Siskiyou Daily News
Should ranchers with agricultural wells be allowed to sell their water? What if it’s being trucked away to irrigate an illegal crop? Is it fair to stop the transport of water on certain roads if it negatively impacts, for the most part, a specific group of people?
These are the questions that hundreds of protesters were asking when they occupied a block of Yreka’s Fourth Street on Thursday morning. A majority of the protesters were of Asian descent and advocated for their right to water. Many asserted that the county’s latest ordinance, which prohibits water trucks on specific roads and highways, unfairly impacts Asian Americans living and farming in Siskiyou County.