Lawmakers send a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom asking for state of emergency
Because of drought, water shortages
Rich Pedroncelli/AP
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2014, file photo, houseboats float in the drought-lowered waters of Oroville Lake near Oroville, Calif. Californiaâs hopes for a wet âMarch miracleâ did not materialize and a dousing of April 2021 showers may as well be a mirage at this point. The state appears in the midst of another drought only a few years after a punishing 5-year dry spell dried up rural wells, killed endangered salmon, idled farm fields and helped fuel the most deadly and destructive wildfires in modern state history. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)