Colusa County in Northern California is the top producer of rice in the Sacramento Valley.
Colusa County historically produces more than 150,000 acres of rice in a normal year.
"In April 2022, the water districts serving Colusa County were given their final allocation for the 2022 growing season - 0.4-acre feet per acre," Colusa County officials said in a statement.
The first 50% of California's water flows out to the Pacific Ocean for fish and environmental purposes - something the Public Policy Institute of California verified in 2019: "Water in California is shared across three main sectors. Statewide, average water use is roughly 50% environmental, 40% agricultural, and 10% urban."
The Globe spoke with Colusa County Administrator Wendy Tyler about the meeting with Assemblywoman Aguiar-Curry, and what the county is facing this year after the February Freeze and latest water allocation cuts.
"We have the third largest farm worker housing in the state. Thousands of people come to Colusa County every season, and work with Colusa County's own people. Their children go to Colusa schools, so when they aren't here it impacts our ADA.".
In addition to the drought and water crisis, Tyler said in February Colusa County and much of the Sacramento Valley experienced a devastating freeze, resulting in a 74 percent loss of local almond crops.
https://www.technocracy.news/california-shuts-off-water-to-farmers-to-save-fish/
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