Claims about who owns California's water are spreading online. Here's what to know.
Erroneous accusations that a wealthy couple, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, have been hoarding water amid the Southern California ...
No, most of California’s water isn’t owned by one billionaire couple
The owners of Wonderful Co., behind Fiji Water and other brands, use a lot of water, but it's only a fraction of California’s ...
No, Billionaire Couple Does Not 'Own Most of California's Water'
Since the beginning of the January 2025 fires around Los Angeles, claims circulated that one billionaire couple owned "most ...
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Does a billionaire couple own almost all the water in California? Here’s why that’s False.
The couple’s company has a majority stake in a water bank in the San Joaquin Valley and uses vast amounts of water to manage its nearly 130,000-acre California agriculture operation. But the claim ...
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Who Are the Resnicks, the Art Collectors Accused of Hoarding California’s Water?
As wildfires continue to burn in L.A., art collectors Lynda and Stewart Resnick face criticism for their ownership of a ...
As The Fires Rage, California’s Governor And A Billionaire Couple Get The Blame
There are misconceptions circulating about who’s at fault for the fires burning tens of thousands of acres across Los Angeles ...
California billionaire couple accused of hoarding water amid LA wildfires. But is it true?
Stewart and Lynda Resnick, an ultra-wealthy couple from California, are being accused of hoarding water when it is needed to fight the wildfires in California. The Resnicks own the Los Angeles-based ...
Fresh Take: California’s Water Politics And A Major Misconception
Forbes' latest edition of its Fresh Take newsletter focuses on a misconception about water politics amid Los Angeles ...
For LA water issues, misinformation spreads nearly as fast as the wildfires
A billionaire couple was accused of withholding water that could help stop Los Angeles’ massive wildfires. Democratic ...