Imperfect Paradise: The Gen Z Water Dealmaker Part 3

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🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

JB Hamby and the other lead negotiators on the Colorado River have to come up with a long term solution to manage the river in the face of climate change. Will they reach a deal before it’s too late?

LAist correspondent Emily Guerin examines how JB's position on water has dramatically evolved since he first won office a few years ago. She brings us back to the current water negotiations as the conflict between the Upper and Lower Basins becomes very public, and JB struggles to convince Imperial Valley farmers that they need to cut back.

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0:40.0	the show about hidden worlds and messy realities.
0:43.0	Last time on Imperfect Paradise, the Gen Z Water Dealmaker,
0:47.0	how 28-year-old J.B. Hamby became California's youngest lead negotiator ever on the Colorado River.
0:54.0	I find it unpleasant to feel like I'm not being purposeful and I'm not
1:00.3	accomplishing something. Like that bothers me.
1:04.4	In this episode, how did J.B.
1:06.1	go from Mr. Let's Keep the Water
1:08.4	here in the Imperial Valley?
1:10.9	The fact is, is that we are here first.
1:13.2	We established a right to this.
1:15.0	To Mr. Everyone needs to cut back our water usage.
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