Rule 1 of politics: Answer the question you want, not the question you’re asked.
That works in the US. Other countries have journalists that just keep asking the same question over and over until it’s answered
It would be easy to look at that headline and decry clueless politicians, but a more honest title might read: “Politicians Use Momentum of the Moment to Push for Legislation to Address a Major, Related Issue of Particular Importance to the Region.”
The data centers made it not rain for six months?
Blaming anything to avoid the actual issue: Southern California is a desert with unpredictable precipitation, and the state has allowed wealthy interests to hoard water. Also, maybe there are in fact too many damn people down here.
I mean, blaming climate change for further reducing the precipitation levels is probably accurate.
Honestly it has always been dry
Well, yeah, but the two decades of drought brought on by rising temperatures and changing weather patterns certainly didn’t help.
Who, uh… approved those data centers?
You don’t blame the kid for asking if they can have ice cream for dinner, you blame the parent who allows it.
