Newsom hasn't taken dams down unless you're talking about the useless Klamath River dam which is an environmental disaster and all the way on the border with Or

Newsom hasn't taken dams down unless you're talking about the useless Klamath River dam which is an environmental disaster and all the way on the border with Oregon. What helps water retention is less concrete and healthy soils (e.g. soils with mycorrhizal bacteria can hold 50x as much water as dead soils)