# 2025-02041: Putting People Over Fish: Reviving California Water Deliveries Now

2025-02041, Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environ mentalism To Provide Water to Southern California, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2025-01-30, effective 2025-01-20 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02041
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-02041
- Title: Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environ mentalism To Provide Water to Southern California
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-30
- Effective: 2025-01-20
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Putting People Over Fish: Reviving California Water Deliveries Now

## Summary

The President is ordering federal agencies to restart a plan that sends more water from Northern California’s rivers to Southern California, where people really need it. This change stops strict environmental rules that blocked water use to protect fish, letting more water flow to homes and farms instead of the ocean. Agencies must report back within 90 days on their progress, aiming to fix water shortages and help prevent wildfires.

## Effects PRIA read

- More Northern California Water Routed South: benefit, high. On January 20, 2025 the President ordered federal agencies to restart a plan to route more water from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta to the Central Valley and Southern California so homes and farms there get a more reliable water supply. The memorandum says agencies should immediately resume work…
- Water to Support Wildfire and Vegetation Management: benefit, high. The memorandum directs agencies to reimplement the water-routing plan to help fix water shortages and support sound vegetation management in Southern California, which the text links to helping prevent deadly wildfires. Agencies were told to report progress within 90 days of January 20, 2025.

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## Sources
- [2025-02041 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/30/2025-02041/putting-people-over-fish-stopping-radical-environ-mentalism-to-provide-water-to-southern-california)
- [2025-02041 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-30/pdf/2025-02041.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-02041 (as of 2026-06-08).