This is an issue in Spain as well, which has many climatic and land use similarities to California.

There are legal requirements for golf courses (and theme parks I think) to source recycled water from wastewater treatment plants, but the pressure is still huge in a country where drought is now endemic.

XR recently began token protests at golf courses, planting vegetables in the holes:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/extinction-rebellion-plugs-holes-on-10-spanish-golf-courses-in-water-protest

Matthew Clapham
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