Review: The 1976-1977 California Drought

In May 1978, Cali­for­nia of­fi­cials re­leased a 239 page re­port as­sess­ing the re­cent drought. They noted: “Now that the two dry years are past, we can­not al­low the abund­ant wa­ter sup­plies of 1978 to lull us in­to a false sense of se­cur­ity.”

Sources: California State Library Government Publications