Gavin Newsom: “So much of our politics is defined by water policy, defined…”

“My state of being. But the state's sort of history in relationship. Go west, young man, go west. This notion of California being a state of dreamers, of doers, of entrepreneurs. But So much of our politics is defined by water policy, defined by consumption. Some cases overconsumption, defined by. By scarcity, not just abundance. And so this notion of voraciousness. Yeah, it was interesting. So I'm curious, so what prompted you to write the book?” (09:03–09:11)

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