Spurred by top-level talks and unofficial lunches, California and Arizona went from foes to allies on the Colorado River
The Colorado River flows in Lees Ferry, Ariz., on May 29, 2021. On Monday, California, Nevada and Arizona proposed a plan to reduce their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years, a potential breakthrough in a year-long stalemate that pitted Western states against one another. | Ross D. Franklin/AP PhotoSACRAMENTO, Calif. — For months, California officials led by Gov.
“There was always this potential of mutually assured destruction if we don’t actually find a path forward,” Wade Crowfoot, California’s Natural Resources Secretary, told POLITICO in describing his backroom dealings on behalf of the Newsom administration. “We very much had clear and constructive pressure from our governors to find a solution.”
It was a delicate situation for Newsom, who risked being further ganged up on, and then outmaneuvered by far less influential and economically powerful states. He also faced internal pressure from a powerful constituency he’s been courting at home: agriculture. Most of California’s share of the Colorado River goes to farmers growing alfalfa, lettuce and other crops along the Mexico and Arizona borders.
The two governors had at least one in-person meeting at an event of assembled leaders, and followed up with calls. And along with the personal considerations for both, aides indicated there was a broader argument they wanted to make about the kind of progress that could be made if voters in their respective states chose Democrats to lead them.
Two major players were JB Hamby, the chair of the Colorado River Board of California and an Imperial Irrigation District director, and Tom Buschatzke, the director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources. Looming over their meetings was the Interior Department’s deadline of May 31 for states to provide feedback on a plan to impose mandatory cutbacks, possibly as soon as this summer.
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