Gavin Newsom: “In 2015, [California had] the lowest snowpack in recorded…”

“2012, that was pretty evident in 13, 14, 2015 and 16, five years of historic drought. I remember in 2015 that historic and iconic photo of Jerry Brown as we were up there doing our annual snow survey, In 2015, [California had] the lowest snowpack in recorded history. in the state of California. Fast forward seems like a few months later, all of a sudden, this massive snowpack and then those atmospheric rivers.” (05:15–05:26)

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