STILL PARCHED: California’s failure to store water dramatizes the dysfunctional character of its political leadership.

To paraphrase, former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, never let a crisis go to waste, even if you have to manufacture it yourself. Say what you will about Jerry Brown, young or old, he’s quite consistent in acting like he just doesn’t want Californians to have sufficient water.

Related: Tammy Bruce asks, “Will California’s new water rules push people out of the Golden State?”