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 ...
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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 ...
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LA Collectors Lynda and Stewart Resnick Call Criticism of Water Usage ‘Viral Conspiracy'
As the Eaton and Palisades fires consume California, social media users have reignited controversy over Lynda and Stewart ...
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 ...
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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Are the Resnicks ‘hoarding’ water while Los Angeles burns? Why a viral rumor is false
The most likely source of these hoarding rumors is that the Resnicks own the Westside Mutual Water Company. That company has ...
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 ...
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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 ...
For LA water issues, misinformation spreads nearly as fast as the wildfires
A billionaire couple was accused of withholding water that could help stop Los Angeles’ massive wildfires. Democratic ...
Wonderful Company pledges $10 million for L.A. fire relief
The Wonderful Company announced on Wednesday that it is donating to the fire relief efforts in Los Angeles.The company says ...