Westlands Water District leader Allison Febbo calls Tuesday's announced 5% federal water allocation increase "disappointing." ...

Conceived in the Great Depression, the bureau’s Central Valley Project is the federal sister ... Sacramento water supply and flood protection since the 1940s, is also a CVP facility.

In the new order, Trump cited the Los Angeles fires, even though the actions he is ordering — delivering more water from the federal Central Valley Project — would primarily serve farms.