California has more than 1,000 thousand miles of coastline and the water in the Pacific Ocean presents an opportunity for more fresh water in the state.
Senior water rights holders have arguably the sweetest deal in California water. They often have ironclad deals and some even get access to substantial water during the worst of drought. But three new bills in
Bills advancing in the California Legislature would expand water regulators' authority to investigate the state's oldest water rights and penalize violators.
For the first time in several decades, policy makers in Sacramento seem poised to actually do something about California’s dysfunctional water rights systems.