Wealthy Californians: "We Are All Not Equal When It Comes To Water"

When water becomes a commodity and not a human right. Water... oxygen.. everyone needs it. Having more money doesn't make you better than humans who have less, it just makes you have more money than them. The individualist attitude is in the opposite mindset that this planet needs. We can remain individuals and still be a part of the global family, community. Some sacrifices must be made collectively and having more money doesn't exclude you from the global population, or set you above and exempt from its struggles. For many though, a person's value is measured in their capitol, not on the content of their character. Money is the god of the material minded and those who have more of it see themselves as the elite among its servants.

you know what i never understood, is why submarines never run out of water... interesting how technology is scalable and nobody in power seems to want to put it into use, or even develop it.... over half of california is bordered by a freaking ocean!

How can you say it will not come to that when the infrastructure is not there?

1 year is not enough to build from the ground up.

Some of the quotes from this article are amazing. Here in Texas, during our drought, we were drinking recycled "pee pee/poo poo" water. Obviously some of these people believe water rationing is for "the little people not us!"

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“California used to be the land of opportunity and freedom,” Barbre said. “It’s slowly becoming the land of one group telling everybody else how they think everybody should live their lives.” [You just now figuring that out genius?]

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“It angers me because people aren’t looking at the overall picture,” Butler said. “What are we supposed to do, just have dirt around our house on four acres?”

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Drought or no drought, Steve Yuhas resents the idea that it is somehow shameful to be a water hog. If you can pay for it, he argues, you should get your water.

People “should not be forced to live on property with brown lawns, golf on brown courses or apologize for wanting their gardens to be beautiful,” Yuhas fumed recently on social media. “We pay significant property taxes based on where we live,” he added in an interview. “And, no, we’re not all equal when it comes to water.”

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April, after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) called for a 25 percent reduction in water use, consumption in Rancho Santa Fe went up by 9 percent. [Socialism is for the PEOPLE not the Socialists]

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[link to www.washingtonpost.com]

So Cali is bringing illegals in? How?

Cali, the state, is physically bringing the illegals in? How?

And can you please get me a link to a study that shows how much more water does an illegal use than a legal person?

"If I drink lots of liquid, do I not urinate?"

Yes. Legal citizens must ration and pay more for their water so that the 5 MILLION illegal aliens in California can have their fair share. The cost of illegal immigration is spread throughout average citizens, with the poor and middle class bearing the heaviest burden. We ALL pay more for utilities, housing, education, healthcare, food and infrastructure because of illegal immigrants. Unfortunately for Californians, they lead the way in all categories.

Usually people who rent live in apartments or smaller homes, and therefore don't consume as much water as people with larger amounts of land, swimming pools, golf courses, etc... Therefore, the 'cutbacks' wouldn't apply to them.

80% of California's Water is used for AGRICULTURE.

WhY in the fack do they grow IRRIGATED RICE of all things in California? The evaporation from flooding the fields is IMMENSE? Talk about a crop that is EASILY grown in WATER RICH areas of the US!

Why in the fact do they grow IRRIGATED COTTON of all things in California? Talk about another crop that is EASILY that is easily grown in WATER RICH areas of the US!!

Why in the fact do they grow IRRIGATED HAY of all things in California? Talk about a third crop that is EASILY grown in WATER RICH areas of the US!!

California Agriculture is the BIGGEST WATER WASTER there is in California! Yet there are virtually NO RESTRICTIONS BEING IMPOSED ON IT!!

California is a DESERT Climate!! The ONLY agricultural products that should be gown there during times of drought are those crops that are NOT EASILY GROWN ELSEWHERE!

Cut Agricultural water use by 25% and the entire urban areas could DOUBLE the amount of water they consume (increase use by 100% for those of your mathematically challenged).

California is clearly overusing water ... but it is the farmers and agricultural interests that ARE TO BLAME!!, not the urban areas.

Only a race as damn dumb as humans could come up with a way to "charge" people for a natural resource that without we would die.

Earth - Gotta be the only planet in the universe where you have to pay someone else to simply live.

If I was from NY or Ca, I'd never advertise it.

You are part of the problem. Perhaps YOU could put a cover on your pool, and build your own desalinization plant, with solar power.

It doesn't matter. The wealthy lawn waterers are only a small percentage of the already very small percentage (4%) of personal residential use. A mere drop compared to the ocean of water that's being sucked up for agriculture.

Besides which, California is going to flood from el nino next winter. Those homeowners should be checking their roofs and stocking up on plastic tarps.

That is why we are quarantined

They are the AMERICAN CITIZENS who already pay 80% of the nation's tax burden.

I just did the math... for reference, it would take about 10,000 nuclear power plants to supply all of California's water needs by desalination.

There are currently only about 500 nuclear power plants in the world today.

Some of the quotes from this article are amazing. Here in Texas, during our drought, we were drinking recycled "pee pee/poo poo" water. Obviously some of these people believe water rationing is for "the little people not us!"

Some quotes [Less than 50%]:
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“California used to be the land of opportunity and freedom,” Barbre said. “It’s slowly becoming the land of one group telling everybody else how they think everybody should live their lives.” [You just now figuring that out genius?]

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​

“It angers me because people aren’t looking at the overall picture,” Butler said. “What are we supposed to do, just have dirt around our house on four acres?”

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​

Drought or no drought, Steve Yuhas resents the idea that it is somehow shameful to be a water hog. If you can pay for it, he argues, you should get your water.

People “should not be forced to live on property with brown lawns, golf on brown courses or apologize for wanting their gardens to be beautiful,” Yuhas fumed recently on social media. “We pay significant property taxes based on where we live,” he added in an interview. “And, no, we’re not all equal when it comes to water.”

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April, after Gov. Jerry Brown (D) called for a 25 percent reduction in water use, consumption in Rancho Santa Fe went up by 9 percent. [Socialism is for the PEOPLE not the Socialists]

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[link to www.washingtonpost.com]

Great logic. Too bad you won't be running for office. Murica' needs more like you.

I just did the math... for reference, it would take about 10,000 nuclear power plants to supply all of California's water needs by desalination.

There are currently only about 500 nuclear power plants in the world today.

That is no different from the average white american thinking they are above black people or are above muslims.

I've lived in California and seen many examples of such incomplete logic. Yes you don't want them but you get them anyway. The logical thing is to cut their benefits, so that you pay less and they have less incentive to flood your state esp. with their children, who are not currently productive and will not be more productive later (I am being kind here) than most existing American children.

And yet you don't take the logical step and do it, and pretend there's no logic behind the idea. Or maybe you can't connect those dots. Why are you being apparently obtuse here?

The really bad thing about this is there will be a fine for overusing the water, and those rich people will pay it. Taking the water from everyone else. I say just cut them off when they've reached their limit. Maybe that'll get the message to those spoiled and entitled people.

The really bad thing about this is there will be a fine for overusing the water, and those rich people will pay it. Taking the water from everyone else. I say just cut them off when they've reached their limit. Maybe that'll get the message to those spoiled and entitled people.