Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday extended a drought emergency declaration to most of California amid what he called “acute water supply shortages” in northern and central parts of the state.
The drought declaration now includes a total of 41 of California’s 58 counties, which will cover some 30 percent of approximately 40 million California residents. An earlier emergency declaration had covered two counties north of San Francisco on the Russian River—Mendocino and Sonoma.
