Soon after wildfire began incinerating dozens of square miles of Los Angeles, President-elect Donald Trump blamed Gov. Gavin Newsom for keeping policies that limit the amount of freshwater able to flow from northern California to the parched southern part of the state. "He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt," Trump posted on Truth Social. "Now the ultimate price is being paid." Trump's claim about California depriving water where it's needed most, all to save a small fish known as Delta smelt, is not new. And after investigation by Scripps News' Truth be Told, there is no evidence that those California water policies are making wildfires worse. ------------------------------------- Join our newsletter at https://bit.ly/2q1tepr Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scrippsnews/ Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/scrippsnews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scrippsnews/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scrippsnews

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