According to Los Angeles Times, 1.3 BILLION pounds of unclaimed almonds have been left stranded in California storehouses.

“Roughly 7,600 California farms produce 82% of the world’s almonds,” explains the LA Times. “But they don’t get paid until their product gets delivered in robust markets like the European Union, China, India, and the United Arab Emirates.”

"…almonds are notoriously high maintenance; a single almond requires 1.1 gallons of water in order to grow."

https://news.yahoo.com/california-stuck-1-billion-pounds-180917391.html

Their next President of the United States, current CA Governor Gavin Newsom, is in Washington D.C. for 4 days

It comes at a time when he has been picking fights with Republican governors in Texas and Florida and holding up California as a sanctuary for what he calls fundamental rights, including same-sex marriage, freedom of speech and abortion.

On his trip, Newsom is scheduled to meet with Biden administration officials, congressional leaders and members of the California delegation to discuss abortion access, gun control and climate change.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/newsom-visit-to-washington-d-c-spurs-more-speculation-on-his-future-political-plans-1/