In exit, Calif. water official calls for “permanently reducing agriculture”
A top climate strategist with the State of California resigned last month due to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration not steering the state on the necessary path to deal with continual drought. … [Max] Gomberg hasn’t shied away from commentary about the state’s agricultural industry, a sector heavily regulated by his former employing agency. In February, Gomberg tweeted a thanks to progressive Asm. Alex Lee (D–San Jose) for pressing for a wealth tax. In the same missive, he chided Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D–Sanger) for “carrying water for the state’s agricultural mafia.” Gomberg’s letter and his attack on Newsom came at a welcome sight to the the California Republicans.