@eberg13
“A drought that most Californian’s might not be aware of.” Trust me, we’re aware.
@googleit1131
"Most Californians may not be aware of" Nah man, we all know. It's CONSTANTLY on the news, on social media, talks of water waste fees, and neighbors reporting other neighbors for wasting water is pretty common when the droughts get bad.
@skyguytomas9615
Trust me, we're aware of our drought.
@jason41a
i'm from a random country in asia and dreamt of going to america as a kid. I went to california and realized that 1) real estate is massively way more expensive to insanity. 2) there's so much homeless people and didn't feel safe 3) everywhere i have to own a car and drive. whereas back home i could just walk and take public transport - lots of traffic and cost to own and operate a car. 4) people weren't genuine. back home people will just be straight up with you. 5) taxes are so high. back home it's way less - and they find ways to take money away. everything is taxed. and they find creative ways to take your money away. 6) healthcare - extremely expensive. 7) food - sure you could get anything, but anything healthy is very expensive. and anything affordable is mostly very fattening. 8) i'm scared of the earthquake i decided to move back and i'm very happy i don't live in california anymore.
@wishcloudstudios
Los Angeles was once a desert. They have diverted all rainfall from surrounding areas to funnel down to them. Any natural ponds and areas that would have originally held this water (there were even some in the deserts) are nolonger. So this is making the surrounding areas more and more arid. So, they have helped create this problem.
@tylerdavidrodgers
I'm a fifth generation California and I can say it's most definitely politics. We had the opportunity to fix our water infrastructure years ago and we voted it down, but voted for a multi billion dollar slow train going nowhere. We have only grown in population over the years and refuse to fix and expand our critical infrastructure.
@SagePython-ei9ls
Also since there’s so many people living there, the amount of people has caused many environmental issues. I mean central California used to have a large freshwater lake in it that was gradually destroyed by humans/farms. The lake that dried up was lake Tulare and it was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi.
@grubert3535
I just moved from California. The drought in the valley was one of the major reasons we decided to leave. It was so awful having bone dry 110 degree summers, fires for half the year, and dust storms. It was depressingly brown for all but three months of the year. It was awful how the land was managed there. Loads of water wasting. It's upsetting to see.
@harleyrenfro3766
Ive lived in California my entire 27 years of life. Its on a downward trend and fast. Its been so sad to see this once beautiful state turn into what it is now. Politics are a huge issue here. Many of the people in the major cities are so disconnected from reality and it shows. Despite all of our problems we keep re-electing people like Newsom and his cronies. The problems continue to worsen, the people keep crying that they want change, but they never do anything to make it happen. Those who are sane and fortunate enough to afford to move are the ones leaving the state. Sad to say but I hope to be joining them soon.
@iFeelGlee
the video "its not politics" everyone in the comments "its literally because of politics" politics is the game which governs the management style and actions over a given section of the population and land. the actions which lead to the survival or destruction of that section of the populace are OBVIOUSLY to do with the reason why it would be dying. you cannot separate the actual functioning state of a community with its decisions. its ludicrous to pretend the action or inaction of california doesnt have anything to do with its death. "i burned my hand on the stove, but its not because i put my hand there."
@seapanda-117
Trying to convince people that these events are not the result of poor management, poor city design, and overall poor policy is intentional misinformation.
@brigantiasmemerepository6439
As someone who lived his whole life in California and moved away, believe me, it is absolutely the politics that is killing the once Golden State
@TrapperTVFoss
If you were going to talk about California wildfires, you must address the mismanagement of the forest. As a person who lives in Sierra Nevada so they’re entire life, I know that the mismanagement and fire suppression in the forest is the main cause of the catastrophic wildfires. Anyone who fails to address the suppression of fire and mismanagement of the forests, really has zero understanding of where the wildfires come from
@geezjunior
As a Californian I can honestly say, many are aware of the devastating drought, but almost everyone doesn’t understand the severity of this drought bc they’re blind by the water that comes from the faucets, seems like there isn’t a drought going on and that’s what’s causing the ignorance!
@j.c.2787
Politicians: Sea Levels are rising Also politicians: buying up all the beach front properties. Make that make sense
@nozrep
glad to see in the comments that plenty of yall know that actually yes, politics and the bad policies and laws of corrupt politicians over the course of many decades has a lot to do with it and IS the cause of much of it.
@davidbryden7904
As a lifelong Californian, I would argue that politics has everything to do with our geography, as in land use and allocation of natural resources. The histories of water and real estate in Cali are full of politically powerful people, from Mulholland to Pelosi. Thats what makes it all far too complicated to cover in brief video. I think you could do better, given the time. As far as the volatile and dynamic nature of our geography goes, thats what makes Cali so beautifully varied! Not many places you can go surfing in the morning, snow boarding in the afternoon, and be home for dinner that evening.
@SpaceMonkeyBoi
This problem will never go away since our government no longer serves the people
@joesmith4222
There's a good reason why California doesn't maintain the forest. They have billions invested in Calfire in equipment and the largest employer in the state. If they maintained the forest, all that equipment and their employees would sit idle. Fires in California is big business for them. Maintenance of the forest would cost less and the state would go bankrupt. In Finland the forest capital of the world, they pay the homeless to clean the forest floor. Little to no fires. It is politics.
@OBFYT