Two maps show why an Ohio CongressMAGAt shouldn't try to "Eastsplain" what went wrong in LA ....

https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/format:webp/1*yPEl1n_Os9e67htGEipgaA.png



Farmers east of the Mississippi generally can do without irrigation, since they get > 30", and often 40" of precipitation; West of the Mississippi irrigation is pretty much essential. Most of CA gets < 20", and much of it < 12". That's why the hills are covered in chaparral, not forest.

Oh, and OH doesn't have any katabatic desert winds that I know of, so I sincerely doubt the gentleman from OH has any personal experience whatever of the situation he's criticizing.