That seems prudent given that the federal government was trying to use it as an excuse to attack the sovereignty of the state of California and in fact used it as a basis to flush a portion of their water reserves into the ocean. Shit, they are STILL using it to do that as recently as this week.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-state-and-local-failures-to-rebuild-los-angeles-after-wildfire-disasters/