"I’ve spent some amount of time in Saudi Arabia and they don’t have a lot of water there for them to use." Interestingly, I have as well. They're having to des

"I’ve spent some amount of time in Saudi Arabia and they don’t have a lot of water there for them to use." Interestingly, I have as well. They're having to desalinate water for growth just like we are planning to do. "Fair enough, pay them more than the utility they currently derive from their usage and everyone walks away happy campers. " Purchasing the farms with water rights is a very reasonable path forward, actually. It would be cheaper to buy farms and shut them down than to build the water conservation initiatives California's currently engaged in. The problem is political. CA leaders don't actually want to solve the water crisis - they want to grandstand. "I also take issue with the term “our water” like you have some “manifest destiny” to seize someone else’s property rights because you feel you are more entitled to it than the current legal owner. " The state does have this power, as a matter of fact. So there you go, the perspective is reality based.