[eyeamok]

The Ocean is full of water and quite adjacent to the LA Basin.

That would be environmentally unfriendly to utilize those natural resources and the coastal commission has already put the kabosh on any plans like it. The aesthetics would be terrible for the watermelon crowd.

[Paladin2]

https://www.science.org/content/article/seawater-could-provide-nearly-unlimited-amounts-critical-battery-material

Lithium! for batteries!