When billionaires control the water and the government in California….you get the tragedy we are seeing right now.
https://perfectunion.us/how-this-billionaire-couple-stole-californias-water-supply/
A friend sent me this article. It is worth the read to understand the corruption between private parties and the control they have over local/state/federal government.
A private billionaire family owns the majority of the water in California. A commodity that should not be owned, water should be available to everyone where the water is. The couple that own the “water” own the Fiji Water Company. They also own Teleflora flowers, the Wonderful pistachio company, POM pomegranate juice, and Halo mini oranges. They also own massive amounts of land for agriculture.
When you watch this video/read the transcript…….you will see just how far people will go to donate to election campaigns, universities, you name it, all in the personal special interests of protecting their asset. In this case, it was water.
I also encourage you to read this post on X. It is a 25 post thread and she goes into GREAT detail about the Wonderful company……
https://x.com/asterling/status/1878524686608265464?s=61&t=e_kQXjN0XV-ohh_U2PFEVg
This should make you angry.
Grew up and lived 50 years in the northern San Joaquin Valley of California.
The reservoirs were originally conceived in the late 1800s to control floods and irrigate farmland in the semi-arid conditions of the valley. Electricity was a by-product. See the history of the Oakdale Irrigation District, the Modesto Irrigation District, Merced Irrigation District, Fresno Irrigation District, and more for more history. I could go on all day...
The history of water in the West and specifically, California is quite intriguing.
San Francisco gets its water from Hetch Hetchy which gravity-feeds the city from more than 100 miles away. John Muir lost the battle to stop the dam. It's quite the story how the city's Mayor quietly bought the land for the dam to take care of his precious city. Contrast that to today!
Los Angeles (where there is little to no rainfall) gets its water from the Colorado River, Mono Lake and the gigantic water projects stretching to the San Luis Dam and beyond. And yes, the agriculture is killed off when they want water. And, of course, the commie whackos flush much water into the Pacific Ocean because, to them, the little fishies are more important than the people.
No surprise parts of the water system are owned by billionaires as they have not only a vested interest in water for their "assets", but this also provides the politicians with a steady income.
And, in 2025, we are beginning to uncover just how vast the corruption is.
As if these people cannot be any worse; I just read that Gavin published a link on X to donate to the "victims". However, that link is to a democrat super pac, that skims a certain percent right off the top and then decides on how to distribute the money. Like we will donate it to this democrat's campaign because he/she will help the victims. California is lost. Illegals can vote and that is why they want to protect them. Virtually all voting is mail in with no voter ID check. Which is ironic because they checked the ID of everyone who signed the petition to recall Newsome. California is never coming back, anyone productive has either left or is leaving.