precious acquifers to mine the remnants of sludge/tar sands oil with steam injection and our permit issuing government agencies just rubber stamp this shit.

that's pretty serious shit.

In Los Angeles, the DWP (Dept. of Water and Power), will now raise our rates by 4% because...

We have saved too much water and their revenues are down!

Apparently the same line of crap in San Diego too.

Scam!

From Golden Gate Weather Service:

# 4: El Niño guarantees lots of rain in California. No -- The answer is not always and not everywhere. Historical records for the past six plus decades for Central California (i.e., Climate Division 4), including the SF Bay Area, show that during the twenty-three El Niño events the rainfall has been evenly split; with roughly a third of the years having below normal precipitation (i.e., < 80%), a third near normal (i.e., 80% to 120% of normal) and the final third of the years being substanially (i.e., >120%) above normal. If just the five strong El Niño events are looked at, then the rainfall has been above normal four of the five seasons, and all four were at least 140% of normal. However, if only the weak and moderate El Niños are examined then it is seen that six of the 16 years received below normal rainfall, five near normal (80%-120%) and five above normal. [see Climatology of El Niño Events and California Precipitation]

http://ggweather.com/enso/enso_myths.htm

Selling our water in plastic bottles with impunity.

Fuck Nestle'.

I know there is a need for bottled water in some circumstances, but very few

He waits until year FOUR of the drought to make the State's official proclamation of same (as if the little people hadn't noticed it).
He refuses to halt fracking, even though CA has some of the largest seismic faults in the world, and even after the little people learning that fracking wastewater (that cannot be retrieved) has been pumped into aquifers, AND in some cases is being used to irrigate crops. He refuses to stop selling water to Nestle' and Walmart (high ethical standards) during the drought/"drought".
His office refuses to divulge what Nestle' is paying for the water - what we do know (via the "Council of Canadians&quot is that in British Columbia, Nestle' is paying that province $2.25 (two dollars & twenty-five cents) for every million litres of water it takes there.
One million litres equals 264,172 gallons.

Probably an easy bet that Jerry is allowing a similar sweetheart deal for the bastard Nestle'. If you would like to express your opinion to one of his staff, the # is (916) 445-2841.