“Officials say at least 1,300 people have lost their water in and around East Porterville, nearly three hours” (Source2). ““The crippling drought is expected to cost the state $2.2bn in 2014 and put more than 17,000 farm workers out of a job” (Source2).They need the law because farmers are taking water from other people.
“Scientists are already sounding alarm bells about pumping too much groundwater” (Source3).If they keep taking ground water it can cause a sinkhole.
“Gov. Jerry Brown has signed his groundwater regulation bill, a bill that one local farmer says