Lawmakers approve plan to strengthen oversight of California water rights
California legislators passed a bill giving water regulators authority to investigate whether some of the state's oldest water rights are valid.
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California legislators passed a bill giving water regulators authority to investigate whether some of the state's oldest water rights are valid.
California legislators passed a bill giving water regulators authority to investigate whether some of the state’s oldest water rights are valid.
Bills advancing in the California Legislature would expand water regulators' authority to investigate the state's oldest water rights and penalize violators.
For people in the nation's breadbasket, a historic drought’s impacts are visible in every moment of daily life — but the fight for water rights is just beginning.