Assembly Member Shannon Grove; 34th District
Central Valley Representative, Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, discusses the impact of a government-made drought on citizens and what the Legislature is doing about it.
For information on the drought’s very real impact, read below:
With Dry Taps and Toilets, California Drought Turns Desperate
By JENNIFER MEDINA
“PORTERVILLE, Calif. — After a nine-hour day working at a citrus packing plant, her body covered in a sheen of fruit wax and dust, there is nothing Angelica Gallegos wants more than a hot shower, with steam to help clear her throat and lungs.
“I can just picture it, that feeling of finally being clean — really refreshed and clean,” Ms. Gallegos, 37, said one recent evening.
But she has not had running water for more than five months — nor is there any tap water in her near future — because of a punishing and relentless drought in California. … “
