On April 1, after disappointing snowpack measurements, Governor Edmund G. Brown directed the first-ever statewide mandatory water restrictions, and called on all Californians to reduce water usage by 25%. The announced actions will save water, increase enforcement to prevent wasteful water use, streamline the state’s drought response, and invest in new technologies that will make California more drought resilient.
Read the press release: http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18910
Read the Executive_Order B-29-15.