“And we export most of the crop”
We must need the almonds to help our trade imbalance.
There are probably a bunch of California government folks that own those almond groves, or get big contributions from almond farmers.
There was a thread a couple days ago about frackers about to go wild in CA. I love fracking, but it shows how much Sacramento cares for their actual people, except that they show up to vote rat.
California on Cusp of Fracking Boom Bigger than North Dakota
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3301175/posts
California may be on the cusp of an oil fracking boom along its 1,750-square-mile Monterrey Shale Formation, which is potentially the richest shale oil reserve in the United States.
Earthquakes have disturbed the layers of shale rock that run under most of the western state, making fracking more challenging than in a region like North Dakota. But when the next cyclical El Niño brings the huge amounts of water necessary for fracking, California could experience an economic boom similar to North Dakota’s oil rush.