Gov. Gavin Newsom joins the Department of Water Resources for its April snow survey at Phillips Station in El Dorado County on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
Gov. Gavin Newsom watches Andrew Reising of the Department of Water Resources, right, measure snow depth during the April snow survey, the last one of year, at Phillips Station in El Dorado County on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
Gov. Gavin Newsom watches the Department of Water Resources team performs its April snow survey at Phillips Station in El Dorado County on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces the new California Water Plan with California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot during the April snow survey at Phillips Station in El Dorado County on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
In this image provided by the California Department of Water Resources, California Gov. Gavin Newsom tosses a snowball after the California Department of Water Resources Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit conducted the fourth media snow survey of the 2024 season at Phillips Station in El Dorado County, Calif., on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources via AP)
In this image provided by the California Department of Water Resources, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, California Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth, far left, and California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot attend the fourth media snow survey of the 2024 season at Phillips Station in El Dorado County, Calif., on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources via AP)
In this image provided by the California Department of Water Resources, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, watches the fourth media snow survey of the 2024 season conducted by, from left, Anthony Burdock, Water Resources Engineer, Angelique Fabbiani-Leon, State Hydrometeorologist, and Andy Reising, Water Resources Engineer, all from the California Department of Water Resources Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit at Phillips Station in El Dorado County, Calif., on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources via AP)
Gov. Gavin Newsom announces an updated California Water Plan with Department of Water Resources director Karla Nemeth, left, Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot, center, and DWR water resources engineer Andrew Reising during the April snow survey at Phillips Station in El Dorado County on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
In this image provided by the California Department of Water Resources, from left, California Gov. Gavin Newsom watches Angelique Fabbiani-Leon, State Hydrometeorologist, Water Resources Engineers Anthony Burdock and Andy Reising during the fourth media snow survey of the 2024 season at Phillips Station in El Dorado County, Calif., on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources via AP)
In this image provided by the California Department of Water Resources, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot form snowballs while waiting to speak with news media after results from the California Department of Water Resources Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit's fourth media snow survey of the 2024 season at Phillips Station in El Dorado County, Calif., on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources via AP)
In this image provided by the California Department of Water Resources, California Gov. Gavin Newsom watches as water engineers Andy Reising, right, and Anthony Burdock, part of the California Department of Water Resources Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit, conduct the fourth media snow survey at Phillips Station in El Dorado County, Calif., on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources via AP)