https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA
How will this affect agriculture? Will this have an impact on people as in will people and are people losing their lives over this? Is this a temporary thing? Hoover Dam is expected to run out of water soon meaning LA will be out of electricity (not entirely but it will reach the point where there won't be enough to run the turbines needed for generating electricity)
So is this kinda the end for America or are there solutions to this? Water is water and that shit is important not just for our bodies but for producing energy and preventing and stopping fires.
Food prices like Almonds, PIstachios, Walnuts ( I think) and lots produce will see their price increase and shortages from distributors to grocery stores increase. So smaller chains might be given short orders (sent less than they ordered) or sent nothing at all if larger chains put pressure on the distro's to give them priority.
I wouldn't surprise me if larger chains would raise prices both as a requirement of the increased costs to them as well as to take advantage of situations where they got goods to sell while local competitors where given "out of stock" notices.
Lots of political fall out, watch for the Bundy types doing adventurisms in CA as the conflict between cities and rural/agriculture interests hits a point that nobody can just pay (cash or lip service) people to be happy a situation of reduced water use/access. I think the Newsom recall got some steam from right wingers and agri businesses about dealing with future water issues so this will be a continual thing now.