Southern California reservoirs are near full, and hydrant problems are unrelated to the Delta and fish, they note

Trump is taking aim at water supplies for an endangered fish, but scientists say he’s missing the point. It’s one of California’s thorniest problems. The nation’s most populous state is full of sprawling cities, vast farmland, rich ecosystems — and it must decide how to divide scarce water resources among them.

President Trump has blamed a lack of water during the Los Angeles fires on California decisions that benefit a small fish. Yet experts say he’s confusing different issues.

President Donald Trump is criticizing California water policy as he prepares to tour wildfire damage in Los Angeles.

"I just want voter ID to start, and I want the water to be released, and they're going to get a lot of help from the U.S.," Trump said during a visit to North Carolina. On Wednesday Trump threatened to withhold aid and repeated a false claim that California Governor Gavin Newsom and other officials had refused to provide water from the northern part of the state to fight the fires.

Trump pledged to provide federal disaster relief for people affected by the deadly wildfires ravaging southern California.

The U.S. president has accused the state of sending too much water to the Pacific Ocean instead of south toward Los Angeles.

President Trump says he plans to issue an order to 'open up the pumps' and deliver more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to California farms and cities.