California's Sudden Vulnerability Means Political Attack

It's going to be a grim year:

Meanwhile, the House Republicans have decided to rip into California's soft underbelly:

The agricultural interests that are behind the Republican bill see the water that is being allocated to environmental protection as wasted. There are a number of complicated issues involved in California's water problems. However, this is a major environmental issue and one that will continue to be at the center of the political controversies.