Poor energy policy. Rolling blackouts have been going on in California since the Enron days nearly 20 years ago. They take power plants offline with no way to replace that power. They’ve been sold a lie of energy efficiency will allow them to do that. Add intermittent sources of electricity, no surge capacity, and hog trading of those energy sources and you get rolling blackouts and brown outs during the summer.
Add in California a lack of maintenance of the electrical grid. On a windy summer day, power lines are apt to break and light the poorly managed forests ablaze. So, add to that, a windy and dry day will cause additional blackouts.
For water resources, it’s been over 10 years where they ration how much you can use and when. My family in Sacramento area has dealt with water rationing for 10+ years, being allowed to water a lawn only on days that correspond to your specific street address.
Bad policy and piss poor management.
