Claims about who owns California's water are spreading online. Here's what to know.
Erroneous accusations that a wealthy couple, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, have been hoarding water amid the Southern California ...
No, most of California’s water isn’t owned by one billionaire couple
The owners of Wonderful Co., behind Fiji Water and other brands, use a lot of water, but it's only a fraction of California’s ...
Claims about a billionaire couple hurting efforts to fight the L.A. fires via their ‘control’ of the water supply are false
Because of agriculture’s heavy reliance on water, a critical resource in fighting wildfires, the Resnicks became the targets ...
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For LA water issues, misinformation spreads nearly as fast as the wildfires
A burned fire hydrant drips water in front of charred trees in Malibu, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) ...
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Does a billionaire couple own almost all the water in California? Here’s why that’s False.
The couple’s company has a majority stake in a water bank in the San Joaquin Valley and uses vast amounts of water to manage its nearly 130,000-acre California agriculture operation. But the claim ...
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Who Are the Resnicks, the Art Collectors Accused of Hoarding California’s Water?
As wildfires continue to burn in L.A., art collectors Lynda and Stewart Resnick face criticism for their ownership of a ...
As The Fires Rage, California’s Governor And A Billionaire Couple Get The Blame
There are misconceptions circulating about who’s at fault for the fires burning tens of thousands of acres across Los Angeles ...
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Billionaire Power Couple’s Control of California’s Water Amid Wildfire Crisis
In a secretive 1994 meeting known as the Monterey Amendments, the Resnicks acquired nearly 60% of the Kern Water Bank, a critical water storage facility originally built with hundreds of millions in ...
Fresh Take: California’s Water Politics And A Major Misconception
Forbes' latest edition of its Fresh Take newsletter focuses on a misconception about water politics amid Los Angeles ...
Meet Stewart and Lynda Resnick: The Billionaire Farmers Controlling California's Water
Stewart Resnick and his wife, Lynda, are business partners and the wealthiest farmers in the United States. Each has an ...
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For LA water issues, misinformation spreads nearly as fast as the wildfires
Democratic leadership was blamed for fire hydrants running dry and for ... Social media users have claimed that Stewart and Lynda Resnick, co-owners of a massive agriculture company that has ...