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By Tomoki Chien
NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Good morning, I hope you’re having a good week. Here are the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

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An environmental advocacy group is pushing Gov. Gavin Newsom to limit the cultivation of crops like almonds and alfalfa, which require large amounts of water to grow. The group, Food and Water Watch, contended that large agribusinesses are some of the state’s biggest water users and should thus shoulder big sacrifices.

Dorany Pineda and Hayley Smith / Los Angeles Times

2.

California offered the federal government its own plan to pare back Colorado River water use, a counteroffer that came a day after the six other states who rely on the dying river submitted a joint plan that California refused to sign.

Kathleen Ronayne / Associated Press

3.

LA Police Chief Michel Moore will serve a second term after easily landing a reappointment from a unanimous police commission vote. Moore, who was appointed to the job in 2018 by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti, previously said he’ll only serve part of the five-year term.

Josh Cain / Los Angeles Daily News

4.

The Sierra Nevada snowpack is at its highest level since 1995, bringing hope to a drought-stricken state — but also raising fears of spring flooding when the snow melts. The snowpack provides nearly one-third of California’s water supply.

Paul Rogers and Scooty Nickerson / The Mercury News

5.

530,000 acres of public land in California are inaccessible to the public. It’s part of a broader national phenomenon where state- and federal-owned land is surrounded on all sides by privately owned acreage, making public access impossible in practice.

Soumya Karlamangla / The New York Times

You’re all caught up. Thanks for reading Morning, Trojan, and have a good day. Anna Hsu copy edited this newsletter.

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