Refer to him as Gov. Brown would you?

Do you know the backstory how he got labeled with it, and how, on a stretch, Jerry Brown could even be called the Godfather of cellular telephones?

You are welcome!

Some people do know the truth!

Like me!

What I would like to know is will my water bill go back down to where it was before it doubled last year?

I feel this is similar to any idea of carbon taxes in that people will cut back if it effects their bottom line.

Less usage equals less revenues

I love Jerry Brown and think he is the best governor we've ever had. Those in the wings to take his place are well seasoned and can handle the task when he is term limited in 2018.

Dead trees means more light hitting the forest floor, allowing more grasses and brush to grow. Burning shrubs will ignite the dead trees.

and not have it run off into the ocean...

efforts should have been underway years ago. No way of knowing what the future holds.

Conservation got us through the drought and through it we made more water available (with less environmental harm) than billions of dams and reservoirs projects would have.

Those farms that had first dibs water rights mostly did okay. Those that didn't idled thousands of workers as fields laid unplanted.

A lot of cities found themselves short due to poor planning and had to scramble to buy water deliveries.

Delta levees are near the point of failure. They need major repair.

Just because we got through this drought doesn't mean the next one will be any easier. And there will be a next one. Plus, climate change means the snow melt will occur faster than in earlier decades. More of it will be lost to sea. We do need larger storage capacity.

Fantastic precipi, let me tell you, great rain, tremendous rain.

it didn't work.
But I guess that's just politics.

The last big storm I tried to drive in...big mistake. I'm lucky my car didn't stall. The boulevards were streams.

Rarely is west coast weather mentioned on most newscasts.

California weather on the network news. They said the weather person always stood in front of the map of California.
Probably because we don't get much crazy weather in CA (fires and earthquakes, though), but they thought they were being California haters.
I myself love rain, so I've been enjoying it. We had a little more last night.

I know the reports are from each country's weather service but it's hilarious that storms just appear on the border.

Expecting rain in the north until the middle of next week.

Coming down in sheets at the moment!

California is a beautiful state. I love the place and am most pleased that the awful drought that has plagued it is over.