President Donald Trump is asserting more federal government control over water management decisions in California and ordering U.S. officials to override local authorities, casting the steps as necessary to boost the state’s firefighting capabilities.
The actions — enshrined in an executive order that was published Sunday but dated Friday — came as Trump visited California to examine devastation from the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles and after days of withering criticism of the state’s response to the blazes.
The order builds on Trump’s