How Much Will Californians Let Their Government Get Away With?

Liberals believe in "never let(ting) a crisis go to waste", or even creating a crisis--and in this case they're creating one.  Residential water use in California is well under 10% of all water use in the state, but the state government is going to limit how much water Californians can use at home:

As reported in the Sacramento Bee and elsewhere, on May 31st Gov. Jerry Brown “signed a pair of bills Thursday to set permanent overall targets for indoor and outdoor water consumption.”

After pressure from the Association of California Water Agencies and others, the final form of these bills, Assembly Bill 1668 by Assemblywoman Laura Friedman, D-Glendale, and Senate Bill 606 from state Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Los Angeles, offers water districts more flexibility in enforcing the new restrictions. But the focus of AB 1668, limiting indoor water use to 50 gallons per resident per day, is a step too far. Way too far.

There’s nothing wrong with conserving water. But urban water consumption in California is already low, and squeezing even more out of Californians will be costly and bothersome without making much difference in the big picture. Here is a table showing California’s overall water consumption by user...

So why the new law? We must immediately rule out the desire to save significant amounts of water. On average, Californians are already in compliance with the new restrictions on indoor water consumption, meaning only a minority of households, those over the new cap, will be forced to reduce consumption. And while AB 1668 also mandates individual “water budgets” for outdoor water consumption, even if they cut all outdoor water use by another 20%, that would only save 400,000 acre feet. But at what cost?

The lawn at my house has been here since before Jerry Brown was governor the first time.   In fact, my lawn was planted during Jerry Brown's father's first term.  John Kennedy was president.  Why should it have do die (we have consecutive days over 100 degrees here in the Sacramento area) for infinitesimal water savings?