The first people to be hit by the price increase will be the farmers of water-intensive crops. The people will be paying much, much less. The current situation

The first people to be hit by the price increase will be the farmers of water-intensive crops. The people will be paying much, much less. The current situation is due to aggressive subsidy of agriculture. Get rid of the subsidies, and the problem will take care of itself. Of course, it will badly hurt California's agricultural sector, but it still needs to happen. You can't fool nature.