If California has a water shortage,?

Question

why do they keep building houses?

I have to conserve(which I do) yet they keep adding houses.

Answer 1

Nothing will be truly done about water conservation until it starts to affect the wealthy.  At that point water will be a very dear commodity.

Answer 2

I DONT KNOW BUT DESALINIZATION THE OCEANS ARE FULL OF WATER IT JUST HAS TO BE PROCESSED AND  HOUSES EQUAL MONEY THEY WILL NEVER STOP BUILDING THEM

Answer 3

I used to deliver the Los Angeles Times as a kid, and I can still remember a front-page picture that showed an overhead view of a neighborhood in Southern Californica...  Every house had a full swimming pool in the back yard.

Ironically, the front page article was talking about the ongoing effects of a drought that was occurring during the late 1970s...

Southern Californicans need to understand that fresh, clean drinking water is a limited resource, and treat it accordingly.  Instead, they continue to fill their swimming pools and maintain their fountains and lush, green lawns - while taking water from other areas (Owens Valley/Eastern Sierra, Northern California, Colorado River) to slate their thirst.

Answer 4

Good question

Answer 5

We do not have similar planning like Oregon to restrict growth.   Plus many government officials are in the pockets of Developers.    There are some accusation of Villaragosa being one of them.