This is basically more public money being used to supply the multibillionaire multi-national farmers of California with more free groundwater to extract and use

This is basically more public money being used to supply the multibillionaire multi-national farmers of California with more free groundwater to extract and use for their profit (and yes, there are studies showing that most water is used by farmers, and that multi-nationals control the bulk of California farmland - even though 80% of farmers are small, they don't control most of the water and most of the land.)