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By Kevin Kiley – January 28, 2026
California has failed to build major water storage for nearly 50 years. But that is about to change: We’ve won federal approval for Sites Reservoir. Construction will start soon, adding 1.5 million acre-feet of capacity. This will help end our state’s needless cycle of droughts and rationing.
This follows our High-Speed Rail victory last week, passing legislation to make it ineligible for further funding and claw back existing money. As you can watch in this feature, the train was supposed to be done by 2020. Yet after 17 years and $17 billion, there’s still no track.
These two victories have advanced our mission to Newsom-Proof California even further. Yet the damage Newsom has already inflicted is hard to overstate. New data shows California is projected to lose four seats in Congress after the next Census, as Texas and Florida each gain 4.
On top of that, Newsom’s catastrophic policies have infected the rest of the country – for one, sanctuary cities. I appeared on Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN with the same message: this is the time to pass my bill, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, to bar sanctuary cities nationwide.
I also presented my bill, the No Tax Dollars for Riots Act, on Fox Business. While the FBI is investigating who’s funding lawlessness across the country, in California it’s linked to the government itself. President Trump endorsed my bill, saying it should be “passed immediately.”
And, as I prepare a full audit of fraud in California, an LA man was just arrested for a multi-million dollar homelessness funding scheme. This comes after Newsom assured me “there is no ‘lost’ homelessness funding” and that “all the funds are accounted for.”
Finally, I’ve posted a brief update about our plans for reelection this year. Thank you so much for all of the thoughtful input. Our movement is more important than ever.
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Kevin Kiley is a California Congressman
