In his 2025 State of the State letter, Newsom said California is implementing strategies to store, recycle, desalinate, and conserve enough water to serve more than 8.4 million households by 2040.

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Derived from a tracked promise: “In his 2025 State of the State letter, Newsom said California is implementing strategies to store, recycle, desalinate, and conserve enough …”