Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California's Water

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Despite the language of the executive order, the White House is constrained by existing federal laws, state laws and nature, said Karrigan Bork, a law professor at the University of California, Davis, and the interim director of its Center for Watershed Sciences.
48% : " More confrontational language in the order directed federal officials to stake out their authority without necessarily working alongside the state officials who manage the state's reservoirs and plan for droughts and fires. Interior Department officials "shall take all available measures to ensure that state agencies -- including the California Department of Water Resources -- do not interfere with the Bureau of Reclamation's operation of the project," the order said, referring to a federally operated network of dams, reservoirs, canals and other facilities.
45% : The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the federal government's role in California's complex water management operations and claimed its authority to overrule state officials.
22% : "Trump is either unaware of how water is stored in California or is deliberately misleading the public.

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