California water regulators have said there's no truth to President Donald Trump's claim that the U_S_ military entered the state and "turned on the water."

It's unclear exactly what, if anything, was "turned on" in California, but the Department of Water Resources said no military entered the state.

President Donald Trump speaks at the 2025 House Republican Members Conference Dinner at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. On the same day, he posted on social media that military troops had "turned on" Pacific Northwest water to help California. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) AP

Donald Trump signed a wide-ranging executive order demanding federal and state officials deliver more water and other resources to southern California.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he ordered the U.S. military to divert water from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California as part of his presidential action of “Putting People over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California.

This year’s proceeds are dedicated to supporting firefighters who have lost their homes in recent Los Angeles area wildfires.

President Trump directed U.S. government agencies to override California’s water policies as needed — slamming the state’s handling of the Los Angeles region’s wildfires in an

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California leaders are disputing a claim from President Donald Trump about the state's water resources.

The memo calls on the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a new plan within 90 days “to route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of the state for use by the people there who desperately need a reliable water supply.

Trump's order is premised on the idea that increasing Delta pumping would make more water available for the rest of California. But experts say its more complicated than that.