It's a beautiful time of year in California's Central Valley: The almond trees are blooming. I-5 between Santa Nella and Tracy offers a spectacular view of the valley floor and never more so than at this time of year, with the almond orchards fully decorated with their white blossoms.
It's hard to view the blooming trees without gaining a sense of promise. What a shame that so many almond blossoms will fail to reach their full potential this year, because farmers won't have enough water for their trees. Our state continues to diminish itself by failing to plan for its future and providing enough water for all the needs it has.
Many of us have been explaining this to anyone who will listen, but our politicians can't even do the little things, such as figuring out how to pass a balanced state budget on time, let alone do the big things such as creating new places to store water and resolving the decades-long dispute about how to move water.
It makes the beauty of the annual blossom season seem even more fragile.
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