President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at addressing California’s water issues by bypassing existing state and federal regulations. The order directs multiple federal agencies to prioritize water deliveries to Southern California in response to recent wildfires, stating that “actively harmful State or local policies” must be overridden to ensure sufficient resources. The order also proposes federal control of the Central Valley Project and calls for a review of all California-related disaster and water management funding. Governor Gavin Newsom argueed the premise is “false” and not supported by facts.
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00:02President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at addressing California's water
00:06issues by bypassing existing state and federal regulations.
00:10The order directs multiple federal agencies to prioritize water deliveries to Southern California
00:15in response to recent wildfires, stating that
00:18actively harmful states or local policies must be overridden to ensure sufficient resources.
00:24The order also proposes federal control of the Central Valley Project and calls for a review
00:30of the California-related disaster and water management funding.
00:33Governor Gavin Newsom argued the premise is false and not supported by facts.