SAN DIEGO – For years, water infrastructure in California has awaited critical repair.
In the midst of perpetual drought and water unavailability, the state has been unable to repair the storage facilities that store water when it does finally rain. KUSI’s Logan Byrnes was joined by Assemblyman Vince Fong to discuss water infrastructure in the state and in the county.
Smart man! LISTEN TO THIS MAN & PASS LEGISLATION TO SUPPORT HIS PLANS!
Really why isn’t there a set of pipes that transfer water to a reservoir that could also be opened to release water either direction instead of it running back to the ocean.
We the tech but no gov will actually want to do it
Are you kidding me? Spend money on things that will enhance the lives of Californians. Unthinkable. That is someone else's problem. We (Californians) prefer gender fluid bathrooms and tents for the homeless. Imagine if someone asked the Boring company to create aqueducts. Waste!
Flush him please?
But it’s completely the fault of climate change.
Go to Mexico and check out ancient Mayan sites,you might learn something about water
If lake Oroville spills over the central valley will be under 30 feet of water and millions will die as we spend money on the illegal aliens
With two more impoundments like San Louis reservoir, we would have food and fish. Instead, we spend money on illegal aliens, put them at the Tejon basin.
CA was more interested in stealing water from the eastern states and draining Lake Mead because it was cheaper for Californians. For decades CA has been dumping runoff from rain into the ocean. They don't care about anyone else other than themselves.
I remember during the 70's. Monies were set aside to build resivors.
Blame the Democrats
they take it from Colorado. that needs to stop
Newsom is too busy building railways to nowhere , that are beneficial to no one.
What about the Governor ordering the draining of the California water reservoirs
I’m sure white supremacy is to blame. Right? 🙄
They have had years to get it together...oh no, they have Newsom...
They're wasting their time on nonsense that's why..
Just imagine if California didn’t have Democrats to contend with; it would be the most water rich state in the union. 80% of the rain water flows down the street and into the ocean, never to be used. No Mtn reservoirs because they’d rather save some minnow. Idiocracy
Dams are walls. Democrats don't like walls. Trying to capture the water is racist.
California...the State that demands and tells the rest of the USA 'how to live', has just about every 'ECO-crazed' group, 'top tier Universities (that teach political ideology ) should be the standard bearer of 'Conservation' ! But....noooooo.....
it's been like this for decades. They're too busy with pronouns, and handing out drug needles to do anything about it.
Dramafornia. It’s always something with these clowns. No infrastructure
And after all these years of having that need and awareness. The train to know where money would have been better spent on a reservoir.
Too busy spending money on modeled climate catastrophe predictions and Ev's instead of sensible people planning how to plan infrastructure properly, store and maximise natural resources. Still wearing mask and driving a Prius, oblivious to reality.
Good point so sad
Yes! Exactly!
Build some more reservoirs instead of wasting our money on nonsense😡😡😡
Please tell that to your governor of the state. Instead of blaming climate change, they should spend on proper infrastructure to alleviate drought.
You all are not the brightest bulbs on the strand trying to figure this out. It’s called weather and it happens all the time. Has happened before but you all didn’t do anything then. Why now?
America should be doing this. Not just California
Because it's illegal to capture rain water in Cali
this is why gavin newsom needs to go.. He does nothing about our water or our forests or even our power grid
California is a shithole .
I wonder if that is Sony Fongs son? Sony was the head Department of Water Resources in California, in the 80s.
no one cares about california
Ya, let's waste money building stuff for a rain event that has not happened in generations. Reminder rain in Cali is rare ! Again, proving the California's do not practice common sense
and when we get to 60 million?
No, but they do have $50+ billion train to nowhere.
Suck it up commie
As long as the once “Golden State” has in place the Chinese Supplied Flipper Voting Machines the present Karupt Blue Slatewill remain in power - running amuck and unchecked!
What a bozo. Asking for megabucks because you got caught not prepared. Your care of the forests is horrible too. No wonder God is striking California.
They tore it down! Something like 15 (?) of them, and though promised, they haven’t built any new ones! Create a crisis, and capitalize on it! Or never let a crisis go to waste!
Rains will stop the drought and the climate crisis complains. We can't have that hoax stopped!
Giant cisterns would be nice. A couple boring machines, out in the desert. Seems like a match
Hey they were talking about that back in 1980's when I was still living in the San Diego area, are they still mulling it over. You have some really slow thinkers in politics in California.
Republicans wanted to build reservoirs but dems laughed and said climate change meant perpetual droughts. So here we are. Just another stupid application of the concept of so-called climate change.
Wow! This is the most intelligent thing I've heard all week!
If you stopped wasting money on the train to nowhere and built reservoirs instead, the problem would be solved
Doesn’t work funny, altruism was lost to the fishes or otherwise know as flushing the bay to keep refineries operational in the Bay Area
Been say for 2 decades they should build Mountain Reservoirs and desalinization plants. BTW, their not serious unless all outdoor pools are banned from use.
Wait a minute! California needed water so bad! Climate change has destroyed it? Yet- they didn’t have the proper infrastructure in place to capture the rain if it came? Shocking
Pity they didn’t build those multi -use pipelines
You can’t do what’s right, when your always doing what’s wrong. Thank your local democrat.
LMFAO
You’d think with the water shortages in California, they would have as many reservoirs as necessary to capture rainfall, and snow melt...
Perhaps the excess covid monies should have been used for infrastructure instead of giving to CA residents.
California is in such a miserable state of disarray, they don't have enough clear headed people to find a way to STORE the excess water (when in comes)....too busy controlling people and making them miserable.
where's robreiner when you need him?
👏👏👏👏👏finally a voice of reason
Its illegal
Well, maybe they should quit building all those mansions and start working on the infrastructure for their water. Then they will have the water they need for the hottest months. QUIT CLEAR CUTTING THE TREES!!!
Yeah but they safely capture no where near enough sun to not power everyone’s home. Carefulwhat you wish for. We’ve all seen what happens when government tries to handle something.
How many California reservoirs are not earthquakes safe? And how long have they been unsafe? Find that you and you'll see how woefully unprepared California really is! Quit grandstanding and do something!
Kalifornia wasted billions of dollars on high speed train to nowhere when they've could've spent that money on improving the water supply.
Expect higher taxes to be had, Californians!!
That would make too much sense, and it wouldn't allow state government to oppress the people with more climate regulation. You see, Leftists 'never let a crises go to waste.' They don't want to solve problems, they want more power.
Can’t make this up… worst run State ever
Because Newsome is saleing
Oh, the irony. Years of drought, and now rain, and California still can’t cope. Any student of history will realize that drought is nothing new to California. In fact, if not for artificial irrigation, southern California would still resemble Baja California.
Mother Nature is sending ALL you people a “warning “ best pay attention & change your evil ways!
Too bad their pools were full. The water shortage is brought on by the woke left in Cali.
A little late to bring this up.
Very poor planning on behalf of the state that likes to take the lead on everything green. You mean they don’t have the infrastructure in place to store all rain they are getting? Wow talk about poor planning.
Why did you spend tax dollars on social projects and not this? You were bragging about a surplus last year. No foresight
These liberal fools have been told over and over again we need more dams. They bend over backwards for the Sierra Club and the little minnows. It's time to realize we wont have enough water for people in the state. CA is the laughing stock of the US.
When is the last time GOP voted for infrastructure spending. Name one time.
California launders our tax dollars. Cabal of installed puppet politicians
A literal crime of negligence that we have not prepared for the inevitable, with s budget surplus nonetheless! What in the Hell are you people Sacramento doing?
They had billions to do it
DemocRATS are more concentrated in help illegals than other things… not a surprise
So quir diverting infrastructure funds to social programs. Put those people to work.
The California clown show never ends..they just add more clowns.... That's it! California is a clown car!
I lived in San Diego for 10 years, 1987 to 1997, this was a problem back then, rain Season is Jan and Feb, every year this is an issue, nothing new, CA 4 seasons, Fire, Flood, Landslide, Earthquake.
AZ captures 90% of its water while CA sends its out to the ocean. The damn Biden WH is cutting AZ’s share of the Colorado River significantly while allowing CA to continue at full throttle 🤬
Watch the Water.
Good luck, too many environMENTAL disorders to overcome. Lol
We would ALL be much better off if the entire state of California fell and sunk into the Pacific Ocean. And yes, I mean the people in California too, waaaah!!
CA doesn't capture Lightning to offset energy use.
Because to fix the states plumbing would go against climate narrative 😂😂😂😂😂😏
Just like Australia. Happy to shut down coal and gas. But no idea how to drought proof the country.
But what can be done? With a Democratic supermajority, there's little hope of solving these problems. The legislature keeps pushing things to make it ever more difficult for business and agriculture in particular.
Too bad it's illegal to collect rainwater in Kommifornia. Given droughts in the past, it would be easier and cheaper for the gated mansion owners to have the illegal aliens water the garden and landscaping.
Where do all our tax dollars go? Certainly not to fix the streets or the homeless garbage everywhere.
Worst state ever. Worse than Connecticut even.
California should simply ban rain, would solve the issue EZ
You've had a 100 years to safely capture it. Get on it, stop crying climate change and fucking do something about it.
We passed a water bond 9 YEARS ago, 2.7B allocated just for storage, a couple of projects are just about to get underway. Its because of the crap legislature and crazy environmental restrictions we have not built any new storage, despite tax payers paying up to do so.
Because we have a corrupt lousy governor
Let it flood,let it flood,let it flood.
California gets plenty of rain, there are just too many living there relative to demand. They just routinely call it a drought to manipulate and control the water supply.
Please repeat after me, Joseph R Biden is a traitor!
time to move
The only way to not have drought in a dry area like California is to fill the aquifers. Snow oak is important but the aquifer is massive
Its time for we the conservatives of California have to take a stand against this woke ridiculous agenda. Its time for a peoples lobby! Perhaps even a few Hydroelectric Dams. Restore low cost energy and fuel to we the people!
Just be glad u getting water!
Reagan failed ,Swarzenegger failed, even Brown failed.
NEWSOME is a screw up!! He hates us!
Sweetwater reservoir in san diego full and topped two years ago. Drained off last year vegetation line then totally drained about 2 months ago. Website says climate change is the main reason with a little note and maintenance. Now is the Time to defund all the bureaucracies!
We have totally incompetent leadership the governor on down these environuts from the urban jungles are clueless when it comes to the real environment. How about close the dams capture the water and use it rationally instead of the the highest bidder or green trama claims.
Absolutely ridiculous. They (the City of San Diego) needs to figure out how to divert all that water to our reservoirs, that need it desperately 🙄
It’ll take 20 plus years and billions of dollars to get where California should have been 50 years ago
No, instead we build high speed trains to nowhere
Well whose in charge, where's the I frastructure? Not the first time
Hasnt the US given 500billion to the Ukraine. Citizens priorities NEVER come first, NEVER!
They have been having this discussion for 100 years. Surely they will fix it this week.😅
2014 Cali passed a $7 billion water storage bill....nothing has been built since. Zero plans for the near future. WTF is going on?
Wow.. we’ve been in a drought for years and our state government did nothing to help collect the precious water we so desperately needed. Absolutely pathetic! That’s so incompetent it makes question if it was intentional. How do you not plan for saving water when get it?!
Sue Newsom! He should have fixed it by now! California deserves better!
None. Newsome had not invested one cent but he keeps begging for a bullet train to nowhere. That says it all.
Irresponsible democrats do not prepare for anything. We have billions in unfunded pension liability. They divert every dime to that instead of maintaining power plants needed for population, water facilities needed and on and on. Unions are destroying this state.
Should have planned for growth 30 years ago.
They have money, they need to get to work on it.
The most screwed-up state. Environmentally poor. Lead acid batteries southern cal. no reservor to hold water. Poor landlords.
Lord knows CA is taxed enough. Also, for a state right on the ocean, with water problems...why isn't there bunches of desalinators? Have the Arrowhead company fund them, as they have been stealing San Bernardino's water for years.
Decades to fix the water and power situation and the Democrat politicians are still making excuses for their incompetence
At least they’re safe from Covid.
california needs to repent
Totally agreed with Assemblyman VinceFong. The last Dam was built in CA was 1961, the aging Oroville Dam. With great influx of people, inadequate infrastructure, the looming problem is fairly near in the future water California Crise
Decades of leaders have rejected the need for it or desire to invest.
And this is where Fong makes his liberal pitch to ship more water from north to south.
Whose fault is that
Drag Queen Newsom doesn't care! His in laws left California moved to Florida and became Republicans. Pretty sad when family moves away because of Newsom being Governor
I thought California had a budget surplus.....
Umm the Ocean?…great place to store it until you figure it out.
Ther have been TWO reservoirs proposed for over 15 years Dems will not do it
Because they don't want to. Deliberately sending it to the ocean. The environment is more important that farmers and families having water.
agree!
Crap planning
Blame it on Republicans. Oh wait, there are no Republicans. Blame Trump anyway.
Too much talkers...
Too busy building the train to nowhere.
Look at the bright side, we have a 50 billion dollar train that actually isn't a functional train yet.
Lots of wasted water, that’s for sure.
Democrats have super majority in California. What happened to your bullet train? Why haven’t you worked on securing water for California when we have always need a drought state? 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤬
This has been the issue for decades. Yet, they do nothing but cry drought. createyourownexigency
God is rubbing you out!
Exactly. Common sense. Well said Vince.
BS - this came up years ago when we had this same rain issue. But interest waned near election time so they dropped it. They only care about keeping their jobs, not CA or the people.
Focus on catching it!! Instead if preaching to us!
Only way is for the people to come together and get it fixed our government's want us to run out but people power has the power over the government's bullshit
most backward state in the nation
just now!, you thought of that, why not 50 years ago, it’s been flooding in California like clockwork ever since I can remember?.😏
California is a dump that's why
They’re cool with just draining the Colorado River until it can’t sustain any of the states that rely on it’s water.
Well, maybe they should have planned!
That’s because there more worried about gender reassignment an mask mandates then fixing problems
Desalination plants....its not like they are next to an ocean or anything. And since the Dems are convinced the oceans are rising, wont using that water help, even if ever so little? Sure, some will make it back to the ocean but still should result in a loss of ocean water.
Duh...
California Is Obviously Ruled By Ignorant Lazy Corrupt Politicians.
2022: not enough rain. 2023: we can handle a few days of rain
From what I understand California is dismantling four dams this year
We do nothing for years to solve our water and power problems. The problems aren't the taxpayers. Do something please.
water reservoirs would have been way better than this rail road to nowhere we've been paying in since 2008 an still ain't close to being done yet
This guy is right on the money
Plant trees on hills, especially those close to oceans. Keyline plowing. Ponds. Incentivize, and educate farmers and ranchers. Easy, cheap. Amazing yield and water security for all involved + much-increased carbon capture.
True that
And how many years of perfect dry weather have they had to prepare for the inevitable inundation?
That’s because they’re to busy releasing to the Pacific via the Sacramento Delta for the smelt
You meanGod blessing us!🤦🏼♀️
California leadership is an oximoron. The state has one of the largest bodies of water it’s entire length and hasn’t done anything to store that water. 🙄
Hey look Guinea and Black hating SenDaveMin and his 'Ho Jane Stover-Min City spouse. This is how a REAL Asian-American act in the interest of the people. Thank you Assemblyman Fong.
I’m like 🙄 about Cali’s infrastructure. The politicians love to speak of it in extremes. One minute we’re in a drought and desperately need water. It rains off and on for 10 days, and now we’re at risk of flooding. Hard to know what’s true.
Should have been done decades ago, but all I heard was... we're going to have to raise your taxes to do it... trust me that's what's coming...😤
Does California do anything right CALIWORSTSTATEINUSA
LA has huge aquaducts. Why dont the empty into a reservoir?
Money was allocated years ago…to the tune of $3 BILLION!
CA Dems say they care sooooo much about the environment. They are LIARS.
We do need this - way more important that that stupid train 🚆 they spent billions on and never finished.
Time to re-watch Interstellar.
Age old discussion point for SoCal.
Yes, Democrats are in charge. They don't want to capture water or ease any other problems in the state. The more emergencies, the more power they can grab.
The Sites reservoir will break ground in 2024. California has 1,500 dams and 1,300 reservoirs. Water storage experts know the best sites are already taken. Each additional will be more expensive than the next and generally yield less water.
I moved here in 1977 and Governor Brown was saying “ if it’s yellow, let it mellow, if it’s brown, flush it down”. Gross. We should have realized. That’s not a plan.
That’s odd
Been saying this for years
Blocked reservoirs. Blocked water desalination plants. It's all part of living under Democratic Rule. Gov. wants to keep us in constant crisis mode.
California GOP: DON’T YOU DARE TRY TO BUILD BACK BETTER!!!” Also California GOP: “WHY DON’T WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE?” No wonder they have failed so miserably now that gerrymandering is gone.
You all have the mentality of a 6th grader. Infrastructure to capture a deluge of dumping rain? Since we have no idea where storms are going to hit the hardest until they hit how is that possible? Yes let’s build an entire state of infrastructure and no homes for people.
Thanks Gavin🙄
But let’s give every black person 1 million dollars.
What’s the point of these worthless politicians? What is their job? All these CA problems have solutions, yet they do nothing.
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