Commentary: A vote for three Californias is a vote for endless water wars
Californians will vote this fall on a radical proposal to split the state into three: Northern California, Southern California and just plain California.
The plan obviously raises a myriad of policy issues. But anyone inclined to vote for the initiative should be particularly concerned with the implications for the state's most critical resource: water.
As Mark Twain reputedly quipped, water is for fighting over. Dividing California into three states is certain to cause a fracas unprecedented in our already contentious
