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CBS News on MSN · 3d

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 wildfires have been spreading widely online.

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 usage. No one entity owns the water.

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.

Politifact · 5d

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 that the Resnicks own nearly all — or even a large portion — of California’s water is a massive exaggeration.

4don MSN

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 ...

6don MSN

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

3d

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 ...

3d

Southern California's winds weakening; at least 25 dead, 26 missing amid wildfires

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern ...

ArtNews on MSN4d

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 ...

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