Reservoirs are full, she said, and some water has been lost that was needed for other purposes.
Lake Oroville, California's second-largest reservoir, reached 100 percent capacity on June 6, with several others following, according to the California Department of Water Resources.
In contrast, in January, among the state's 17 major reservoirs, only its smallest-the Cachuma Reservoir northwest of Santa Barbara-was nearly full, according to the water department.
"It's a political problem," Don Jackson, an almond farmer and a water board member of Kern County, said on a recent episode of EpochTV's California Insider.
Such restrictions have led many of them to let their land go idle during the growing season because they can't make ends meet, Steve Jackson, son of Don Jackson, who is also an almond farmer, and a water board member, said on California Insider.
Mark Nakata, a fifth-generation farmer and CEO of California United Water Coalition-a nonprofit aiming at ensuring water access for all Californians and protecting residents' water rights-told The Epoch Times that the economic impact if farmers went out of business will be unimaginable.
"Water is not a political issue. Water is a human issue, the ability to feed our people is a human issue, and the ability for everybody to have clean water is a human issue," he said.
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