My personal synopsis of the California water situation is "when the situation gets dire enough the agricultural users will have to adapt." The government isn't

My personal synopsis of the California water situation is "when the situation gets dire enough the agricultural users will have to adapt." The government isn't going to let cities go without water yet keep it pumping for almonds. The corrupt system will persist and urban users will continue to overpay, but at some point before people start dying of thirst the politics of unduly favoring agriculture will become untenable.