A fresh fault line has opened in California’s long-running water debate, this time centered on the fragile heart of the state’s water system, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. A group of California lawmakers, led by Representative John Garamendi, issued a sharp rebuke of a proposal by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation under Acting Commissioner Scott Cameron to divert additional water out of the Delta. The move, framed by critics as a politically driven maneuver rather than a science-based adjustment, has reignited concerns about drought resilience, environmental degradation, and the long-term stability of California’s water infrastructure.

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