No, the military did not enter California to “turn on the water”
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This water doesn’t go to Southern California.
- The flow was doubled because the federal government restarted federal water pumps after they were offline for maintenance for 3 days.
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California did NOT run out of water while fighting the LA wildfires
Water reservoirs in Southern California were at record levels. There was no shortage of water in Southern California.
FALSE CLAIM: California is spending $500 million to DESTROY a dam that supplies water to 600,000 people.
False. PG&E made their own business decision to decommission THEIR dam.
FALSE: There has been nothing to show for the billions of dollars in bonds Californians passed under Prop 1 back in 2014 for new water storage
Approximately $7.519 billion (99.7%) of funds have been committed, creating 20 programs and funding 1,897 projects.