President Donald Trump, for instance, claimed that water ran out in LA because of policies meant to protect a small endangered fish called the Delta smelt.
"It's just simply false. It's nonsense," said Peter Gleick, co-founder of the Pacific Institute, a global water think tank. Gleick has been researching water issues for four decades.
On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order titled "Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California." After visiting with Newsom in LA, Trump signed another executive order directing federal officials to find ways to override "disastrous" California water policies.