Thank you for the reference! I have read a lot about the devious City of Los Angeles and how it surreptitiously bought up all that real estate from north of Bishop to south of Lone Pine for the water rights. There are at least eight tiny creeks that are tributaries of the Owens River flowing east out of the Sierra.much ado wrote: ↑Mon Dec 26, 2022 3:05 pmThey have simmered in California for some time.Patagoniagirl wrote: ↑Sun Dec 25, 2022 1:01 pm At some point we will honestly call this thread, The Water Wars because they are coming.
The Water War That Polarized 1920s California
LADWP also bought up real estate in Mono County and started taking water from tributaries of Mono Lake in the 50s, I think. As Mono Lake started to shrivel, a long court battle ensued with the "Save Mono Lake" Committee eventually prevailing due to an obscure law from the early 20th Century that essentially said that once a stream has water flowing in it for fish, then the water must be of sufficient quantity to sustain the fish population.
LADWP was also sued because Owens Lake dried up. They lost that suit too. But they have yet to fulfill the obligations of that suit.
The former camp that housed the Japanese during WWII in the Owens Valley is named Manzanar. Manzanar is Spanish for apple orchard. The Owens Valley used to be an agricultural oasis until the evil DWP came along.