasing water through the Sacramento Delta to maintain the environment of the Delta Smelt, an invasive, non-native species.

True...plus >> In 2016, Trump advised Newsome he should stop allowing north & central California water to drain off into the Pacific ocean, and should divert that water to Southern California, to refill their dry reservoirs.

In 9 years. with plenty of time to have done this, and on the scale needed, Newsome did practically nothing. Reservoirs remain dry, hydrants are dry, and firefighters are standing around doing nothing, unable to do their jobs.
Trump blames Newsome. He's not the only one.

Trying to cover his guilty butt, Newsome claims Trump's warning never happened, but it is well documented. During his 2016 campaign, Trump first promised to redirect California’s northern runoff south to benefit farmers, and made good on his promise in 2020, with a federal memorandum that redirected millions of gallons of water to southern California, he said was otherwise “needlessly flushed” into the ocean, according to Courthouse News Service.

Guess what bonehead Newsom did.. He sued to block Trump’s move, and succeeded in limiting the amount of water that can be pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Damn fool.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/us-ne...rn-california-to-fight-apocalyptic-wildfires/